Chanthaburi
Chanthaburi | |
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  Chanthaburi Location in Thailand | |
| Coordinates: 12°36′31″N 102°16′14″E / 12.60861°N 102.27056°E | |
| Country | Thailand |
| Province | Chanthaburi Province |
| District | Mueang Chanthaburi District |
| Area | |
• Total | 3.96 sq mi (10.25 km2) |
| Elevation | 33 ft (10 m) |
| Population (2018) | |
• Total | 23,130 |
| • Density | 5,844.5/sq mi (2,256.58/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (ICT) |
| Website | https://chanmunic.go.th/ |
Chanthaburi (Thai: จันทบุรี, pronounced [tɕān.tʰá(ʔ).bū.rīː]) is a town (thesaban mueang) in the east of Thailand, on the banks of the Chanthaburi River. It is the capital of the Chanthaburi Province and the Mueang Chanthaburi District.
The town covers the two tambons Talat and Wat Mai of Mueang Chanthaburi District. As of 2005, the town had a population of 27,602. The town figures in the legacy of King Taksin. In 1981 the Thai cabinet passed a resolution to bestow on him the honorary title of the Great. When the Bank of Thailand issued the 12th Series of banknotes, called The Great Series, the monument of King Taksin the Great in the town's Tungnachaey recreational park appeared on the back of the 20 baht note issued 28 December 1981,[1] the 214th anniversary of his coronation.
The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, the principal church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Chanthaburi, is the largest church in Thailand.
History
O. W. Wolters identified Chanthabun, the older name of the town, with the Po Ssu Lan of the Chinese records of the early 13th century, a polity named in the Song Huiyao as the neighbour lying five days' sail to the south-east of Chen Li Fu. On that reading the place was a port of the Gulf of Siam from the 7th to the 10th century, under the Sena family of Isanapura.[2]: 9 Sherds from the Ban Bang Pun kilns of Suphan Buri, which made large stoneware in the Southern Song period, have been recovered at the mouth of the Chanthaburi River.[2]: 7
Climate
Chanthaburi has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen climate classification Am), with little variation in temperature throughout the year. Rainfall, however, varies dramatically by season. Rainfall is light and infrequent in the short dry season (December to February), but the wet season (April to October) features torrential rain. March and November are transitional months, during which significant rainfall may occur in some years, while in other years little rain falls.
| Climate data for Chanthaburi (1991–2020, extremes 1951-present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 36.6 (97.9) |
37.7 (99.9) |
37.2 (99.0) |
37.3 (99.1) |
37.5 (99.5) |
35.0 (95.0) |
36.0 (96.8) |
35.7 (96.3) |
35.5 (95.9) |
35.6 (96.1) |
36.3 (97.3) |
35.5 (95.9) |
37.7 (99.9) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 32.6 (90.7) |
32.9 (91.2) |
33.3 (91.9) |
34.1 (93.4) |
33.3 (91.9) |
32.2 (90.0) |
31.7 (89.1) |
31.5 (88.7) |
31.6 (88.9) |
32.4 (90.3) |
32.6 (90.7) |
32.1 (89.8) |
32.5 (90.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.7 (80.1) |
27.4 (81.3) |
28.4 (83.1) |
28.9 (84.0) |
28.6 (83.5) |
28.2 (82.8) |
27.9 (82.2) |
27.8 (82.0) |
27.4 (81.3) |
27.3 (81.1) |
27.3 (81.1) |
26.5 (79.7) |
27.7 (81.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22.1 (71.8) |
23.2 (73.8) |
24.4 (75.9) |
25.0 (77.0) |
25.3 (77.5) |
25.2 (77.4) |
25.0 (77.0) |
25.0 (77.0) |
24.6 (76.3) |
24.2 (75.6) |
23.4 (74.1) |
22.1 (71.8) |
24.1 (75.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 11.2 (52.2) |
14.8 (58.6) |
14.5 (58.1) |
17.9 (64.2) |
21.8 (71.2) |
21.9 (71.4) |
21.4 (70.5) |
21.4 (70.5) |
21.2 (70.2) |
18.7 (65.7) |
13.0 (55.4) |
8.9 (48.0) |
8.9 (48.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 28.0 (1.10) |
36.0 (1.42) |
83.8 (3.30) |
128.1 (5.04) |
372.1 (14.65) |
499.7 (19.67) |
511.2 (20.13) |
456.2 (17.96) |
538.3 (21.19) |
272.5 (10.73) |
57.3 (2.26) |
8.4 (0.33) |
2,991.6 (117.78) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 1.9 | 3.1 | 5.1 | 8.2 | 18.4 | 21.3 | 21.4 | 20.8 | 21.6 | 14.6 | 4.4 | 1.0 | 141.8 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 69.2 | 73.8 | 76.9 | 78.4 | 82.5 | 84.2 | 84.3 | 84.4 | 86.0 | 81.9 | 72.3 | 66.5 | 78.4 |
| Average dew point °C (°F) | 20.1 (68.2) |
21.9 (71.4) |
23.6 (74.5) |
24.5 (76.1) |
25.1 (77.2) |
25.1 (77.2) |
24.8 (76.6) |
24.8 (76.6) |
24.6 (76.3) |
23.7 (74.7) |
21.6 (70.9) |
19.3 (66.7) |
23.3 (73.9) |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 229.4 | 180.8 | 201.5 | 204.0 | 117.8 | 57.0 | 58.9 | 58.9 | 54.0 | 145.7 | 189.0 | 226.3 | 1,723.3 |
| Mean daily sunshine hours | 7.4 | 6.4 | 6.5 | 6.8 | 3.8 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 4.7 | 6.3 | 7.3 | 4.7 |
| Source 1: World Meteorological Organization[3] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Office of Water Management and Hydrology, Royal Irrigation Department (sun 1981–2010)[4](extremes)[5] | |||||||||||||
Transportation
Route 3 (Sukhumvit Road) passes near Chanthaburi and connects the city to Rayong, Pattaya, Chonburi, and Bangkok to the northwest and Trat to the southeast. Route 317 connects Chanthaburi to Sa Kaeo.
References
- ↑ Wararat; Sumit (February 23, 2012). "The Great Series". Banknotes > History and Series of Banknotes > Banknotes, Series 12. Bank of Thailand. Archived from the original on May 18, 2019. Retrieved June 7, 2013.
20 Baht Back - Notification Date November 2, 1981 Issue Date December 28, 1981
- 1 2 Walailak Songsiri (2025). "ในดินแดนแห่งเจนลีฟู นครรัฐที่ไม่ได้อยู่ในอำนาจทางการเมืองของพระเจ้าชัยวรมันที่ ๗ สู่ปัญหาทางประวัติศาสตร์ที่หาทางออกไม่เจอของสังคมไทย" [In the land of Chen Li Fu, a city-state outside the political power of Jayavarman VII, and the historical problem Thai society has not resolved]. Lek-Prapai Viriyaphan Foundation (in Thai). Retrieved 14 July 2025.
- ↑ "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. 100. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
- ↑ "Climatological Data for the Period 1981–2010". Thai Meteorological Department. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
External links
Chanthaburi travel guide from Wikivoyage
