Koh Chang Weather and Seasons: When to Come, When It Rains, and How to Plan Around It
Koh Chang Weather and Seasons: When to Come, When It Rains, and How to Plan Around It Every question about Koh Chang eventually becomes a question about rain. When is the best time to come? Will it rain every day in August? Is the sea safe to swim in in September? Can the ferry still run? Koh Chang, in Trat province at the far eastern end of the Gulf of Thailand, is not like the drier islands further west and north. It is a big, mountainous, jungle-covered island sitting directly in the path of the southwest monsoon, and it is one of the wettest places in the whole country. That single fact explains the island's lush forest, its waterfalls, its quiet green season, its occasional flooded road — and almost everything useful you need to know before you choose your dates. This guide gives you the seasons honestly, month by month and season by season: what the cool, dry months are really like, how hot the hot season gets, and what the green season — roughly May to October — actually...