Thailand
Songkhla travel guide
Songkhla is a city in Thailand, home to about 64,000 people.
- Nearest airport
- HDY38 km · Hat Yai International Airport
- Currency
- THBbaht
- Time zone
- Asia/Bangkok
- Language
- Thai
When to go
The best time to visit Songkhla
Songkhla has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here. May is the warmest month, with average highs of 33 °C; November is the wettest, with about 471 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Songkhla: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Hat Yai International Airport (HDY), about 38 km from the city centre in a straight line; Trang Airport (TST, 113 km) and Sultan Abdul Halim Airport (AOR, 115 km) are also within reach.
HDY · Hat Yai International Airport
TST · Trang Airport
AOR · Sultan Abdul Halim Airport
Questions
Songkhla: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Songkhla?
Songkhla has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here. May is the warmest month, with average highs of 33 °C; November is the wettest, with about 471 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Songkhla?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Hat Yai International Airport (HDY), about 38 km from the city centre in a straight line; Trang Airport (TST, 113 km) and Sultan Abdul Halim Airport (AOR, 115 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Songkhla?
baht (THB).
Nearby
Destinations near Songkhla
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.