Samut Prakan
City in Thailand: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Street in Samut Prakan province, Thailand: User:Mattes, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Samut Prakan is a city in Thailand. About 388,920 people live in the city proper, making it the 2nd largest city of Thailand in our atlas.
It lies at 13.60° N, 100.60° E, about 2 m (7 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Bangkok time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Samut Prakan. Green dots: other major cities of Thailand. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Samut Prakan has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Apr, with average highs near 34°C (93°F); the coolest nights come in Dec at about 21°C (70°F). Around 1,302 mm (51 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Sep.
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.
What to eat in ThailandNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Phra Pradaeng · 10 km
- Watthana · 15 km
- Bang Khun Thian · 19 km
- Bangkok · 20 km
- Bang Khae · 23 km
- Lat Krabang · 24 km
- Chatuchak · 26 km
- Mueang Nonthaburi · 31 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1606590 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q13139252 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Street in Samut Prakan province, Thailand: User:Mattes, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)