Hat Yai

City in Thailand: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.

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Hatyaicity1: Rukterna at Thai Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)

Overview

Hat Yai is a city in Thailand, in Songkhla. About 191,696 people live in the city proper, making it the 7th largest city of Thailand in our atlas.

It lies at 7.01° N, 100.48° E, about 12 m (39 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Bangkok time zone. It sits inside the tropics.

Location

Red dot: Hat Yai. Green dots: other major cities of Thailand. Map data: Natural Earth.

Climate

Hat Yai has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). The warmest month is usually Apr, with average highs near 30°C (87°F); the coolest nights come in Feb at about 23°C (74°F). Around 2,022 mm (80 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Nov.

28°23°Jan10828°23°Feb3229°24°Mar8930°25°Apr11530°26°May15530°25°Jun14029°25°Jul14829°25°Aug16529°24°Sep18629°25°Oct26128°25°Nov34628°24°Dec277mm

Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.

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Sources

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Photo credits
  • Hatyaicity1: Rukterna at Thai Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)