Chiang Mai is typically hot in October.

Maximum temperatures go down compared to the previous month from +90°F to +88°F. The minimum temperature also goes down from +75°F to +73°F.

Make sure that you pack your summer linen and swimming costumes; it’s probably going to be hot.

Take a look at how October is compared to other months in Chiang Mai:

October weather is still as ok as in September. It’s getting colder in October. From +90°F in the day, the average maximum temperature lowers to +88°F. As October arrives, the amount of rainfall goes down. On average, the rainfall volume decreases from 193 mm to 114 mm. It feels drier, as humidity decreases from 79% to 77%. The average wind speed doesn’t change much during October, staying around 0 m/s. The good news is there are likely to be more sunny days in October, from 0 to 4.

But maybe it is worth considering traveling in November as the weather gets better.

The climate in Chiang Mai in October has not changed that much over the last 43 years.

The average temperature was the lowest in 2011 (+88°F) and the highest in 1998 (+93°F). The driest year was 1998 with only 604 mm of rainfall, and the wettest year was 1994 with 1462 mm.

For this page, we’ve looked at the typical weather in Chiang Mai, based on historical hourly weather data from January 1, 1979, to December 31, 2023.

For past dates, we show actual recorded data at the location at that time. Forecasts are based on recorded weather during that day of the year, averaged over the total years for which we have records (unless stated otherwise). The daily temperature is the highest recorded temperature in the shadow during that day.