Two coasts, six months apart
The Andaman and the Gulf take turns, and the calendar is built on it.
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3 guides. Everything on the site is in the archive.
- The Andaman and the Gulf take turns being unswimmableThe southwest monsoon works the Andaman side from roughly May, the northeast monsoon works the Gulf from roughly November, which is why the two coasts have opposite seasons.
- The hottest month is the one everybody throws water inSongkran falls in April at the end of the dry season, when the heat peaks and the rains have not arrived.
- The rain sets the planting and the planting sets the yearThe main rice crop is timed to the monsoon rather than the calendar, and the agricultural year still runs on it.