Wat Tri Thotsathep

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Wat Tri Thotsathep

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A quiet royal temple in Banglamphu where National Artist Chakrabhand Posayakrit has spent decades painting new murals in the ordination hall.

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Wat Tri Thotsathep essentials

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

Wat Tri Thotsathep, often spelled Wat Tritosathep, is a third-class royal temple on Prachathipathai Road, just outside the old city moat and a few minutes’ walk from Wat Bowonniwet and Khao San Road. On its own it would be one of many neighbourhood monasteries in Banglamphu. What sets it apart is the mural project inside its ordination hall.

Since March 1990, Chakrabhand Posayakrit, a National Artist and one of Thailand’s most admired painters, has been painting a new cycle of murals on the hall’s walls, working from hundreds of preparatory drawings and studies. It is among the most ambitious pieces of Buddhist temple painting attempted in modern Thailand, refined and detailed and rooted in the classical tradition. Work has been slow, parts may be unfinished or screened off, and the hall is not always open, so ask at the temple office.

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Weather & Climate near Wat Tri Thotsathep#

Climate

Wat Tri Thotsathep's climate is classified as Tropical Savanna - Tropical Savanna climate with consistently warm temperatures year-round. Temperatures range from 21°C to 35°C. Abundant rainfall (1317 mm/year), wettest in September with a pronounced dry season.

Air Quality: AQI 85 Moderate
Best Time to Visit
JanuaryDecemberFebruary
Temperature & Rainfall
Temperature Range
43°
Warmest Month
10°
Coldest Month
Monthly Conditions
Month Comfort Temp Feels Rain Sky Humidity Wind UV Daylight
January Ideal 21° - 32° 27° 9 mm mostly sunny 64% 1.5 m/s 1.8 very high 11.3h
February Excellent 23° - 33° 30° 14 mm mostly sunny 60% 1.8 m/s 2.0 extreme 11.6h
March Excellent 25° - 34° 32° 32 mm some cloud 62% 1.9 m/s 2.2 extreme 11.9h
April Very Good 26° - 35° 35° 61 mm partly cloudy 66% 1.6 m/s 2.4 extreme 12.3h
May Acceptable 26° - 34° 36° 171 mm overcast 76% 1.6 m/s 2.3 extreme 12.6h
June Acceptable 26° - 33° 36° 130 mm overcast 80% 1.7 m/s 2.3 extreme 12.8h
July Acceptable 25° - 33° 35° 144 mm overcast 81% 1.7 m/s 2.3 extreme 12.7h
August Acceptable 25° - 33° 35° 178 mm overcast 82% 1.7 m/s 2.3 extreme 12.4h
September Acceptable 25° - 32° 34° 289 mm overcast 85% 1.4 m/s 2.1 extreme 12.1h
October Acceptable 24° - 32° 33° 237 mm overcast 85% 1.1 m/s 1.9 very high 11.7h
November Very Good 23° - 32° 31° 46 mm partly cloudy 80% 1.5 m/s 1.8 very high 11.4h
December Ideal 21° - 32° 26° 6 mm some cloud 71% 1.8 m/s 1.8 very high 11.2h
Getting There & Around

How to Get to Wat Tri Thotsathep#

Walk about 10 minutes northeast from Khao San Road and cross the canal to Prachathipathai Road. Phra Athit pier on the Chao Phraya Express Boat is around 15 minutes away on foot.

History & Culture of Wat Tri Thotsathep#

The temple dates from the reign of King Mongkut (Rama IV). Two royal princes in turn gave money and land to build it, and each died before it was finished. The king then took over the work himself, and it was completed in 1867 and given its name, which means “temple of the three gods”.