Chumphon
title: "Chumphon" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["populated-places-in-chumphon-province", "cities-and-towns-in-thailand"] topic_path: "geography" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chumphon" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
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| official_name | Chumphon |
| native_name | ชุมพร |
| settlement_type | Town |
| image_skyline | Lak Mueang Chumphon1.jpg |
| image_caption | Chumphon city pillar shrine |
| pushpin_map | Thailand |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location in Thailand |
| pushpin_label_position | |
| coordinates | |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Thailand |
| subdivision_type1 | Province |
| subdivision_type2 | District |
| subdivision_name1 | Chumphon Province |
| subdivision_name2 | Mueang Chumphon District |
| subdivision_name4 | |
| established_title | |
| established_title2 | |
| established_title3 | |
| established_date3 | |
| leader_title1 | |
| unit_pref | Imperial |
| area_total_km2 | 21.10 |
| area_land_km2 | |
| area_blank1_sq_mi | |
| elevation_footnotes | |
| elevation_m | 12 |
| elevation_ft | |
| population_total | 33,633 |
| population_as_of | 2018 |
| population_footnotes | |
| population_density_km2 | 1595 |
| population_blank1_title | Ethnicities |
| population_density_blank1_sq_mi | |
| population_blank2_title | Religions |
| postal_code_type | |
| website | |
| timezone | ICT |
| utc_offset | +7 |
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::callout[type=note] the town Chumphon ::
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Chumphon (, ) is a town (thesaban mueang) in southern Thailand, capital of the Chumphon Province and Mueang Chumphon District. The city is about 463 kilometers (288 miles) from Bangkok. As of 2018 it had a population of around 33,600. The town covers the commune (tambon) Tha Taphao completely and parts of tambons Bang Mak, Wang Phai, Na Thung, Tak Daet, and Khun Krathing. Its main economic activity is agriculture.
History
Chumphon volunteers fought invading Japanese during World War II. Chumphon became a rail hub for Imperial Japan. It was a station on the Southern Line and connected to the short-lived Kra Isthmus Railway.
Geography
Chumphon lies just inland from the west coast of the Gulf of Thailand. To the west are the northern hills of the Phuket Range, a subrange of the Tenasserim Hills. These hills reach 400 m in the area near Chumphon. There are also many smaller peaks in the area in the range of 100 m to 200 m high.
Climate
Chumphon has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen climate classification Am) just falling short of a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Temperatures are hot throughout the year. The period from December to April has relatively less rainfall than from May to November, when rainfall can be very heavy, particularly in October and November.
|location = Chumphon (1991–2020, extremes 1951-present) |metric first = Yes |single line = Yes |Jan record high C = 34.8 |Feb record high C = 36.4 |Mar record high C = 38.0 |Apr record high C = 38.8 |May record high C = 39.8 |Jun record high C = 36.2 |Jul record high C = 35.4 |Aug record high C = 35.6 |Sep record high C = 35.6 |Oct record high C = 35.7 |Nov record high C = 34.5 |Dec record high C = 34.0 |year record high C = 39.8 |Jan record low C = 12.1 |Feb record low C = 14.4 |Mar record low C = 17.0 |Apr record low C = 21.8 |May record low C = 22.0 |Jun record low C = 22.2 |Jul record low C = 21.5 |Aug record low C = 22.1 |Sep record low C = 21.6 |Oct record low C = 18.8 |Nov record low C = 15.1 |Dec record low C = 12.2 |year record low C = 12.1 |Jan high C = 30.8 |Feb high C = 31.9 |Mar high C = 33.3 |Apr high C = 34.3 |May high C = 33.6 |Jun high C = 32.6 |Jul high C = 31.9 |Aug high C = 31.9 |Sep high C = 31.7 |Oct high C = 31.2 |Nov high C = 30.6 |Dec high C = 30.2 | year high C = |Jan mean C = 26.0 |Feb mean C = 26.8 |Mar mean C = 27.9 |Apr mean C = 28.8 |May mean C = 28.3 |Jun mean C = 27.9 |Jul mean C = 27.4 |Aug mean C = 27.3 |Sep mean C = 27.1 |Oct mean C = 26.8 |Nov mean C = 26.5 |Dec mean C = 25.7 | year mean C = |Jan low C = 21.9 |Feb low C = 22.5 |Mar low C = 23.6 |Apr low C = 24.7 |May low C = 25.0 |Jun low C = 24.8 |Jul low C = 24.4 |Aug low C = 24.5 |Sep low C = 24.3 |Oct low C = 23.9 |Nov low C = 23.3 |Dec low C = 22.0 | year low C = |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 96.7 |Feb precipitation mm = 51.7 |Mar precipitation mm = 110.3 |Apr precipitation mm = 93.2 |May precipitation mm = 171.0 |Jun precipitation mm = 163.0 |Jul precipitation mm = 195.0 |Aug precipitation mm = 199.2 |Sep precipitation mm = 178.9 |Oct precipitation mm = 247.2 |Nov precipitation mm = 258.6 |Dec precipitation mm = 172.6 | year precipitation mm = 1937.4 |unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm |Jan precipitation days = 5.5 |Feb precipitation days = 3.1 |Mar precipitation days = 5.3 |Apr precipitation days = 5.8 |May precipitation days = 13.0 |Jun precipitation days = 14.2 |Jul precipitation days = 16.5 |Aug precipitation days = 16.0 |Sep precipitation days = 15.4 |Oct precipitation days = 15.9 |Nov precipitation days = 11.9 |Dec precipitation days = 6.9 |year precipitation days = 129.5 |Jan humidity = 80.8 |Feb humidity = 79.3 |Mar humidity = 78.3 |Apr humidity = 77.9 |May humidity = 80.7 |Jun humidity = 81.0 |Jul humidity = 82.1 |Aug humidity = 81.8 |Sep humidity = 83.3 |Oct humidity = 85.1 |Nov humidity = 83.8 |Dec humidity = 80.4 | year humidity = 81.2 | Jan dew point C = 22.2 | Feb dew point C = 22.6 | Mar dew point C = 23.4 | Apr dew point C = 24.2 | May dew point C = 24.4 | Jun dew point C = 24.1 | Jul dew point C = 23.8 | Aug dew point C = 23.7 | Sep dew point C = 23.8 | Oct dew point C = 23.9 | Nov dew point C = 23.2 | Dec dew point C = 21.8 | year dew point C = 23.4 |Jan sun = 195.3 |Feb sun = 214.7 |Mar sun = 238.7 |Apr sun = 201.0 |May sun = 155.0 |Jun sun = 114.0 |Jul sun = 117.8 |Aug sun = 114.7 |Sep sun = 108.0 |Oct sun = 145.7 |Nov sun = 174.0 |Dec sun = 195.3 |year sun = |Jand sun = 6.3 |Febd sun = 7.6 |Mard sun = 7.7 |Aprd sun = 6.7 |Mayd sun = 5.0 |Jund sun = 3.8 |Juld sun = 3.8 |Augd sun = 3.7 |Sepd sun = 3.6 |Octd sun = 4.7 |Novd sun = 5.8 |Decd sun = 6.3 |yeard sun = 5.4 |source 1 = World Meteorological Organization{{cite web | url = https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/1.1/data/0-data/Region-2-WMO-Normals-9120/Thailand/CSV/Chumphon_48517.csv | title = World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991–2020 | publisher = World Meteorological Organization | access-date = 12 October 2023}} |source 2 = Office of Water Management and Hydrology, Royal Irrigation Department (sun 1981–2010){{cite web | url = http://water.rid.go.th/hwm/cropwater/CWRdata/ETo/ETo_PenMon_2554.pdf | title = ปริมาณการใช้น้ำของพืชอ้างอิงโดยวิธีของ Penman Monteith (Reference Crop Evapotranspiration by Penman Monteith) | publisher = Office of Water Management and Hydrology, Royal Irrigation Department | page = 103 | language = Thai | accessdate = 6 August 2016}}(extremes){{cite web | url = http://climate.tmd.go.th/content/file/75 | title = Climatological Data for the Period 1981–2010 | publisher = Thai Meteorological Department | accessdate = 4 August 2016}}
Transport
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c7/Nationalmuseum_Chumphon.jpg" caption="National Museum, Chumphon"] ::
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Bus: There is a small bus system within the city itself. Trains and buses run to and from Bangkok every day.
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Road: The main road through Chumphon is Thailand Highway 4, also known as Phetkasem Road, leading north to Bangkok, and south to Ranong, Phang Nga, Krabi, Trang, Phatthalung, and the border with Malaysia near Sadao.
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Rail: The Chumphon railway station is on the Southern Line of the State Railway of Thailand. Trains also stop at Pathio railway station in Chumphon Province.
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Air: The city's airport, Chumphon Airport (IATA: CJM, ICAO: VTSE) is 30 km north in Pathio District. The airport has daily flights to Bangkok.
:Nok Air and Thai AirAsia operate multiple daily flights between Bangkok (Don Mueang, DMK) and Chumphon Airport. The airport is a hub and regional gateway providing connecting services to Chumphon city and high speed ferry services to the islands of the Gulf of Thailand including Ko Tao and Ko Samui.
Popular culture
- In the science fiction novel, The Chronoliths, Chumphon is the landing site of the first chronolith.
References
References
- "รายงานสถิติจำนวนประชากรและบ้าน ประจำปี พ.ศ. 2561 ท้องถิ่นเทศบาลเมืองชุมพร".
- [https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/view/24747385/the-kra-isthmus-railway Journal of Kyoto Seika University] No. 27, Part IX
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