Weather in Krabi in November

Shoulder season. November is shoulder season in Krabi — cheaper, quieter, and a genuine gamble. You should expect rain on 26 days of the month, which is more days wet than dry.

November ranks 10 of 12 — near the bottom of Krabi's year. February is the month that works, and the swing between the two is 32 points, which is a different holiday rather than a slightly better one.

Rain on 26 of the month's 30 days, 8 of them heavy. At that frequency a wet-weather backup is not a contingency, it is the itinerary — book the indoor things first and treat the clear days as the bonus. Natural fibres and a second shirt for the day. At 87% nothing dries, including you.

What the averages hide

Averages flatten a month, and this one hides a few things: the day barely swings — 3.1 °C between the overnight low and the afternoon high. Across the twenty years measured, the hottest November day reached 30.3 °C and the coldest night fell to 22.4 °C, and the wettest single day dropped 56 mm — roughly 24% of the month's rain in one day.

November is statistically steady but not small: the year-to-year variation is modest in relative terms, yet the wettest November on record still delivered 381 mm against 118 mm in the driest. In a month this wet, even a tame spread is a lot of rain in absolute terms — the 232 mm average is a reasonable planning figure, not a promise.

Wind is light at 6 km/h, so the temperature on the page is close to the temperature on your skin, and humidity at 87% is the real story though — it is the number that decides how the day feels, not the 28.6 °C.

How November sits in the year

Temperatures hold steady either side: 28.4 °C in October, 28.6 here, 28.3 in December. Nothing about the timing within the month matters much. Rain is the thing that moves: December brings 8 days less of it, so pushing the dates later buys drier weather.

Daylight in November

Krabi sits close enough to the equator that daylight barely moves all year — 11.8 hours in November, against a range of just 0.9 hours across the whole calendar. Sunrise and sunset land at roughly the same time whenever you come.

Sea temperature

The sea sits at about 29.3 °C in November — warm enough that the water offers no relief from the heat. The sea peaks at 30.4 °C in May and bottoms out at 28.6 °C — water lags the air by a month or two, which is why the best swimming often comes after the best weather.

How busy it gets

Off season. The genuine off season: cheapest by a distance, with the caveat that some tours and restaurants close entirely.

Crowd levels are estimated from climate desirability and school-holiday calendars, not from visitor numbers.

November in Krabi versus nearby

If Krabi is one option among several, the nearby comparison is worth making. Surat Thani is close enough to be a coin toss — within a degree on temperature, 2 days less rain. Hat Yai is close enough to be a coin toss — within a degree on temperature, 2 days more rain.

So: November is a compromise. February is 27 points better and is what Krabi is actually like at its best — worth moving the trip for if that is possible, and worth adjusting expectations for if it is not.

Every month in Krabi

See all twelve months in Krabi, or where else to go in November.