Geography & Climate

Approximately 260 km from Bangkok to the northeast, Nakhon Ratchasima covers 20,494 sq km of the northeastern plateau. Its neighboring provinces are as follows:

North: Chaiyaphum and Khon Kaen

South: Nakhon Nayok, Prachinburi and Sa Kaeo

East: Burirum

West: Chaiyaphum and Saraburi

In 1995, 13.79% of the province was forest area. However, the forest was reported decreasing with only 11.01% left in 1999 due to over logging.

During its three seasons-hot, rainy and cool-Khorat usually experiences its hottest temperatures in summer with the highest temperature of 42.2° C (measured in 1998).In winter, the lowest temperature Khorat has ever experienced was about 10.8° C (measured in 1993). Its average temperature for the whole year is around 27.1° C to 30.3° C.

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