Destination brief
Songkhla, Thailand
Travel Score
70
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
No good stretch in this forecast
The best run is Sun Oct 25 and Mon Oct 26, with an average weather score of only 35.
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 35/100 over the next 3 days; biggest concern: 92% chance of rain on Oct 26.
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
Sadao District, SongkhlaStation: Ban Kho HongUpdated 1:45 PM local time
27°C
Light rain shower
Feels like 31°High 30° · Low 24°
Rain now
68%
Rain today
91% chance
Humidity
85%
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 61 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 68 days
Global celebrations to welcome the new year with joy and festivities.
Songkran
CulturalThailand · Nationwide
Apr 13–15, 2027In 170 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.
2:02 PM
Sunday, October 25
4 km/h NNE
Visibility
10 km
UV index
Very high (11)
Local time at destination
Today
Oct 25
30° 24°
Light rain shower · 91% rain
Mon
Oct 26
28° 23°
Light rain shower · 92% rain
Tue
Oct 27
27° 23°
Mist · 92% 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.
Sadao is district on the border of Malaysia in Songkhla province, southern Thailand. The capital of the district is also called Sadao town.
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.
Hat Yai
37 km away · 192k people
70Good to travel
27°Light rain shower
Open briefBan Mai
60 km away · 87k people
74Good to travel
28°Light rain shower
Open briefSongkhla
62 km away · 62k people
74Good to travel
28°Light rain shower
Open briefSatun
37 km away · 35k people
63Travel with care
26°Moderate or heavy rain shower
Open briefPattani
97 km away · 44k people
71Good to travel
28°Light rain shower
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.
NASA POWER climatology (public domain)
Usually the most comfortable: January, February and March. 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
31° 25°
Wet
About 124 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 | Warm | 28° / 23° | 115 mm | 88 |
| February | Warm | 29° / 23° | 29 mm | 95 |
| March | Warm | 31° / 24° | 98 mm | 80 |
| April | Wet | 31° / 25° | 124 mm | 73 |
| May | Wet | 30° / 25° | 179 mm | 70 |
| June | Wet | 29° / 25° | 176 mm | 73 |
| July | Wet | 29° / 24° |
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.
| 192 mm |
| 73 |
| August | Wet | 29° / 24° | 199 mm | 72 |
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| September | Wet | 29° / 24° | 223 mm | 68 |
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| October | Very wet | 28° / 24° | 272 mm | 64 |
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| November | Very wet | 28° / 24° | 336 mm | 60 |
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| December | Very wet | 28° / 23° | 253 mm | 68 |
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Exchange rate
1 USD ≈ 33.76 THB, as of 25 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)