Lumphat weather in August

In August, Lumphat sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 364 mm of rain across 29.1 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% 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 Lumphat's 12th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lumphat's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
12th warmest
Overnight low
24°
7th coldest
Rainfall
364 mm
29.1 wet days
Daylight
12 h 30 min
5:43 AM – 6:10 PM
Cloud cover
87%
12th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
4.45 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.5
out of 10

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month.

A typical August day in Lumphat reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and on par with September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How August really feels in Lumphat

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
heat index over the day's high
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.

Lumphat weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 22°50.711.34.0
Feb35° / 23°40.911.63.1
Mar36° / 25°355.811.92.1
Apr36° / 26°9913.512.32.0
May33° / 25°24625.312.62.1
Jun32° / 25°28126.412.82.4
Jul31° / 24°35028.812.72.5
Aug31° / 24°36429.112.42.5
Sep31° / 24°36328.112.12.5
Oct31° / 24°20720.311.73.2
Nov32° / 23°717.811.44.0
Dec32° / 22°182.811.24.4

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 6% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 91%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1694
2793
3793
4793
5793
6793
7892
8892
9892
10991
11991
121090
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Lumphat gets around 364 mm of rain over 29.1 wet days in August, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 94% and peaks near 97% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
197
297
396
496
596
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795
895
995
1094
1194
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1593
1693
1793
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1993
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2993
3093
3193

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 80% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
12476
22476
32476
42476
52476
62476
72377
82377
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102377
112377
122377
132278
142278
152278
162179
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241684
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261684
271684
281585
291684
301684
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Wind in August

Winds average 7 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
28calm
38calm
48calm
58calm
68calm
78calm
88calm
98calm
108calm
117calm
127calm
137calm
147calm
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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 5:40 AM to 5:44 AM, and sunset from 6:16 PM to 6:00 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.65:406:16
212.65:406:16
312.65:406:16
412.65:416:15
512.65:416:15
612.65:416:14
712.55:416:14
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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 4.45 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.26 kWh/m² to a high of 6.16 kWh/m² in March across the year — August's 4.45 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.3Bright
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294.4Bright
304.4Bright
314.4Bright
Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Lumphat

In seasonPeak

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

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

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

Is August a good time to visit Lumphat?

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

2.5
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
3.6
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Lumphat.

What to pack for Lumphat in August

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

In August, Lumphat sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 29 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Lumphat in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 14 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Lumphat peaks around August 14 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 11 at about 9 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highAug 14UV 13Dec 11UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug14Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Lumphat 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 Lumphat is worst in March — around 46 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 4.8× the cleanest month (November, 10 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateGoodMar 1844 µg/m³Nov 2310 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan19Moderate
Feb27Moderate
Mar46Poor
Apr34Moderate
May17Moderate
Jun13Moderate
Jul14Moderate
Aug12Moderate
Sep12Moderate
Oct13Moderate
Nov10Good
Dec10Good
Location & terrain

Where is Lumphat?

Lumphat sits at 13.5°N, 107.0°E, 101 m above sea level, in Cambodia. The nearest listed city is Banlung, 28 km away.

Stung TrengEa T’ling

Topography around Lumphat

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lumphat has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 44 m around an average of 104 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 204 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 789 m.

The land around Lumphat is covered by trees (39%), grassland (29%) and cropland (24%) within 3 km, trees (50%) and grassland (33%) within 16 km, and trees (76%) within 80 km.

3 km
44 m
16 km
204 m
80 km
789 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Banlung 28 km · Stung Treng 109 km · Pleiku 123 km · Ea Drăng 137 km · Quảng Phú 140 km · Ea T’ling 141 km · Kon Tum 147 km · Buôn Ma Thuột 147 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 Lumphat (13.4915°, 106.9802°, elevation 101 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. 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).