Aranyaprathet
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Aranyaprathet
อรัญญประเทศ | |
|---|---|
 Chinese Temple on Rat Uthit Rd. | |
  Aranyaprathet | |
| Coordinates: 13°41′34″N 102°30′6″E / 13.69278°N 102.50167°E | |
| Country |  Thailand |
| Provinces | Sa Kaeo province |
| District | Aranyaprathet district |
| Elevation | 50 m (160 ft) |
| Population (2005) | |
• Total | 16,937 |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (UTC+7) |
Aranyaprathet (Thai: อรัญประเทศ)(Khmer:អារញ្ញប្រទេស) is a town (thesaban mueang) in Sa Kaeo province in eastern Thailand. It covers the entire tambon of Aranyaprathet, in Aranyaprathet district. As of 2005, the town has 16,937 inhabitants. It is located just 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) from the border with Cambodia; the town of Poipet is on the other side of the border. On the Thai side of the border is the huge Rong Kluea Market. Cambodian people cross the border daily with pushcarts and scooters with side cars loaded with their products. A significant part of the trade is in second hand clothes.[1] Just over the border on the Cambodian side there are casinos. These are visited by many Thai people because gambling is prohibited in Thailand. Special free buses run between Bangkok and these casinos. Cambodians themselves are not allowed to gamble in these border casinos.[2][3]
Aranyaprathet has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen climate classification Aw). Winters are dry and very warm. Temperatures rise until April, which is very hot with the average daily maximum at 36.7 °C (98.1 °F). The monsoon season is from late April to October, with heavy rain and somewhat cooler temperatures during the day, although nights remain warm.
| Climate data for Aranyaprathet (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) | 37.2 (99.0) |
39.7 (103.5) |
40.7 (105.3) |
42.4 (108.3) |
42.0 (107.6) |
37.9 (100.2) |
38.3 (100.9) |
36.6 (97.9) |
35.9 (96.6) |
35.5 (95.9) |
36.7 (98.1) |
36.2 (97.2) |
42.4 (108.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 32.9 (91.2) |
34.8 (94.6) |
36.3 (97.3) |
36.8 (98.2) |
35.6 (96.1) |
34.3 (93.7) |
33.4 (92.1) |
33.1 (91.6) |
32.8 (91.0) |
32.6 (90.7) |
32.4 (90.3) |
31.8 (89.2) |
33.9 (93.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.6 (79.9) |
28.3 (82.9) |
29.8 (85.6) |
30.3 (86.5) |
29.6 (85.3) |
28.9 (84.0) |
28.4 (83.1) |
28.1 (82.6) |
27.9 (82.2) |
27.8 (82.0) |
27.2 (81.0) |
26.0 (78.8) |
28.2 (82.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 20.8 (69.4) |
22.7 (72.9) |
24.7 (76.5) |
25.6 (78.1) |
25.8 (78.4) |
25.4 (77.7) |
25.0 (77.0) |
24.8 (76.6) |
24.7 (76.5) |
24.3 (75.7) |
22.7 (72.9) |
20.8 (69.4) |
23.9 (75.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 7.6 (45.7) |
12.5 (54.5) |
13.8 (56.8) |
17.3 (63.1) |
21.3 (70.3) |
22.1 (71.8) |
22.0 (71.6) |
21.5 (70.7) |
21.1 (70.0) |
18.3 (64.9) |
10.2 (50.4) |
10.0 (50.0) |
7.6 (45.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 10.6 (0.42) |
25.2 (0.99) |
58.5 (2.30) |
92.3 (3.63) |
142.6 (5.61) |
168.6 (6.64) |
175.9 (6.93) |
200.6 (7.90) |
244.2 (9.61) |
169.0 (6.65) |
32.2 (1.27) |
5.4 (0.21) |
1,325.1 (52.17) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 1.1 | 1.6 | 4.3 | 6.4 | 11.2 | 13.6 | 14.0 | 15.3 | 15.2 | 11.7 | 3.3 | 0.9 | 98.6 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 64.0 | 63.9 | 66.7 | 70.2 | 76.1 | 78.9 | 80.2 | 81.8 | 83.0 | 80.3 | 72.5 | 66.3 | 73.7 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 263.5 | 211.9 | 238.7 | 204.0 | 155.0 | 153.0 | 158.1 | 114.7 | 108.0 | 145.7 | 186.0 | 226.3 | 2,164.9 |
| Mean daily sunshine hours | 8.5 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 6.8 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 6.2 | 7.3 | 5.9 |
| Source 1: NOAA[4] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Office of Water Management and Hydrology, Royal Irrigation Department (sun 1981–2010)[5](extremes)[6] | |||||||||||||
