Destination brief
Chiang Rai, Thailand
Travel Score
86
out of 100
In short
A good time to go.
Explore
A balanced mix of sights, food and day trips.
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Weather forecast
Great weather: Wed Oct 21 to Fri Oct 23
Average weather score 85 out of 100, the best of 3 two- and three-day runs in the forecast.
Weather forecast only: air quality, events and safety are shown separately.
Every component and the reason behind it. The full formula is on the Method page.
Average daily weather score 85/100 over the next 3 days; biggest concern: 57% chance of rain on Oct 22.
US EPA index 1: Good.
No Level 3 or 4 advisory in our data (not a guarantee of safety).
No storms or heavy rain in the next 3 days.
No listed events with confirmed dates in the next 14 days.
WeatherAPI
Mae Sai, Chiang RaiStation: Ban Muang DaengUpdated 4:00 PM local time
32°C
Sunny
Feels like 34°High 33° · Low 20°
Rain now
2%
Rain today
7% chance
Humidity
52%
Wind
Festival calendar
Nothing on right now
No listed festivals or events are happening today.
Loy Krathong
ReligiousThailand · Nationwide
Nov 2026Approx.
The festival of floating lanterns and krathong on the full-moon night of the twelfth lunar month, in November.
Christmas Day
ReligiousWorldwide
Dec 25, 2026In 65 days
Global celebration marking the birth of Jesus Christ, celebrated with feasts, gift-giving, and decorations.
New Year's Day
National HolidayWorldwide
Jan 1, 2027In 72 days
Global celebrations to welcome the new year with joy and festivities.
Songkran
CulturalThailand · Nationwide
Apr 13–15, 2027In 174 days
Thailand's traditional new year, a three-day national holiday from 13 to 15 April, marked with the pouring and splashing of water.
Events marked “Approx.” are known by month, not a specific day. Exact dates are recorded for 2026; check locally before you plan around them.
US EPA index
1 / 6
GoodAir quality is good. Enjoy time outdoors.
No known advisory
GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Power is what the wall supplies, not what a device needs: most phone and laptop chargers take 100 to 240 V, so you usually need only a plug adapter. Check the label on your device.
Plugs, power and driving side are shown only where two sources agree (Wikipedia, Mains electricity by country (from the IEC's World Plugs), worldstandards.eu, Wikidata, Wikipedia, Left- and right-hand traffic), checked 2026-10-11. See .
Seasonal data not available yet; neutral estimate used.
4:45 PM
Wednesday, October 21
6 km/h SSW
Visibility
10 km
UV index
Low (2)
Local time at destination
Today
Oct 21
33° 20°
Sunny · 7% rain
Thu
Oct 22
32° 19°
Sunny · 57% rain
Fri
Oct 23
32° 19°
Sunny · 9% rain
No Level 3 or 4 advisory found for this destination in our data. This is not a guarantee of safety. Check your government's official travel advice before you go.
Source: U.S. Department of State travel advisorys (Level 3 and 4), retrieved 2026-10-06 from the State Department's public feed; a few records kept by hand carry their own source and date. Updated Oct 6, 2026.
Emergency numbers for this country aren't in our data yet. Look them up before you travel.
Thai is one of this country’s main languages; local languages can differ by region. Only words that Wiktionary and Wikivoyage phrasebooks both give are shown (CC BY-SA 4.0, checked 2026-10-11). Some languages change a word with who is speaking or how formal you are: these are the common forms.
Visa and passport rules depend on your nationality: check your government’s travel advice before you book.
Mae Sai, is the district town of Mae Sai District in the far north of Chiang Rai Province, Thailand.
From Wikipedia (opens in a new tab), CC BY-SA 4.0
GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Towns within a day trip, best conditions first. Pick one for its full brief.
Mae Chan
33 km away · 38k people
89Good to travel
31°Partly Cloudy
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60 km away · 79k people
89Good to travel
31°Partly Cloudy
Open briefPhayao
139 km away · 21k people
85Good to travel
30°Cloudy
Open briefDok Kham Tai
142 km away · 24k people
85Good to travel
30°Cloudy
Open briefTowns 25 to 150 km away, the larger ones first, each with its own live conditions. Ranked by conditions, nearness and size. Distances are straight-line, so check the travel time. Places under a travel advisory are left out.
Exchange rate
1 USD ≈ 33.62 THB, as of 21 Oct 2026
A mid-market rate, not what a bank, card or exchange desk will give you. Rates By Exchange Rate API (opens in a new tab)
NASA POWER climatology (public domain)
Usually the most comfortable: November, December and January. Typical weather over 2001–2020, not a forecast.
Taller is more comfortable. The brighter bars are the best months; the filled label is this month.
Typical weather
25° 11°
Pleasant
About 20 mm of rain over the month
Festivals that month
What to pack
Worked out from the typical weather of this month, not from a forecast: check the forecast in the days before you go. From our festival calendar. Dates marked approximate are only known by month and can move; an empty list means none is recorded, not that nothing is on.
| Month | Feels | High / low | Rain | Comfort |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | Pleasant | 25° / 11° | 20 mm | 100 |
| February | Warm | 29° / 13° | 5 mm | 98 |
| March | Warm | 32° / 16° | 22 mm | 85 |
| April | Hot | 34° / 20° | 58 mm | 71 |
| May | Wet | 33° / 21° | 144 mm | 65 |
| June | Wet | 31° / 21° | 123 mm | 73 |
| July | Wet | 29° / 21° |
Comfort uses the typical daytime high (most comfortable at 20 to 28°C) and the typical rainfall (most comfortable under 1 mm a day), averaged over 2001–2020. Highs and lows are worked out from the monthly average temperature and the average daily swing, so they are close, not exact. It is not a forecast. Humidity, crowds, prices and festivals are not included, and a mountain or coast can differ from its half-degree grid cell.
| 225 mm |
| 66 |
| August | Very wet | 29° / 21° | 251 mm | 64 |
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| September | Wet | 29° / 20° | 170 mm | 74 |
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| October | Warm | 28° / 18° | 87 mm | 90 |
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| November | Pleasant | 27° / 15° | 32 mm | 100 |
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| December | Pleasant | 24° / 12° | 15 mm | 100 |
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