Uttaradit
title: "Uttaradit" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["populated-places-in-uttaradit-province", "cities-and-towns-in-thailand"] topic_path: "geography" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uttaradit" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | |
| native_name | อุตรดิตถ์ |
| native_name_lang | |
| settlement_type | Provincial Capital City |
| image_skyline | Nan river in Uttaradit.jpg |
| image_alt | Nan River |
| image_caption | Nan River in Uttraradit |
| pushpin_map | Thailand |
| pushpin_label_position | bottom |
| coordinates | |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Thailand |
| subdivision_type1 | Province |
| subdivision_name1 | Uttaradit Province |
| unit_pref | Metric |
| area_urban_footnotes | -- |
| area_rural_footnotes | -- |
| area_metro_footnotes | -- |
| area_magnitude | -- |
| area_blank2_title | |
| area_land_km2 | 13.49 |
| area_metro_km2 | 766 |
| area_blank2_km2 | |
| area_blank2_ha | |
| dunam_link | |
| elevation_m | 64 |
| population_total | 33,357 |
| population_as_of | 2017 |
| population_density_km2 | auto |
| timezone1 | ICT |
| utc_offset1 | +7 |
| website | |
| official_name | เมืองอุตรดิตถ์ |
| | other_name | | ::
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Uttaradit is a town (thesaban mueang) in north Thailand. The original name of Mueang district, Uttaradit, was Bang Pho. This district was under the control of Phi Chai District. Later, it was established as Uttaradit Province and Bang Pho District became the capital district. It was changed to Mueang Uttaradit District recently. The district is the seat of government and the center of economic activity of Uttaradit Province. Uttaradit is 483 km north of Bangkok.
| pic = Lanna- Thai Uttaradit.svg | picsize = 190px | piccap = "Uttaradit" in Thai language (top) and Northern Thai with Tai Tham script (bottom) | tha = อุตรดิตถ์ | rtgs = Uttaradit | lang1 = Northern Thai | lang1_content = (Uttaradit) | lang2 = Chinese | lang2_content = 程逸 (pinyin: Chéng yì)
Geography
The district is surrounded by the following districts:
- North – Den Chai District (Phrae Province) and Tha Pla District.
- East – Tha Pla and Thong Saen Khan Districts.
- South – Thong Saen Khan and Tron Districts.
- West – Laplae District.
History
In the past, Mueang District was called Bang Pho Tah It. It grew rapidly due to its harbor. King Rama V ordered the capital moved from Phi Chai District to Muang District. Next, in the reign of King Rama VI, the king ordered the incorporation of Mueang District into Uttaradit Province.
Throughout its history, many fires have occurred in the center of Uttaradit. In 1932 and 1965, there were fires that occurred at Bang Pho Market and Wat Tha Thanon, both of which were located adjacent to each other. As a result, houses and commercial buildings, both built of wood and concrete were destroyed by the fire. From 1968 until 1975, the province was served by the Uttaradit Airport, which serviced a one round-trip flight per day between Don Mueang and Uttaradit by Thai Airways.
In 1983, a second major fire had started in a two-storey commercial building with wooden row housing. Villagers from the houses hurriedly removed their belongings from the building. The fire later spread around Wat Tha Than, especially near the clock tower located in front of the Uttaradit Railway Station. Most of the wooden row houses in the town were engulfed by flames, and eventually the fire subsided when it was controlled by responding fire trucks. Fortunately, Wat Luang Por Phet remained undamaged from the fire, whicn brought a great surprise to the people of Uttaradit. According to locals, the fire was so big, that the smoke could be seen from 13 kilometers away. The fire trucks that fought the blaze are still used to this day.
Climate
Uttaradit used to hold the record for the highest temperature ever recorded in Thailand: 44.5 °C observed at Uttaradit on 27 April 1960. This was broken when temperatures in Mae Hong Son reached 44.6 °C on 28 April 2016.
Uttaradit has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen climate classification Aw). Winters are dry and very warm. Temperatures rise until April, which is very hot with an average daily maximum of 38.2 °C. The monsoon season runs from May through October, with heavy rain and somewhat cooler temperatures during the day, although nights remain warm.
|location = Uttaradit (1991–2020, extremes 1951-present) |metric first = Yes |single line = Yes |Jan record high C = 37.1 |Feb record high C = 39.3 |Mar record high C = 42.7 |Apr record high C = 44.5 |May record high C = 43.7 |Jun record high C = 41.6 |Jul record high C = 38.0 |Aug record high C = 39.5 |Sep record high C = 37.4 |Oct record high C = 36.8 |Nov record high C = 37.3 |Dec record high C = 36.6 |year record high C = 44.5 |Jan record low C = 4.5 |Feb record low C = 10.0 |Mar record low C = 13.7 |Apr record low C = 18.0 |May record low C = 20.0 |Jun record low C = 22.4 |Jul record low C = 21.4 |Aug record low C = 21.8 |Sep record low C = 20.6 |Oct record low C = 16.3 |Nov record low C = 10.2 |Dec record low C = 7.5 |year record low C = |Jan high C = 32.3 |Feb high C = 34.4 |Mar high C = 36.4 |Apr high C = 37.8 |May high C = 36.4 |Jun high C = 34.7 |Jul high C = 33.6 |Aug high C = 33.0 |Sep high C = 33.6 |Oct high C = 33.7 |Nov high C = 33.1 |Dec high C = 31.6 | year high C = |Jan mean C = 24.4 |Feb mean C = 26.2 |Mar mean C = 28.8 |Apr mean C = 30.8 |May mean C = 30.1 |Jun mean C = 29.2 |Jul mean C = 28.5 |Aug mean C = 28.0 |Sep mean C = 28.2 |Oct mean C = 27.9 |Nov mean C = 26.4 |Dec mean C = 24.4 | year mean C = |Jan low C = 18.5 |Feb low C = 19.8 |Mar low C = 22.7 |Apr low C = 25.2 |May low C = 25.5 |Jun low C = 25.4 |Jul low C = 25.1 |Aug low C = 24.8 |Sep low C = 24.7 |Oct low C = 23.8 |Nov low C = 21.6 |Dec low C = 19.1 | year low C = |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 9.8 |Feb precipitation mm = 10.9 |Mar precipitation mm = 29.4 |Apr precipitation mm = 71.5 |May precipitation mm = 207.6 |Jun precipitation mm = 198.7 |Jul precipitation mm = 181.0 |Aug precipitation mm = 289.4 |Sep precipitation mm = 246.6 |Oct precipitation mm = 102.5 |Nov precipitation mm = 19.3 |Dec precipitation mm = 7.5 | year precipitation mm = 1374.2 |unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm |Jan precipitation days = 1.3 |Feb precipitation days = 0.7 |Mar precipitation days = 2.4 |Apr precipitation days = 4.5 |May precipitation days = 11.0 |Jun precipitation days = 12.4 |Jul precipitation days = 14.2 |Aug precipitation days = 16.7 |Sep precipitation days = 14.4 |Oct precipitation days = 6.9 |Nov precipitation days = 1.9 |Dec precipitation days = 0.8 |year precipitation days = 87.2 |Jan humidity = 67.5 |Feb humidity = 63.7 |Mar humidity = 62.7 |Apr humidity = 63.2 |May humidity = 71.4 |Jun humidity = 76.8 |Jul humidity = 79.2 |Aug humidity = 82.3 |Sep humidity = 81.8 |Oct humidity = 78.2 |Nov humidity = 72.6 |Dec humidity = 68.5 | year humidity = 72.3 |Jan sun = 291.4 |Feb sun = 274.0 |Mar sun = 313.1 |Apr sun = 243.0 |May sun = 198.4 |Jun sun = 117.0 |Jul sun = 120.9 |Aug sun = 117.8 |Sep sun = 144.0 |Oct sun = 198.4 |Nov sun = 252.0 |Dec sun = 257.3 |year sun = |Jand sun = 9.4 |Febd sun = 9.7 |Mard sun = 10.1 |Aprd sun = 8.1 |Mayd sun = 6.4 |Jund sun = 3.9 |Juld sun = 3.9 |Augd sun = 3.8 |Sepd sun = 4.8 |Octd sun = 6.4 |Novd sun = 8.4 |Decd sun = 8.3 |yeard sun = 6.9 |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/Uttaradit_48351.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 = 26 | language = th | access-date = 31 July 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 | archive-date = 26 December 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181226035029/http://climate.tmd.go.th/content/file/75%0A | url-status = dead
Transport
Uttaradit is served by a station on the State Railway of Thailand. The nearest airport is at Phitsanulok.
Notable people
- Narong Prangcharoen (b. 1973), composer
References
References
- "Bangkok to Uttaradit".
- "เศรษฐกิจ". Matichon.
- ณัฐวิทย์, พิมพ์ทอง. "เพลิงผลาญตลาดบางโพ-วัดท่าถนน อุตรดิตถ์ พ.ศ. 2508".
- "ภาพเก่าเล่าอดีต…ไฟไหม้ใหญ่ ครั้งที่2 ปี พ.ศ. 2526 ประวัติศาสตร์หน้าหนึ่งของจังหวัดอุตรดิตถ์". UT24hrs.
- "The Climate of Thailand". Thai Meteorological Department.
- "Exceptional Heat Wave 2016". [[Meteo France]].
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