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Doi Inthanon motorcycle weather by month
On our rules, the best months to ride in the Doi Inthanon area are November to January.
The driest months are February, March and December; the wettest is August, with about 290 mm of rain over 29 rain days.
Days are warmest in April (average high 27 °C) and nights coldest in January (average low 9 °C).
Month by month
The upper road to Thailand's highest summit, around 1,700 m.
- JanGood20°/9°29 mm
- FebMixed22°/10°11 mm
- MarMixed26°/13°20 mm
- AprMixed27°/15°95 mm
- MayMixed25°/16°227 mm
- JunMixed23°/16°248 mm
- JulPoor22°/16°280 mm
- AugPoor22°/16°290 mm
- SeptMixed22°/16°241 mm
- OctMixed21°/15°141 mm
- NovGood21°/13°38 mm
- DecGood19°/11°19 mm
Average high/low in °C and monthly rain. How we rate months
- Burning season: fires in the dry season fill the northern valleys with smoke haze, usually worst in March. Air quality can be poor for days at a time. Source
Show the numbers
| Month | Riding | High | Low | Rain | Rain days | PM2.5 | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | Good | 20 °C 67 °F | 9 °C 49 °F | 29 mm | 4 | 13 | |
| February | Mixed | 22 °C 72 °F | 10 °C 49 °F | 11 mm | 2 | 16 | see note |
| March | Mixed | 26 °C 79 °F | 13 °C 55 °F | 20 mm | 4 | 27 | see note |
| April | Mixed | 27 °C 80 °F | 15 °C 59 °F | 95 mm | 10 | 24 | see note |
| May | Mixed | 25 °C 77 °F | 16 °C 61 °F | 227 mm | 24 | 11 | wet |
| June | Mixed | 23 °C 73 °F | 16 °C 61 °F | 248 mm | 26 | 4 | wet |
| July | Poor | 22 °C 71 °F | 16 °C 61 °F | 280 mm | 29 | 3 | very wet |
| August | Poor | 22 °C 71 °F | 16 °C 61 °F | 290 mm | 29 | 3 | very wet |
| September | Mixed | 22 °C 71 °F | 16 °C 60 °F | 241 mm | 26 | 5 | wet |
| October | Mixed | 21 °C 70 °F | 15 °C 58 °F | 141 mm | 19 | 9 | wet |
| November | Good | 21 °C 69 °F | 13 °C 55 °F | 38 mm | 8 | 11 | |
| December | Good | 19 °C 67 °F | 11 °C 51 °F | 19 mm | 4 | 12 |
Rain days: days with at least 1 mm. Averages of daily values, 2015 to 2024, for Doi Inthanon road, corrected to riding elevation. Reanalysis smooths mountains and local showers, so read these as a regional picture rather than a forecast. PM2.5 in µg/m³ from the CAMS global model, 2022 to 2025; it tends to read lower than ground monitors during smoke episodes.
Climate data: Open-Meteo / ERA5, 2015 to 2024 (CC BY 4.0).
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