Visiting in rainy season

[emiel1981]

Can't wait to be back in Thailand. Due to job requirements I will not be able to go to Bangkok, Phuket and Patong before September. But.... Rainy season... Any forum members have good or bad expierence visiting Thailand during rainy season? Go or no go? 

[Gaybutton]

1 hour ago, emiel1981 said:

visiting Thailand during rainy season? Go or no go? 

Visiting Thailand?  How about living in Thailand?  I can assure you the answer is Go.  First, it doesn't rain every day.  Second, the rains are only torrential sometimes.  Third, when it does rain, it usually lasts 45 minutes to an hour and that's the end of it for that day.  Fourth, more often than not the rains occur in the wee hours of the morning.

Yes, sometimes it rains hard enough and long enough to cause flooding, but it doesn't happen like that very often.

Go to Thailand during rainy season and don't even think about letting that deter you.  Most of the time you won't even need an umbrella.

[vinapu]

I was in Thailand in August, September , October and November ( in different years of course ) and  agree with Gaybutton's every word including not even needing an umbrella most times 

[scott456]

5 hours ago, emiel1981 said:

Can't wait to be back in Thailand. Due to job requirements I will not be able to go to Bangkok, Phuket and Patong before September. But.... Rainy season... Any forum members have good or bad expierence visiting Thailand during rainy season? Go or no go? 

Thailand's raining season is during summer months.  You can't go to Thailand before September, so you won't be there in raining season. 🙄

[sydneyboy1]

I agree just go. I was there once in September the wettest month and you tend to get short heavy showers but it very rarely rains all day. Have fun.

[gerefan]

2 hours ago, scott456 said:

Thailand's raining season is during summer months.  You can't go to Thailand before September, so you won't be there in raining season. 🙄

Sorry have to disagree.

September and October are the wettest months although May and June can be wet.

See Pattaya climate and rainfall figures here:

http://www.pattayaweather.net/

[Gaybutton]

8 hours ago, gerefan said:

September and October are the wettest months

gerefan is correct.  Most years those are the two rainiest months - and they are part of the "official" rainy season.

[Londoner]

I prefer the rainy season in Pattaya..... quieter (sic) which used to be a plus! And anyway, most of the pleasures available are of the indoor variety while the rain rarely lasts more than an hour or two.

However, a visit we made to Krabi a few years back was a disaster; we had planned boat-trips to various islands including Phi Phi. Each day, we'd wake -up to glorious sunshine but observe  clouds on the horizon. By the time we were due to leave, the rains had come. We spent much of the time in-doors. And no Phi Phi.

 

[Patanawet]

The rain is warm and at times exciting.

 

[scott456]

32 minutes ago, Patanawet said:

The rain is warm and at times exciting.

 

Guys take shirts off when the rain pours down.  There is no point to wear shirts.

[vinapu]

4 hours ago, Londoner said:

. By the time we were due to leave, the rains had come. We spent much of the time in-doors. And no Phi Phi.

 

I guess , no harm done, no?

[Guest]

15 hours ago, gerefan said:

See Pattaya climate and rainfall figures here:

http://www.pattayaweather.net/

Also I use the following site, when considering any destination.  Data from this is one reason why I've never been to Bali on one of my December trips.

https://weatherspark.com/y/113385/Average-Weather-in-Phatthaya-Thailand-Year-Round

The following graphs are for Pattaya.   Oddly, they spell it with a H, but the map shows the correct location.

 

[spoon]

If u ask me to choose hot and humid thailand vs rainy thailand, id choose the rainy thailand any days. I lived nearby and during hot weather, we just stay indoors lol 

[tm_nyc]

Yes, I agree.  During the rainy season, it's much more pleasant to be outside if it's overcast or partly cloudy than when the sun is roasting.  I also agree that doing beach destinations in the rainy season is not a great idea.  Pattaya excepted, of course.

[Londoner]

I've never considered Pattaya a beach location....nor Jomtien, for that matter.

[Travellerdave]

Well Londoner, Pattaya is not most people’s idea of a tropical beach. But it does have sand and palm trees and water. I don’t sit on the section in Pattaya city, but I always found Jomtien pleasant, particularly the gay portion, at least when that was in full swing.

[fedssocr]

my first ever trip was in September (in 2006). The coup was the biggest deal that time and even that turned out to not be a huge inconvenience to me. Given the crazy amounts of rain that have been happening in "dry" season this year I'm not sure what even is rainy season anymore

[TMax]

I prefer to visit Thailand during the wet season, one reason was that pre covid there were less tourists there. I did spend Christmas and new years in Bangkok once, the weather was very nice but as nice as it was I reverted back to the wet season on later trips. 

[vinapu]

12 hours ago, Londoner said:

I've never considered Pattaya a beach location....nor Jomtien, for that matter.

sure , there's mountain in the middle of the city so we can consider her mountain resort

[vinapu]

1 hour ago, TMax said:

I prefer to visit Thailand during the wet season, one reason was that pre covid there were less tourists there. I did spend Christmas and new years in Bangkok once, the weather was very nice but as nice as it was I reverted back to the wet season on later trips. 

rest assured during Christmas  last year  crowds of tourists were nowhere to be seen, eye witness here

[Boy69]

I like very much to visit the islands in the south especially Krabi area , the rainy season can be a turn off for beaches lovers like me so I prefer December to April months for traveling .Actually it is a matter of luck even at the rainy season it is usually hot and might have lots of sunny days and enjoy everything Thailand can offer.the climate in Thailand is unpredictable .

[gerefan]

Thailand has two seasons!

1. Hot and Dry.

2. Hot and Wet.

[Guest]

1 hour ago, gerefan said:

Thailand has two seasons!

1. Hot and Dry.

2. Hot and Wet.

An occasional cool spell may occur in December or January.     I've heard German expats sat outside Benjamit coffee shop moaning about it, but it still wasn't actually cool enough to require a second layer of clothing.

For comparison, here's the weather forecast back home in the UK.    Thailand beats this:

 

 

[pong2]

Having also visited LOS (Land of Smiles for unknowing) so many times and spread through the year: the very worst of times is the end of dry season: NOW till when first rains come. Too sticky hot and muggy, the rains then come as refreshing. Thats also why Thai schools have holidays (their ´summer´ hols) in this period. And thats why there is that awful Songkran=water splashing festival to cool down. In the long south strip of TH it is different for east/west side, due to monsoon winds.

But when the rainy season ends=sept, oct, it may also be not that pleasant: it all gets so saturated that floods may occur and it also somehow seems to me that the usual hour late-afternoon of rains tends to get longer&longer.

If you can lay your hand on some travel agency program or online: prices for all-in Hols are lowest when wheather is worst, and ditto for reverse! Same applies for airfares, at least from EUR