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Satun สตูล | |
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| เทศบาลเมืองสตูล | |
 Satun National Museum | |
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  Satun Location inThailand | |
| Coordinates:6°36′53″N100°4′5″E / 6.61472°N 100.06806°E /6.61472; 100.06806 | |
| Country | Thailand |
| Province | Satun |
| District | Mueang Satun |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Prasit Baesakul |
| Population (2005) | |
• Total | 21,498 |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (ICT) |
| Area code | (+66) 74 |
| Website | stm |
Satun (Thai:สตูล,pronounced[sā.tūːn],Malay:Setul) is atown (thesaban mueang) in southernThailand, capital of theSatun province. It covers the wholetambon Phiman ofMueang Satun. Satun lies 985 km south of Bangkok. As of 2005 it has a population of 21,498.
Satun has atropical monsoon climate (Am) with a short dry season in January and February and a prolonged wet season running from March to December. The highest monthly rainfall occurs in September and October with average monthly rainfall above 320 mm. The average annual high temperature in Satun is 32.6 °C and the average annual low temperature is 23.7 °C.
| Climate data for Satun (1991–2020, extremes 1978-present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 36.4 (97.5) | 37.8 (100.0) | 39.5 (103.1) | 39.6 (103.3) | 38.1 (100.6) | 36.8 (98.2) | 35.2 (95.4) | 35.9 (96.6) | 35.3 (95.5) | 36.0 (96.8) | 36.2 (97.2) | 35.4 (95.7) | 39.6 (103.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 32.8 (91.0) | 34.3 (93.7) | 34.9 (94.8) | 34.2 (93.6) | 33.3 (91.9) | 32.6 (90.7) | 32.2 (90.0) | 32.0 (89.6) | 31.7 (89.1) | 31.7 (89.1) | 31.9 (89.4) | 31.7 (89.1) | 32.8 (91.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 27.7 (81.9) | 28.2 (82.8) | 28.6 (83.5) | 28.5 (83.3) | 28.3 (82.9) | 27.9 (82.2) | 27.6 (81.7) | 27.5 (81.5) | 27.1 (80.8) | 27.0 (80.6) | 27.2 (81.0) | 27.2 (81.0) | 27.7 (81.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 23.7 (74.7) | 23.5 (74.3) | 23.7 (74.7) | 24.4 (75.9) | 24.6 (76.3) | 24.3 (75.7) | 24.0 (75.2) | 24.0 (75.2) | 23.8 (74.8) | 23.7 (74.7) | 23.8 (74.8) | 23.6 (74.5) | 23.9 (75.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 17.6 (63.7) | 17.0 (62.6) | 18.0 (64.4) | 19.2 (66.6) | 20.8 (69.4) | 20.5 (68.9) | 21.0 (69.8) | 19.2 (66.6) | 20.1 (68.2) | 20.0 (68.0) | 19.4 (66.9) | 18.0 (64.4) | 17.0 (62.6) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 43.6 (1.72) | 40.6 (1.60) | 133.9 (5.27) | 210.3 (8.28) | 228.7 (9.00) | 189.7 (7.47) | 230.4 (9.07) | 277.8 (10.94) | 334.2 (13.16) | 343.8 (13.54) | 217.8 (8.57) | 118.4 (4.66) | 2,369.2 (93.28) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 1.0 mm) | 4.1 | 3.5 | 8.3 | 13.8 | 14.9 | 13.0 | 14.1 | 15.7 | 17.3 | 20.4 | 15.4 | 10.4 | 150.9 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 71.5 | 69.2 | 73.1 | 78.8 | 81.6 | 82.0 | 82.5 | 82.6 | 84.2 | 84.6 | 82.1 | 77.8 | 79.2 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 198.4 | 183.6 | 186.0 | 183.0 | 151.9 | 147.0 | 151.9 | 151.9 | 108.0 | 111.6 | 141.0 | 182.9 | 1,897.2 |
| Mean dailysunshine hours | 6.4 | 6.5 | 6.0 | 6.1 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 5.9 | 5.2 |
| Source 1:World Meteorological Organization[1] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Office of Water Management and Hydrology, Royal Irrigation Department (sun 1981–2010)[2](extremes)[3] | |||||||||||||
Satun is connected to MalaysianLangkawi Island by direct ferry service.
Satun hosts Thailand's landing points foroptical fibersubmarine communications cable Segment FEA (FLAG Europe Asia) of the 28,000-kilometer-long FLAG (Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe); and for the 49,000-kilometer-longSEA-ME-WE 3, which links regions of south-east Asia to regions of the Middle East and Western Europe.
6°36′53″N100°4′5″E / 6.61472°N 100.06806°E /6.61472; 100.06806
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