Phayao
Phayao (Thai pronunciation: [pʰā.jāw]) is a city (thesaban mueang) in northern Thailand, capital of Phayao Province. For administrative purposes the city is divided into 15 sub-districts (tambons), which are further subdivided into 172 administrative villages.
| Phayao | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Thai name | |
| Thai | พะเยา |
| RTGS | Phayao |
| Northern Thai name | |
| Northern Thai | ᩕᨻᨿᩣ᩠ᩅ (Phayuao) |
Phayao
พะเยา ᩕᨻᨿᩣ᩠ᩅ | |
|---|---|
Town | |
| เมืองพะเยา ᨾᩮᩬᩥᨦ ᩕᨻᨿᩣ᩠ᩅ | |
 Phayao Lake | |
 Location in Phayao Province | |
| Country | Thailand |
| Province | Phayao Province |
| Population (2005) | |
| • Total | 19,118 |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (ICT) |
| Area code | 54 |
The town is on the shore of the Phayao Lake.[1] It dates back to the semi-independent city-state (mueang), founded between 900 and 1,000 years ago.[1]
As of 2005 Phayao had a population of 19,118. Phayao lies 726 km north of Bangkok.[2]
View of Phayao Lake
Climate
| Climate data for Phayao (1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 34.3 (93.7) |
37.1 (98.8) |
39.7 (103.5) |
42.0 (107.6) |
41.5 (106.7) |
40.0 (104.0) |
37.2 (99.0) |
35.6 (96.1) |
35.2 (95.4) |
36.1 (97.0) |
34.6 (94.3) |
33.6 (92.5) |
42.0 (107.6) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 29.3 (84.7) |
32.2 (90.0) |
35.0 (95.0) |
36.0 (96.8) |
33.5 (92.3) |
32.4 (90.3) |
31.6 (88.9) |
31.3 (88.3) |
31.4 (88.5) |
30.7 (87.3) |
29.2 (84.6) |
27.8 (82.0) |
31.7 (89.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 20.6 (69.1) |
22.8 (73.0) |
26.4 (79.5) |
28.7 (83.7) |
27.8 (82.0) |
27.6 (81.7) |
27.0 (80.6) |
26.7 (80.1) |
26.3 (79.3) |
25.3 (77.5) |
22.7 (72.9) |
20.0 (68.0) |
25.2 (77.4) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 13.7 (56.7) |
15.4 (59.7) |
19.5 (67.1) |
22.9 (73.2) |
23.6 (74.5) |
24.0 (75.2) |
23.7 (74.7) |
23.5 (74.3) |
23.0 (73.4) |
21.7 (71.1) |
18.0 (64.4) |
14.0 (57.2) |
20.2 (68.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 6.0 (42.8) |
7.0 (44.6) |
8.5 (47.3) |
16.0 (60.8) |
17.0 (62.6) |
21.3 (70.3) |
20.6 (69.1) |
20.6 (69.1) |
18.7 (65.7) |
12.6 (54.7) |
6.9 (44.4) |
2.5 (36.5) |
2.5 (36.5) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 5.7 (0.22) |
9.2 (0.36) |
30.2 (1.19) |
89.2 (3.51) |
179.7 (7.07) |
102.8 (4.05) |
141.8 (5.58) |
204.0 (8.03) |
203.6 (8.02) |
122.6 (4.83) |
37.3 (1.47) |
10.9 (0.43) |
1,137 (44.76) |
| Average rainy days | 1.2 | 1.6 | 3.2 | 8.6 | 15.5 | 15.3 | 17.7 | 19.4 | 17.0 | 11.4 | 4.2 | 1.4 | 116.5 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 75 | 66 | 58 | 62 | 74 | 78 | 80 | 83 | 84 | 84 | 81 | 79 | 75 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 272.8 | 257.1 | 275.9 | 243.0 | 198.4 | 117.0 | 120.9 | 117.8 | 144.0 | 179.8 | 216.0 | 251.1 | 2,393.8 |
| Mean daily sunshine hours | 8.8 | 9.1 | 8.9 | 8.1 | 6.4 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 5.8 | 7.2 | 8.1 | 6.6 |
| Source 1: Thai Meteorological Department[3] Feb–May record highs and lows 1951–2022;[4] [5] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Office of Water Management and Hydrology, Royal Irrigation Department (sun and humidity)[6] | |||||||||||||
References
- "Phayao". Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT). Retrieved 18 May 2015.
- "Distance phayao bangkok". Google Maps. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
- "Climatological Data for the Period 1981–2010". Thai Meteorological Department. p. 2. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
- Thai Meteorological Department. "สถิติอุณหภูมิสูงที่สุดในช่วงฤดูร้อนของประเทศไทยระหว่าง พ.ศ. 2494 - 2565" [Extreme maximum temperature during summer season in Thailand (1951 - 2022)] (PDF). TMD website. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - Thai Meteorological Department. "Extreme minimum temperature during winter season in Thailand 71 year period (1951 - 2021);" (PDF). TMD website. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - "ปริมาณการใช้น้ำของพืชอ้างอิงโดยวิธีของ Penman Monteith (Reference Crop Evapotranspiration by Penman Monteith)" (PDF) (in Thai). Office of Water Management and Hydrology, Royal Irrigation Department. p. 13. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
External links
Phayao travel guide from Wikivoyage
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