Chantharakasem National Museum

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Chantharakasem National Museum

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The restored Front Palace of Ayutthaya, first built for the future King Naresuan and now a quiet museum in the north-east corner of the island.

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Chantharakasem National Museum essentials

Country: Thailand
Driest months: Dec-Feb
Pay in: Baht (฿)
Language: Thai
Emergency: 191

Chantharakasem Palace was built around 1577 by King Maha Thammaracha as a residence for his son, the future King Naresuan, who used it as a base during his wars against Burma. It later became the Front Palace, the home of the heir to the throne. Like the rest of the city it was destroyed in 1767, and King Mongkut (Rama IV) rebuilt part of it in the mid-19th century as a place to stay on his visits to Ayutthaya.

In 1902 the official later known as Phraya Boran Ratchathanin began collecting antiquities from the ruins here, and the palace has been a museum ever since. Today the Chantharakasem National Museum shows Buddha images and other objects in the restored pavilions. It is smaller and quieter than Ayutthaya’s main museum, Chao Sam Phraya, and the walled grounds are shady and calm.

The palace is close to the Pa Sak River in the north-east of the island, so it makes a convenient first or last stop on a tour of the ruins.

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Weather & Climate near Chantharakasem National Museum#

Climate

Chantharakasem National Museum's climate is classified as Tropical Savanna - Tropical Savanna climate with very hot summers (peaking in April) and hot winters (coldest in December). Temperatures range from 20°C to 36°C. Abundant rainfall (1018 mm/year), wettest in September with a pronounced dry season.

Air Quality: AQI 86 Moderate
Best Time to Visit
JanuaryDecemberFebruary
Temperature & Rainfall
Temperature Range
44°
Warmest Month
10°
Coldest Month
Monthly Conditions
Month Comfort Temp Feels Rain Sky Humidity Wind UV Daylight
January Ideal 20° - 32° 26° 5 mm mostly sunny 60% 0.8 m/s 1.6 very high 11.3h
February Excellent 22° - 34° 29° 9 mm mostly sunny 57% 1.0 m/s 1.8 very high 11.6h
March Excellent 23° - 35° 31° 24 mm some cloud 58% 1.3 m/s 2.0 very high 11.9h
April Very Good 25° - 36° 34° 61 mm partly cloudy 62% 1.0 m/s 2.2 extreme 12.3h
May Acceptable 25° - 35° 35° 129 mm overcast 73% 1.0 m/s 2.2 extreme 12.7h
June Acceptable 25° - 34° 35° 107 mm overcast 79% 1.1 m/s 2.1 extreme 12.8h
July Acceptable 25° - 33° 34° 101 mm overcast 80% 1.1 m/s 2.1 extreme 12.8h
August Acceptable 24° - 33° 33° 133 mm overcast 82% 1.1 m/s 2.1 extreme 12.5h
September Acceptable 24° - 32° 33° 228 mm overcast 86% 0.9 m/s 2.0 very high 12.1h
October Good 24° - 32° 32° 180 mm partly cloudy 84% 0.9 m/s 1.8 very high 11.7h
November Excellent 22° - 31° 27° 37 mm some cloud 79% 1.2 m/s 1.7 very high 11.3h
December Ideal 20° - 31° 25° 4 mm mostly sunny 68% 1.2 m/s 1.6 very high 11.2h