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Recently went to Bangkok and I think the 'average' temperatures in the guidebook etc are misleading.
They say it is 34 degrees in the hot season and 32 degrees in the cool season. However the *actual* temperatures in real life are far more horiffic. This page has the temps:
It is actually more like 37 in the hot season (april) and 34 in the cool season (Dec). Maybe the averages come from a long time ago and there are more air-con exhaust boxes heating the place up or something???
Bangkok regularly hits 37 C in April. Everyone I know who went there in April said they will never go back to Bangkok in the hot season. It's also why they need to cool off by throwing water at each other during Songkran (mid-April).
Almost passed out on the back of a motorbike taxi while waiting for the traffic light on Sukhumvit rd (in front of Terminal 21) last year in April, it felt like a sauna after walking a marathon, it's because you have so many cars, motorbikes etc. in a traffic jam almost 24/7 there and because of the BTS Skytrain the heat can't go away. Heard it was 38 degrees that day but i'm not sure.
Yes, the traffic makes traffic congestion here in the US seem "light", by comparison.
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Originally Posted by Davy-040
Almost passed out on the back of a motorbike taxi while waiting for the traffic light on Sukhumvit rd (in front of Terminal 21) last year in April, it felt like a sauna after walking a marathon, it's because you have so many cars, motorbikes etc. in a traffic jam almost 24/7 there and because of the BTS Skytrain the heat can't go away. Heard it was 38 degrees that day but i'm not sure.
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Bangkok needs more trees. Even Singapore feels hot with its city greening project.
It does, although Bangkok can never be as lush as Singapore or KL because they have equatorial climates with rain all year round.
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