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- Retrieve the sunset value from TMD for the relevant date.
- Keep the result attached to its date and station context.
- Do not describe sunset as a universal full-darkness time.
Detailed explanation4 short sections
Use the date-specific TMD value
Open the Pattaya weather page and read the sunset for the relevant date. The value changes through the year, so copying one time into an evergreen answer would quickly become wrong.
TMD notes that the calculation uses the date and station coordinates. It also states that the calculated time is not for legal purposes.
Sunset is not full darkness
The original question “what time does it get dark” can mean sunset, civil twilight or the point when a person subjectively considers it dark. TMD supplies sunset, which is the precise value this answer can support.
The evidence does not establish sunset as the last universally safe or usable minute for an activity. Any such threshold is a separate question.
Keep the value attached to its date and station
TMD says the displayed time is calculated from the date and station coordinates. Copying a value without that date-specific context would turn a current lookup into a misleading evergreen time.
The same note says the calculation is not for legal purposes. This page preserves that limit rather than extending the displayed value into a legal or universal daylight boundary.
Answer the precise question the source supports
TMD provides the current day's sunset and the next day's sunrise on the Pattaya page. It does not provide one fixed Pattaya sunset time for the whole year.
If the practical question is when it becomes fully dark, label the TMD result as sunset. Do not rename it as a universal full-darkness time.
Evidence
Sources
1 dated record supports the material facts on this page.
- Pattaya weather (opens in a new tab)
Thai Meteorological Departmentofficial governmentChecked