Amphoe Sikhiu weather in August

In August, Amphoe Sikhiu sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 164 mm of rain across 23.5 wet days and about 12.5 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-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 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 Amphoe Sikhiu's 12th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Amphoe Sikhiu's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
7th warmest
Overnight low
25°
8th coldest
Rainfall
164 mm
23.5 wet days
Daylight
12 h 30 min
6:02 AM – 6:32 PM
Cloud cover
90%
12th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
4.7 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.6
out of 10

Amphoe Sikhiu is town in Nakhon Ratchasima province, Thailand.

Founded
1956

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 Amphoe Sikhiu reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°C overnight — a 7°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 Amphoe Sikhiu

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.

Amphoe Sikhiu weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 7th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 19°71.711.25.9
Feb33° / 21°92.211.54.5
Mar35° / 24°37711.93.0
Apr35° / 25°6612.612.32.2
May34° / 26°13920.412.72.2
Jun34° / 26°11819.912.92.3
Jul33° / 25°13021.212.82.5
Aug32° / 25°16423.512.52.6
Sep31° / 25°23424.212.12.7
Oct31° / 24°12715.811.73.9
Nov31° / 22°26411.35.3
Dec30° / 19°51.211.16.3

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 5% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 93%.

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

Any precipitation

Amphoe Sikhiu gets around 164 mm of rain over 23.5 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 76% and peaks near 82% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 83% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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

Winds average 11 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112light breeze
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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 5:59 AM to 6:04 AM, and sunset from 6:39 PM to 6:22 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.75:596:39
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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 4.7 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.6 kWh/m² to a high of 6.12 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 4.7 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Amphoe Sikhiu

In seasonPeak

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

Amphoe Sikhiu'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 Amphoe Sikhiu?

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

2.6
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
4.2
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Amphoe Sikhiu.

What to pack for Amphoe Sikhiu in August

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

In August, Amphoe Sikhiu sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 24 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Amphoe Sikhiu 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 Amphoe Sikhiu peaks around August 14 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highAug 14UV 14Nov 23UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May10Extreme
Jun13Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug14Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov8Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Amphoe Sikhiu 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 Amphoe Sikhiu is worst in March — around 47 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.1× the cleanest month (June, 22 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModerateMar 1346 µg/m³Jun 2222 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan34Moderate
Feb43Poor
Mar47Poor
Apr37Poor
May28Moderate
Jun22Moderate
Jul23Moderate
Aug24Moderate
Sep27Moderate
Oct29Moderate
Nov25Moderate
Dec24Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Amphoe Sikhiu?

Amphoe Sikhiu sits at 14.9°N, 101.7°E, 232 m above sea level, in Thailand. The nearest listed city is Dan Khun Thot, 35 km away.

Topography around Amphoe Sikhiu

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Amphoe Sikhiu has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 49 m around an average of 238 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 443 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,334 m.

The land around Amphoe Sikhiu is covered by cropland (41%) and trees (32%) within 3 km, cropland (61%) and trees (29%) within 16 km, and cropland (58%) and trees (36%) within 80 km.

3 km
49 m
16 km
443 m
80 km
1,334 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Dan Khun Thot 35 km · Pak Chong 38 km · Nakhon Ratchasima 43 km · Chok Chai 53 km · Non Sung 67 km · Chai Badan 70 km · Khon Buri 71 km · Kaeng Khoi 84 km

Thailand travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type A / B / C
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 31% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$8,057
2025
Happiness
6.3 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate
4.8
per 100k, 2011
Road deaths
32.2
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 402
Religion
Buddhist 93%Muslim 5%Christian 1%other 1%

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 Amphoe Sikhiu (14.8994°, 101.7083°, elevation 232 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).