Climate and average weather in Tha Khaek
In Tha Khaek, the weather is muggy, hot, wet, and partly cloudy and remarkably steady, with daytime highs holding near hot levels all year. The wettest stretch peaks around August.
Over the course of the year, the temperature in Tha Khaek typically varies from 16°C to 33°C, and is rarely below 11°C or above 37°C. April is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.
Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit Tha Khaek for warm-weather activities are from early January to mid February and late November to late December.
- Hottest
- Apr
- 33°
- Coldest
- Jan
- 16°
- Wettest
- Aug
- 493 mm
- Driest
- Dec
- 6 mm
- Rain / yr
- 2189 mm
- 172 wet days
- Daylight
- 11.0–13.0 h
- shortest–longest
- Elevation
- 176 m
- 17.4°N
- Clearest
- Feb
- 31% cloud
Tha Khaek is city in Laos.
Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.
Tha Khaek weather by month, at a glance
The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.
Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around early January to mid February.
Temperature through the year
Daily average highs and lows in Tha Khaek, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.
Temperatures in Tha Khaek stay fairly even through the year, without a distinct hot or cool season. The warmest month is April, with an average high of 33°C and low of 23°C; the coolest is January, with an average low of 16°C and high of 28°C.
Days typically run about 9°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 12°C) in January.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high (°C) | 28 | 30 | 32 | 33 | 32 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 30 | 28 |
| Avg low (°C) | 16 | 18 | 21 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 19 | 16 |
| Avg high (°C) | Avg low (°C) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 28 | 16 |
| Feb | 30 | 18 |
| Mar | 32 | 21 |
| Apr | 33 | 23 |
| May | 32 | 24 |
| Jun | 31 | 25 |
| Jul | 30 | 24 |
| Aug | 30 | 24 |
| Sep | 30 | 24 |
| Oct | 31 | 22 |
| Nov | 30 | 19 |
| Dec | 28 | 16 |
How hot and cold Tha Khaek really feels
The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.
On the hottest afternoons, once humidity is folded in, Tha Khaek feels like about 39°C (around May 12). About 245 days a year carry some heat stress, peaking in May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feels-like high (°C) | 28 | 30 | 34 | 37 | 39 | 38 | 37 | 36 | 36 | 34 | 31 | 28 |
| Air high (°C) | 28 | 30 | 32 | 33 | 32 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 30 | 28 |
| Feels-like low (°C) | 16 | 18 | 21 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 19 | 16 |
| Air low (°C) | 16 | 18 | 21 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 19 | 16 |
| Feels-like high (°C) | Air high (°C) | Feels-like low (°C) | Air low (°C) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 28 | 28 | 16 | 16 |
| Feb | 30 | 30 | 18 | 18 |
| Mar | 34 | 32 | 21 | 21 |
| Apr | 37 | 33 | 23 | 23 |
| May | 39 | 32 | 24 | 24 |
| Jun | 38 | 31 | 25 | 25 |
| Jul | 37 | 30 | 24 | 24 |
| Aug | 36 | 30 | 24 | 24 |
| Sep | 36 | 30 | 24 | 24 |
| Oct | 34 | 31 | 22 | 22 |
| Nov | 31 | 30 | 19 | 19 |
| Dec | 28 | 28 | 16 | 16 |
Average hourly temperature in Tha Khaek
A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.
Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on April afternoons, near 33°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near 16°C.
Tha Khaek weather by month
Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.
| Month | High / Low (°C) | Rainfall (mm) | Wet days | Daylight (hours) | Travel score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 28° / 16° | 6 | 1.5 | 11.1 | 7.4 |
| Feb | 30° / 18° | 13 | 2.5 | 11.4 | 6.2 |
| Mar | 32° / 21° | 34 | 5.6 | 11.9 | 4.6 |
| Apr | 33° / 23° | 69 | 11.5 | 12.4 | 3.4 |
| May | 32° / 24° | 253 | 23.7 | 12.8 | 2.7 |
| Jun | 31° / 25° | 378 | 27.6 | 13 | 2.5 |
| Jul | 30° / 24° | 490 | 29.4 | 12.9 | 2.7 |
| Aug | 30° / 24° | 493 | 29.9 | 12.6 | 2.6 |
| Sep | 30° / 24° | 318 | 24.7 | 12.1 | 3.0 |
| Oct | 31° / 22° | 111 | 11.4 | 11.6 | 4.5 |
| Nov | 30° / 19° | 20 | 2.6 | 11.2 | 6.0 |
| Dec | 28° / 16° | 6 | 1.2 | 11 | 7.6 |
Chance of rain
How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.
Tha Khaek gets about 2189 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is very wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.
The wetter season lasts 5.6 months, from around Apr 24 to Oct 9, peaking in August at about 98% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Dec 21.
August is the wettest month by volume, with 493 mm over about 30 wet days; December is the driest, with 6 mm.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rain on a day (%) | 5 | 9 | 18 | 39 | 76 | 92 | 95 | 96 | 81 | 38 | 9 | 4 |
| Rain days | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 1 |
| Rain on a day (%) | Rain days | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5 | 2 |
| Feb | 9 | 3 |
| Mar | 18 | 6 |
| Apr | 39 | 12 |
| May | 76 | 24 |
| Jun | 92 | 28 |
| Jul | 95 | 29 |
| Aug | 96 | 30 |
| Sep | 81 | 25 |
| Oct | 38 | 11 |
| Nov | 9 | 3 |
| Dec | 4 | 1 |
Monthly rainfall
Over a full year, Tha Khaek collects about 2189 mm of rain across 172 wet days — roughly 182 mm in an average month.
It doesn’t fall evenly. August is the wettest month with 493 mm, while December is the driest at just 6 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 62% of the year’s total.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall (mm) | 6 | 13 | 34 | 69 | 253 | 378 | 490 | 493 | 318 | 111 | 20 | 6 |
| Rain days | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 1 |
| Rainfall (mm) | Rain days | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6 | 2 |
| Feb | 13 | 3 |
| Mar | 34 | 6 |
| Apr | 69 | 12 |
| May | 253 | 24 |
| Jun | 378 | 28 |
| Jul | 490 | 29 |
| Aug | 493 | 30 |
| Sep | 318 | 25 |
| Oct | 111 | 11 |
| Nov | 20 | 3 |
| Dec | 6 | 1 |
Clouds and sunshine
How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.
In Tha Khaek, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.
The clearer part of the year begins around October 14 and lasts for 6.5 months, ending around April 29. The clearest month is February, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 85% of the time on average.
The cloudier part of the year begins around April 30 and lasts for 5.5 months, ending around October 13. The cloudiest month is August, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 92% of the time.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clearer (%) | 82 | 85 | 77 | 60 | 24 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 22 | 51 | 74 | 81 |
| Cloudier (%) | 18 | 15 | 23 | 40 | 76 | 91 | 89 | 92 | 78 | 49 | 26 | 19 |
| Clearer (%) | Cloudier (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 82 | 18 |
| Feb | 85 | 15 |
| Mar | 77 | 23 |
| Apr | 60 | 40 |
| May | 24 | 76 |
| Jun | 9 | 91 |
| Jul | 11 | 89 |
| Aug | 8 | 92 |
| Sep | 22 | 78 |
| Oct | 51 | 49 |
| Nov | 74 | 26 |
| Dec | 81 | 19 |
Daylight, sunrise and sunset
Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.
The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around May 31, brings about 13 hours of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 11 hours — a swing of roughly 2 hours.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 11.1 | 11.4 | 11.9 | 12.4 | 12.8 | 13.0 | 12.9 | 12.6 | 12.1 | 11.6 | 11.2 | 11.0 |
| Sunrise (AM) | 6:38 | 6:33 | 6:14 | 5:49 | 5:33 | 5:30 | 5:38 | 5:47 | 5:52 | 5:58 | 6:11 | 6:28 |
| Sunset (PM) | 5:42 | 5:58 | 6:07 | 6:13 | 6:21 | 6:32 | 6:35 | 6:23 | 5:58 | 5:34 | 5:21 | 5:26 |
| Daylight (h) | Sunrise (AM) | Sunset (PM) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 11.1 | 6:38 | 5:42 |
| Feb | 11.4 | 6:33 | 5:58 |
| Mar | 11.9 | 6:14 | 6:07 |
| Apr | 12.4 | 5:49 | 6:13 |
| May | 12.8 | 5:33 | 6:21 |
| Jun | 13.0 | 5:30 | 6:32 |
| Jul | 12.9 | 5:38 | 6:35 |
| Aug | 12.6 | 5:47 | 6:23 |
| Sep | 12.1 | 5:52 | 5:58 |
| Oct | 11.6 | 5:58 | 5:34 |
| Nov | 11.2 | 6:11 | 5:21 |
| Dec | 11.0 | 6:28 | 5:26 |
Sunny days
How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.
Tha Khaek averages about 10 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 0 and 21 days.
The sunnier stretch runs 5.9 months, from around Oct 24 to Apr 22. The sunniest month is March, with roughly 18 sunny days (bright).
The greyest month is August, down near 1 sunny days — about 97% fewer than the March peak.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunny days | 20 | 19 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 19 |
| Sky | Bright | Bright | Bright | Mixed | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Mixed | Bright | Bright |
| Sunny days | Sky | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 20 | Bright |
| Feb | 19 | Bright |
| Mar | 19 | Bright |
| Apr | 12 | Mixed |
| May | 3 | Gloomy |
| Jun | 1 | Gloomy |
| Jul | 1 | Gloomy |
| Aug | 1 | Gloomy |
| Sep | 3 | Gloomy |
| Oct | 9 | Mixed |
| Nov | 15 | Bright |
| Dec | 19 | Bright |
Humidity comfort
Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.
Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.
In Tha Khaek, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.
The more humid part of the year lasts 8.0 months, from around March 10 to November 7. The muggiest month is April, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 99% of the time.
The most comfortable stretch runs from around November 8 to March 9, and December is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 49% of the time.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dry (%) | 24 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 21 |
| Comfortable (%) | 29 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 27 |
| Humid (%) | 34 | 31 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 26 | 30 |
| Muggy (%) | 11 | 25 | 36 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 36 | 19 |
| Oppressive (%) | 2 | 8 | 35 | 58 | 29 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 30 | 46 | 18 | 2 |
| Miserable (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 66 | 90 | 88 | 87 | 66 | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| Dry (%) | Comfortable (%) | Humid (%) | Muggy (%) | Oppressive (%) | Miserable (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 24 | 29 | 34 | 11 | 2 | 0 |
| Feb | 14 | 22 | 31 | 25 | 8 | 0 |
| Mar | 4 | 7 | 18 | 36 | 35 | 0 |
| Apr | 0 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 58 | 16 |
| May | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 66 |
| Jun | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 90 |
| Jul | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 88 |
| Aug | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 87 |
| Sep | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 30 | 66 |
| Oct | 0 | 3 | 9 | 26 | 46 | 16 |
| Nov | 5 | 13 | 26 | 36 | 18 | 1 |
| Dec | 21 | 27 | 30 | 19 | 2 | 0 |
Wind
Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.
This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.
Across the year, average wind speed in Tha Khaek is typically calm, near 7 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.
The windier part of the year lasts 5.5 months, from around Oct 23 to Apr 7. The windiest month is January, averaging about 9 km/h (calm).
The calmer part of the year runs from around Apr 8 to Oct 22, with September the calmest month at about 5 km/h.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind speed (km/h) | 9 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 9 |
| Feels | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm |
| Wind speed (km/h) | Feels | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 9 | calm |
| Feb | 8 | calm |
| Mar | 8 | calm |
| Apr | 6 | calm |
| May | 6 | calm |
| Jun | 6 | calm |
| Jul | 6 | calm |
| Aug | 6 | calm |
| Sep | 5 | calm |
| Oct | 6 | calm |
| Nov | 8 | calm |
| Dec | 9 | calm |
Hazard calendar for Tha Khaek
When the seasonal hazards worth planning around — the rainy season, tropical-cyclone risk and dust haze — are active through the year.
Tha Khaek's monsoon runs May–September, when most of the year's rain falls.
Best time to visit Tha Khaek
To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Tha Khaek throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.
Around early February, Tha Khaek is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.
Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.
The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Tha Khaek for general outdoor tourist activities is from late November to mid February, with a peak score in the last week of December.
The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travel score (0–10) | 7.4 | 6.2 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 4.5 | 6.0 | 7.5 |
| Rating | good | good | fair | poor | poor | poor | poor | poor | poor | fair | good | ideal |
| Travel score (0–10) | Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7.4 | good |
| Feb | 6.2 | good |
| Mar | 4.6 | fair |
| Apr | 3.4 | poor |
| May | 2.7 | poor |
| Jun | 2.5 | poor |
| Jul | 2.7 | poor |
| Aug | 2.6 | poor |
| Sep | 3.1 | poor |
| Oct | 4.5 | fair |
| Nov | 6.0 | good |
| Dec | 7.5 | ideal |
The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Tha Khaek for hot-weather activities is from late October to late March, with a peak score in the first week of February.
The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).
What to pack for Tha Khaek, by month
Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.
Tha Khaek packs about the same all year — highs hold near 33°C. Across the year the things worth having are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection.
In April, Tha Khaek sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.
UV index (midday) in Tha Khaek by month
Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.
Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Tha Khaek peaks around July 18 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 at about 8 (very high).
The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UV index (midday) | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 7 |
| Level | Very high | Very high | Extreme | Very high | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Very high | Very high |
| UV index (midday) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 9 | Very high |
| Feb | 10 | Very high |
| Mar | 11 | Extreme |
| Apr | 10 | Very high |
| May | 12 | Extreme |
| Jun | 12 | Extreme |
| Jul | 13 | Extreme |
| Aug | 13 | Extreme |
| Sep | 11 | Extreme |
| Oct | 10 | Extreme |
| Nov | 8 | Very high |
| Dec | 7 | Very high |
Average hourly UV index in Tha Khaek
Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.
The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.
UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in July the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 6.5 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UV ≥ 3 (h/day) | 6.5 | 7 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 6.5 | 6 |
| UV ≥ 6 (h/day) | 4 | 5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 6 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6 | 5.5 | 5 | 4 | 3.5 |
| UV ≥ 3 (h/day) | UV ≥ 6 (h/day) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.5 | 4 |
| Feb | 7 | 5 |
| Mar | 7.5 | 5.5 |
| Apr | 7.5 | 5.5 |
| May | 8.5 | 6 |
| Jun | 8.5 | 6.5 |
| Jul | 8.5 | 6.5 |
| Aug | 8 | 6 |
| Sep | 7.5 | 5.5 |
| Oct | 7.5 | 5 |
| Nov | 6.5 | 4 |
| Dec | 6 | 3.5 |
Air quality in Tha Khaek by month
Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.
Air quality in Tha Khaek is worst in March — around 84 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.6× the cleanest month (November, 15 µg/m³).
Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PM2.5 (µg/m³) | 19 | 39 | 84 | 49 | 23 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 17 |
| Level | Moderate | Poor | Unhealthy | Poor | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate |
| PM2.5 (µg/m³) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 19 | Moderate |
| Feb | 39 | Poor |
| Mar | 84 | Unhealthy |
| Apr | 49 | Poor |
| May | 23 | Moderate |
| Jun | 19 | Moderate |
| Jul | 18 | Moderate |
| Aug | 19 | Moderate |
| Sep | 17 | Moderate |
| Oct | 18 | Moderate |
| Nov | 15 | Moderate |
| Dec | 17 | Moderate |
Growing season
Tha Khaek is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frost-free chance (%) | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Frost nights | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frost-free chance (%) | Frost nights | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 100 | 0 |
| Feb | 100 | 0 |
| Mar | 100 | 0 |
| Apr | 100 | 0 |
| May | 100 | 0 |
| Jun | 100 | 0 |
| Jul | 100 | 0 |
| Aug | 100 | 0 |
| Sep | 100 | 0 |
| Oct | 100 | 0 |
| Nov | 100 | 0 |
| Dec | 100 | 0 |
Growing degree days
Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Tha Khaek banks about 5,807 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around April.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Growing degree days (°C·days) | 374 | 387 | 512 | 546 | 561 | 530 | 532 | 525 | 510 | 505 | 442 | 382 |
| Growing degree days (°C·days) | |
|---|---|
| Jan | 374 |
| Feb | 387 |
| Mar | 512 |
| Apr | 546 |
| May | 561 |
| Jun | 530 |
| Jul | 532 |
| Aug | 525 |
| Sep | 510 |
| Oct | 505 |
| Nov | 442 |
| Dec | 382 |
Solar energy
Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.
Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.
Tha Khaek receives about 4.8 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 3.8 and 6.0 kWh/m².
The brighter stretch of the year lasts 4.3 months, from around Jan 11 to May 20. The brightest month is April, averaging about 5.9 kWh/m² (bright).
The dimmest month is August, down near 3.9 kWh/m² — roughly 35% less than the April peak.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | 4.9 | 5.4 | 5.8 | 6.0 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.6 |
| Level | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Moderate | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright |
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.9 | Bright |
| Feb | 5.4 | Bright |
| Mar | 5.8 | Bright |
| Apr | 6.0 | Bright |
| May | 5.0 | Bright |
| Jun | 4.5 | Bright |
| Jul | 4.1 | Bright |
| Aug | 3.9 | Moderate |
| Sep | 4.2 | Bright |
| Oct | 4.8 | Bright |
| Nov | 4.7 | Bright |
| Dec | 4.6 | Bright |
Where is Tha Khaek?
Tha Khaek sits at 17.4°N, 104.8°E, 176 m above sea level, in Laos. The nearest listed city is Nakhon Phanom, 6.0 km away.
Topography around Tha Khaek
How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Tha Khaek.
Within 3 km, the terrain around Tha Khaek has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 57 m around an average of 158 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 577 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,404 m.
The land around Tha Khaek is covered by trees (49%) and cropland (23%) within 3 km, trees (61%) and cropland (23%) within 16 km, and trees (65%) and cropland (27%) within 80 km.
Laos travel facts
- Travel advisory
- Level 2
- Exercise Increased Caution
- Power plugs
- Type A / B / C / E / F
- 230 V · 50 Hz
- Prices
- ≈ 23% of US
- price level, 2025
- GDP per capita
- $2,325
- 2025
- Happiness
- 5.5 / 10
- World Happiness, 2025
- Safe drinking water
- 35%
- of population, 2024
- Road deaths
- 17.9
- per 100k/yr, 2019
- Income group
- Lower middle
- World Bank
- English
- Low
- EF EPI 461
- Religion
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 Tha Khaek (17.4103°, 104.8307°, elevation 176 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).