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Capital and largest city of Thailand

Bangkok

337Sunny Days/yr
90°FAvg High Temp
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View on MapPopulation5.1MCenter elevation39 ft
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Hot season is intense, with a clear summer wet season. The hottest stretch is likely to shape daily routines. Little daylight swing through the year. Humidity stays elevated through most of the year.

About Bangkok

Bangkok, officially known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies 1,568.7 square kilometres (605.7 sq mi) in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estimated population of 11.4 million people as of 2024, 15.9% of the country's population. Over 17.4 million people live within the surrounding Bangkok Metropolitan Region as of the 2021 estimate, making Bangkok a megacity and an extreme primate city, dwarfing Thailand's other urban centres in both size and importance to the national economy.Wikipedia

Intense hot seasonNo real winterSummer wet seasonCity of Angels, The Big Mangoกรุงเทพฯ ดุจเทพสร้าง เมืองศูนย์กลางการปกครอง วัดวังงามเรืองรอง เมืองหลวงของประเทศไทย
Place

Where It Is

Location Context
Bangkok, Thailand
Thailand
Latitude13.75°
Longitude100.50°
Population5.1M
Center elevation39 ft
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Country Context

ThailandCountry in Southeast Asia

Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand, and formerly known as Siam until 1939, is a country located in Mainland Southeast Asia. It shares land borders with Myanmar to the west and northwest, Laos to the east and northeast, Cambodia to the southeast, and Malaysia to the south. Its maritime boundaries include the Gulf of Thailand and the Andaman Sea, as well as maritime borders with Vietnam, Indonesia, and India. Thailand has a population of nearly 66 million people and covers an area of approximately 513,115 km2.Wikipedia

Outdoors

Nature Access

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Daily life

Livability

Internet
Country Broadband
15.7
subscriptions per 100 people
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The year

Climate

Sunshine
337
sunny days per year
92% of the year
Avg High Temp
90°F
annual average
Humidity Pattern
Humidity year-round
74% warm season / 80% cool season
Comfort Score
54/100
Mixed
Temp Swing
6°F
seasonal high-temp spread
Annual precipitation
67"
inches per year
Annual snowfall
0"
inches per year
Typical Air Quality
79
Moderate · 2024 modeled average
How To Read Comfort

Comfort combines temperature band fit, humidity fit, seasonal swing, and penalties for long stretches of extreme heat or cold. Higher scores mean the yearly pattern stays closer to an easier day-to-day climate band.

Monthly Temperature
Daylight Span (Sunrise to Sunset)
Precipitation Distribution
67" of precipitation per year
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Humidity Through The Year
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humid summers
Summer 80% · Winter 65% · Dec-Sep 63-84%
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