Chonburi
Chonburi
ชลบุรี | |
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Town | |
เทศบาลเมืองชลบุรี | |
UTC+7 (ICT) | |
Postcode | 20000 |
Area code | (+66) 38 |
Geocode | 2099 |
Website | chonburicity |
Chonburi (
Chonburi, along with the urban areas of Si Racha and Pattaya, forms a conurbation known as the Pattaya-Chonburi Metropolitan Area, which has a total population of 999,092.
Chonburi town has had town (
Climate
Chonburi has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen climate classification Aw). Winters are fairly dry and very warm. Temperatures rise until April, which is hot with the average daily maximum at 35.2 °C (95.4 °F). The monsoon season runs from May through October, with heavy rain and somewhat cooler temperatures during the day, although nights remain warm.
Climate data for Chonburi (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 37.3 (99.1) |
37.6 (99.7) |
38.7 (101.7) |
39.9 (103.8) |
39.3 (102.7) |
36.8 (98.2) |
37.2 (99.0) |
36.2 (97.2) |
35.9 (96.6) |
36.5 (97.7) |
37.9 (100.2) |
36.9 (98.4) |
39.9 (103.8) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 32.6 (90.7) |
33.2 (91.8) |
34.2 (93.6) |
35.1 (95.2) |
34.7 (94.5) |
34.0 (93.2) |
33.4 (92.1) |
33.2 (91.8) |
32.9 (91.2) |
33.0 (91.4) |
33.3 (91.9) |
32.7 (90.9) |
33.5 (92.4) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 27.3 (81.1) |
28.3 (82.9) |
29.4 (84.9) |
30.4 (86.7) |
30.2 (86.4) |
29.9 (85.8) |
29.5 (85.1) |
29.3 (84.7) |
28.7 (83.7) |
28.3 (82.9) |
28.2 (82.8) |
27.2 (81.0) |
28.9 (84.0) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 23.0 (73.4) |
24.4 (75.9) |
25.9 (78.6) |
26.9 (80.4) |
27.0 (80.6) |
26.8 (80.2) |
26.5 (79.7) |
26.3 (79.3) |
25.6 (78.1) |
25.0 (77.0) |
24.1 (75.4) |
22.7 (72.9) |
25.3 (77.6) |
Record low °C (°F) | 9.9 (49.8) |
16.0 (60.8) |
14.0 (57.2) |
22.0 (71.6) |
22.1 (71.8) |
20.8 (69.4) |
21.0 (69.8) |
21.3 (70.3) |
21.0 (69.8) |
18.9 (66.0) |
14.2 (57.6) |
12.0 (53.6) |
9.9 (49.8) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 17.6 (0.69) |
14.7 (0.58) |
55.6 (2.19) |
79.9 (3.15) |
156.3 (6.15) |
143.4 (5.65) |
143.9 (5.67) |
159.7 (6.29) |
279.8 (11.02) |
197.2 (7.76) |
37.4 (1.47) |
7.2 (0.28) |
1,292.7 (50.89) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 1.4 | 1.5 | 4.1 | 5.7 | 11.2 | 11.3 | 11.4 | 12.2 | 16.3 | 12.9 | 3.3 | 0.8 | 92.1 |
Average relative humidity (%)
|
66.8 | 69.6 | 71.7 | 71.6 | 73.9 | 74.1 | 74.4 | 75.3 | 78.7 | 78.1 | 69.1 | 64.2 | 72.3 |
Average dew point °C (°F) | 20.1 (68.2) |
21.8 (71.2) |
23.4 (74.1) |
24.4 (75.9) |
24.8 (76.6) |
24.5 (76.1) |
24.2 (75.6) |
24.2 (75.6) |
24.4 (75.9) |
23.8 (74.8) |
21.6 (70.9) |
19.4 (66.9) |
23.1 (73.6) |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 263.5 | 245.8 | 238.7 | 240.0 | 195.3 | 153.0 | 158.1 | 114.7 | 108.0 | 145.7 | 222.0 | 260.4 | 2,345.2 |
Mean daily sunshine hours | 8.5 | 8.7 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 6.3 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 7.4 | 8.4 | 6.4 |
Source 1: World Meteorological Organization[3] | |||||||||||||
Source 2: Office of Water Management and Hydrology, Royal Irrigation Department (sun 1981–2010)[4](extremes)[5] |
Transportation
The main road through Chonburi is Thailand Route 3, also known as
Tourism
A number of beaches and
Military
Unithai Shipyard will serve as the main facility to repair United States Navy ships in the Thailand area.[6]
Notable people
- Wasan Charam (born 1989), footballer
- Kantadhee Kusiri (born 1993), racing driver
- Dechapol Puavaranukroh (born 1997), World Champion badminton player
- Kunlavut Vitidsarn (born 2001), badminton player
References
- ^ "Department of Provincial Administration พ.ศ.2565". [Statistics, population and house statistics for the year 2021] (in Thai). Retrieved 2023-10-02.
- ^ พระราชกฤษฎีกาจัดตั้งเทศบาลเมืองชลบุรี จังหวัดชลบุรี พุทธศักราช ๒๔๗๘ (PDF). Royal Gazette (in Thai). 52 (ก): 1651–1656. 1935-12-10. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 28, 2012.
- ^ "World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991–2020". World Meteorological Organization. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
- ^ "ปริมาณการใช้น้ำของพืชอ้างอิงโดยวิธีของ Penman Monteith (Reference Crop Evapotranspiration by Penman Monteith)" (PDF) (in Thai). Office of Water Management and Hydrology, Royal Irrigation Department. p. 93. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
- ^ "Climatological Data for the Period 1981–2010". Thai Meteorological Department. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
- ^ "Austal, Unithai sign MoU on US ship repairs". The Nation. 2013-04-02. Archived from the original on 2018-12-23. Retrieved 2018-12-22.
External links
- Chonburi travel guide from Wikivoyage
- http://www.chonburicity.go.th/ Website of the city