Tha Khaek weather in August

In August, Tha Khaek sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 493 mm of rain across 29.9 wet days and about 12.6 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% of the time in August, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 48 min at the start of August to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Tha Khaek's 12th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tha Khaek's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 30°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 24°; 9th coldest
Rainfall: 493 mm; 29.9 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 36 min; 5:47 AM – 6:23 PM
Cloud cover: 90%; 12th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 3.85 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.6; out of 10

Tha Khaek is city in Laos.

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

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month.

A typical August day in Tha Khaek reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and on par with September.

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Avg high (°C)	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30
Avg low (°C)	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	24
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3	30	24
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28	30	24
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30	30	24
31	30	24

How August really feels in Tha Khaek

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

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

Tha Khaek weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 10th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

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

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% 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 92%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	10	10
Cloudier (%)	93	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	93	93	93	92	92	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	90	91	91	91	91	90	90

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	7	93
2	6	94
3	6	94
4	6	94
5	6	94
6	6	94
7	6	94
8	6	94
9	6	94
10	6	94
11	7	93
12	7	93
13	7	93
14	8	92
15	8	92
16	9	91
17	9	91
18	9	91
19	9	91
20	9	91
21	9	91
22	9	91
23	9	91
24	9	91
25	10	90
26	9	91
27	9	91
28	9	91
29	9	91
30	10	90
31	10	90

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Tha Khaek gets around 493 mm of rain over 29.9 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 97% and peaks near 98% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	97	97	97	97	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	95

	Rain chance (%)
1	98
2	98
3	98
4	98
5	98
6	98
7	98
8	97
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31	95

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 87% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Oppressive (%)	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11
Miserable (%)	84	85	85	86	86	87	87	87	87	87	87	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	87	87	87	88	88	89	89	89	89	89	89

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	16	84
2	15	85
3	15	85
4	14	86
5	14	86
6	13	87
7	13	87
8	13	87
9	13	87
10	13	87
11	13	87
12	14	86
13	14	86
14	14	86
15	14	86
16	14	86
17	14	86
18	14	86
19	14	86
20	14	86
21	13	87
22	13	87
23	13	87
24	12	88
25	12	88
26	11	89
27	11	89
28	11	89
29	11	89
30	11	89
31	11	89

Wind in August

Winds average 6 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	6	calm
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 48 min at the start of August to 12 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 24 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:43 AM to 5:50 AM, and sunset from 6:30 PM to 6:12 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4
Sunrise (AM)	5:43	5:43	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:50	5:50	5:50
Sunset (PM)	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:29	6:29	6:28	6:28	6:27	6:27	6:26	6:26	6:25	6:24	6:24	6:23	6:23	6:22	6:21	6:21	6:20	6:19	6:18	6:18	6:17	6:16	6:15	6:15	6:14	6:13	6:12	6:12

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.8	5:43	6:30
2	12.8	5:43	6:30
3	12.8	5:44	6:30
4	12.8	5:44	6:29
5	12.7	5:44	6:29
6	12.7	5:44	6:28
7	12.7	5:45	6:28
8	12.7	5:45	6:27
9	12.7	5:45	6:27
10	12.7	5:46	6:26
11	12.7	5:46	6:26
12	12.6	5:46	6:25
13	12.6	5:46	6:24
14	12.6	5:47	6:24
15	12.6	5:47	6:23
16	12.6	5:47	6:23
17	12.6	5:47	6:22
18	12.6	5:47	6:21
19	12.5	5:48	6:21
20	12.5	5:48	6:20
21	12.5	5:48	6:19
22	12.5	5:48	6:18
23	12.5	5:48	6:18
24	12.5	5:49	6:17
25	12.5	5:49	6:16
26	12.4	5:49	6:15
27	12.4	5:49	6:15
28	12.4	5:49	6:14
29	12.4	5:50	6:13
30	12.4	5:50	6:12
31	12.4	5:50	6:12

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 3.85 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.85 kWh/m² to a high of 5.98 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 3.85 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.8
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.8	Moderate
2	3.8	Moderate
3	3.8	Moderate
4	3.8	Moderate
5	3.8	Moderate
6	3.8	Moderate
7	3.8	Moderate
8	3.8	Moderate
9	3.8	Moderate
10	3.9	Moderate
11	3.9	Moderate
12	3.9	Moderate
13	3.9	Moderate
14	3.9	Moderate
15	3.9	Moderate
16	3.9	Moderate
17	3.9	Moderate
18	3.9	Moderate
19	3.9	Moderate
20	3.9	Moderate
21	3.9	Moderate
22	3.9	Moderate
23	3.9	Moderate
24	3.9	Moderate
25	3.9	Moderate
26	3.9	Moderate
27	3.9	Moderate
28	3.9	Moderate
29	3.8	Moderate
30	3.8	Moderate
31	3.8	Moderate

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Tha Khaek

In seasonPeak

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

Tha Khaek's monsoon runs May–September, 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 Tha Khaek?

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

2.6

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

3.6

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Tha Khaek.

What to pack for Tha Khaek in August

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

In August, Tha Khaek sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 30 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Tha Khaek 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 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

Air quality in Tha Khaek 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 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

Location & terrain

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.

3 km

57 m

trees 49%

16 km

577 m

trees 61%

80 km

1,404 m

trees 65%

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← July Tha Khaek year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: Nakhon Phanom 6.0 km · Sakon Nakhon 78 km · Ban Xénô 83 km · Savannakhet 94 km · Mukdahan 97 km · Seka 109 km · Khao Wong 112 km · Ban Kèngkok 114 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	24
2	30	24
3	30	24
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5	30	24
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18	30	24
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21	30	24
22	30	24
23	30	24
24	30	24
25	30	24
26	30	24
27	30	24
28	30	24
29	30	24
30	30	24
31	30	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	7	93
2	6	94
3	6	94
4	6	94
5	6	94
6	6	94
7	6	94
8	6	94
9	6	94
10	6	94
11	7	93
12	7	93
13	7	93
14	8	92
15	8	92
16	9	91
17	9	91
18	9	91
19	9	91
20	9	91
21	9	91
22	9	91
23	9	91
24	9	91
25	10	90
26	9	91
27	9	91
28	9	91
29	9	91
30	10	90
31	10	90

	Rain chance (%)
1	98
2	98
3	98
4	98
5	98
6	98
7	98
8	97
9	97
10	97
11	97
12	96
13	96
14	96
15	96
16	96
17	96
18	96
19	96
20	96
21	96
22	96
23	96
24	96
25	96
26	96
27	96
28	96
29	96
30	96
31	95

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	16	84
2	15	85
3	15	85
4	14	86
5	14	86
6	13	87
7	13	87
8	13	87
9	13	87
10	13	87
11	13	87
12	14	86
13	14	86
14	14	86
15	14	86
16	14	86
17	14	86
18	14	86
19	14	86
20	14	86
21	13	87
22	13	87
23	13	87
24	12	88
25	12	88
26	11	89
27	11	89
28	11	89
29	11	89
30	11	89
31	11	89

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	24
2	30	24
3	30	24
4	30	24
5	30	24
6	30	24
7	30	24
8	30	24
9	30	24
10	30	24
11	30	24
12	30	24
13	30	24
14	30	24
15	30	24
16	30	24
17	30	24
18	30	24
19	30	24
20	30	24
21	30	24
22	30	24
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24	30	24
25	30	24
26	30	24
27	30	24
28	30	24
29	30	24
30	30	24
31	30	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	7	93
2	6	94
3	6	94
4	6	94
5	6	94
6	6	94
7	6	94
8	6	94
9	6	94
10	6	94
11	7	93
12	7	93
13	7	93
14	8	92
15	8	92
16	9	91
17	9	91
18	9	91
19	9	91
20	9	91
21	9	91
22	9	91
23	9	91
24	9	91
25	10	90
26	9	91
27	9	91
28	9	91
29	9	91
30	10	90
31	10	90

	Rain chance (%)
1	98
2	98
3	98
4	98
5	98
6	98
7	98
8	97
9	97
10	97
11	97
12	96
13	96
14	96
15	96
16	96
17	96
18	96
19	96
20	96
21	96
22	96
23	96
24	96
25	96
26	96
27	96
28	96
29	96
30	96
31	95

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	16	84
2	15	85
3	15	85
4	14	86
5	14	86
6	13	87
7	13	87
8	13	87
9	13	87
10	13	87
11	13	87
12	14	86
13	14	86
14	14	86
15	14	86
16	14	86
17	14	86
18	14	86
19	14	86
20	14	86
21	13	87
22	13	87
23	13	87
24	12	88
25	12	88
26	11	89
27	11	89
28	11	89
29	11	89
30	11	89
31	11	89

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	24
2	30	24
3	30	24
4	30	24
5	30	24
6	30	24
7	30	24
8	30	24
9	30	24
10	30	24
11	30	24
12	30	24
13	30	24
14	30	24
15	30	24
16	30	24
17	30	24
18	30	24
19	30	24
20	30	24
21	30	24
22	30	24
23	30	24
24	30	24
25	30	24
26	30	24
27	30	24
28	30	24
29	30	24
30	30	24
31	30	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	7	93
2	6	94
3	6	94
4	6	94
5	6	94
6	6	94
7	6	94
8	6	94
9	6	94
10	6	94
11	7	93
12	7	93
13	7	93
14	8	92
15	8	92
16	9	91
17	9	91
18	9	91
19	9	91
20	9	91
21	9	91
22	9	91
23	9	91
24	9	91
25	10	90
26	9	91
27	9	91
28	9	91
29	9	91
30	10	90
31	10	90

	Rain chance (%)
1	98
2	98
3	98
4	98
5	98
6	98
7	98
8	97
9	97
10	97
11	97
12	96
13	96
14	96
15	96
16	96
17	96
18	96
19	96
20	96
21	96
22	96
23	96
24	96
25	96
26	96
27	96
28	96
29	96
30	96
31	95

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	16	84
2	15	85
3	15	85
4	14	86
5	14	86
6	13	87
7	13	87
8	13	87
9	13	87
10	13	87
11	13	87
12	14	86
13	14	86
14	14	86
15	14	86
16	14	86
17	14	86
18	14	86
19	14	86
20	14	86
21	13	87
22	13	87
23	13	87
24	12	88
25	12	88
26	11	89
27	11	89
28	11	89
29	11	89
30	11	89
31	11	89