Laur weather in August

In August, Laur sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 364 mm of rain across 29.6 wet days and about 12.5 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% of the time in August, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 42 min at the start of August to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Laur's 12th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Laur's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
6th warmest
Overnight low
23°
9th coldest
Rainfall
364 mm
29.6 wet days
Daylight
12 h 30 min
5:44 AM – 6:15 PM
Cloud cover
90%
12th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
4.86 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.8
out of 10

Laur is municipality of the Philippines in the province of Nueva Ecija.

Density
65/km²
people per km²
Founded
1917

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 29°C through the month.

A typical August day in Laur reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°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 31°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 Laur

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.

Laur weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 6th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan27° / 21°445.811.27.2
Feb27° / 21°40511.57.2
Mar28° / 22°406.511.96.6
Apr30° / 23°438.212.35.3
May31° / 24°19319.312.73.6
Jun30° / 24°25425.312.92.9
Jul29° / 23°37429.412.82.8
Aug29° / 23°36429.612.52.8
Sep29° / 23°3232812.12.9
Oct29° / 23°24720.111.64.1
Nov28° / 22°12413.111.35.6
Dec27° / 22°12710.911.16.4

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 7% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 91%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1892
2892
3892
4892
5892
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Laur gets around 364 mm of rain over 29.6 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 95% and peaks near 97% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
197
297
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3093
3193

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the oppressive band about 82% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
18119
28119
38119
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68020
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Wind in August

Winds average 7 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 7 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
17calm
27calm
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 42 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 24 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:40 AM to 5:46 AM, and sunset from 6:22 PM to 6:05 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.75:406:22
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312.75:416:22
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512.75:416:21
612.65:416:20
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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 4.86 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.9 kWh/m² to a high of 6.22 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 4.86 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Laur

In seasonPeak

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

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

Laur'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 Laur?

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

2.8
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
3.7
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Laur.

What to pack for Laur in August

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

In August, Laur sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 30 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Laur in August

The nearest coast averages about 29°C in August — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 47 km away) is warmest in June at about 30°C and coldest in January near 26°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

24°26°28°30°32°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan26Warm
Feb26Warm
Mar27Warm
Apr29Tropical
May30Tropical
Jun30Tropical
Jul30Tropical
Aug29Tropical
Sep29Tropical
Oct29Tropical
Nov28Tropical
Dec27Warm

UV index in Laur 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 Laur peaks around August 15 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 23 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 15UV 14Nov 23UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug14Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov8Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Laur 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 Laur is worst in August — around 22 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.3× the cleanest month (February, 10 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodAug 1922 µg/m³Feb 1710 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan11Good
Feb10Good
Mar11Good
Apr11Good
May14Moderate
Jun17Moderate
Jul18Moderate
Aug22Moderate
Sep20Moderate
Oct15Moderate
Nov11Good
Dec10Good
Location & terrain

Where is Laur?

Laur sits at 15.6°N, 121.2°E, 73 m above sea level, in Philippines. The nearest listed city is Bongabon, 7.0 km away.

Topography around Laur

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Laur has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 102 m around an average of 67 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,754 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,921 m.

The land around Laur is covered by cropland (77%) within 3 km, trees (49%) and cropland (34%) within 16 km, and trees (45%), cropland (27%) and water (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
102 m
16 km
1,754 m
80 km
1,921 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Bongabon 7.0 km · Palayan City 12 km · General Mamerto Natividad 14 km · Rizal 16 km · Cabanatuan City 26 km · Talavera 28 km · General Tinio 30 km · Peñaranda 32 km

Philippines travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type A / B / C
230 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 33% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$4,171
2025
Happiness
6.2 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
48%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
4.3
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
12
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
High
EF EPI 569
Religion
Roman Catholic 79%other 8%Muslim 6%other Christian 4%

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 Laur (15.5865°, 121.1834°, elevation 73 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). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).