Kratie weather in August

In August, Kratie sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 240 mm of rain across 27.2 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in August, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 36 min at the start of August to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Kratie's 11th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kratie's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
8th warmest
Overnight low
25°
7th coldest
Rainfall
240 mm
27.2 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
5:47 AM – 6:13 PM
Cloud cover
87%
11th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
4.87 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.4
out of 10

Kratie is capital of the same named Cambodian province.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month.

A typical August day in Kratie reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and on par with September.

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How August really feels in Kratie

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
31
31 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in August is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Kratie weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 8th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 23°61.211.34.4
Feb34° / 24°91.411.63.6
Mar35° / 26°416.111.92.6
Apr35° / 27°8813.112.32.1
May34° / 26°17122.812.62.0
Jun33° / 26°19023.812.72.3
Jul32° / 25°22926.712.72.4
Aug32° / 25°24027.212.42.4
Sep31° / 25°27227.312.12.4
Oct31° / 25°19121.111.73.1
Nov32° / 24°768.511.44.3
Dec32° / 23°212.911.34.8

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 7% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 91%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Kratie gets around 240 mm of rain over 27.2 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 88% and peaks near 90% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels miserable — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the miserable band about 97% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
1595
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Wind in August

Winds average 8 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 36 min at the start of August to 12 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 18 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:45 AM to 5:48 AM, and sunset from 6:19 PM to 6:04 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.65:456:19
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Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.87 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.52 kWh/m² to a high of 6.2 kWh/m² in March across the year — August's 4.87 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Kratie

In seasonPeak

In August, Kratie sits inside its pacific typhoon and monsoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Kratie sits in the Pacific typhoon belt; the season peaks July–October.

Kratie's monsoon runs May–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Pacific typhoon
Monsoon
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is August a good time to visit Kratie?

Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

2.4
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
3.8
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Kratie.

What to pack for Kratie in August

From August's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In August, Kratie sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 27 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Kratie in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Kratie peaks around August 16 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 20 at about 8 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highAug 16UV 13Nov 20UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov8Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Kratie in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where August falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Kratie is worst in March — around 78 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 8.8× the cleanest month (November, 9 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyModerateGoodMar 1176 µg/m³Nov 169 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan37Poor
Feb71Unhealthy
Mar78Unhealthy
Apr41Poor
May20Moderate
Jun16Moderate
Jul16Moderate
Aug14Moderate
Sep14Moderate
Oct12Moderate
Nov9Good
Dec13Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Kratie?

Kratie sits at 12.5°N, 106.0°E, 27 m above sea level, in Cambodia. The nearest listed city is Preaek Prasab, 15 km away.

SnuolSuongMémótDarKampong ChamPhumĭ Âmpĭl LeuStung Treng

Topography around Kratie

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Kratie.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kratie has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 19 m around an average of 18 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 87 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 656 m.

The land around Kratie is covered by water (33%) within 3 km, grassland (38%), cropland (30%) and trees (22%) within 16 km, and trees (56%) and grassland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
19 m
16 km
87 m
80 km
656 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
August weather nearby: Preaek Prasab 15 km · Snuol 64 km · Suong 75 km · Mémót 75 km · Dar 78 km · Kampong Cham 82 km · Phumĭ Âmpĭl Leu 83 km · Stung Treng 116 km

Cambodia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type A / C / G
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 34% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$2,872
2025
Happiness
4.5 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
30%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1.8
per 100k, 2011
Road deaths
19.6
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 390
Religion
Buddhist 97%Muslim 2%other 1%Christian 0%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Kratie (12.4881°, 106.0188°, elevation 27 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).