Ban Phra weather in August

In August, Ban Phra sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 300 mm of rain across 28.2 wet days and about 12.5 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-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 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 Ban Phra's 12th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ban Phra's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
9th warmest
Overnight low
25°
8th coldest
Rainfall
300 mm
28.2 wet days
Daylight
12 h 30 min
6:04 AM – 6:33 PM
Cloud cover
90%
12th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
4.41 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.3
out of 10

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 Ban Phra 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 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)
13125
23125
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63125
73225
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How August really feels in Ban Phra

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
31 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
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.

Ban Phra weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 9th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan32° / 21°102.211.35.1
Feb33° / 22°13311.54.2
Mar34° / 24°418.511.93.1
Apr35° / 26°7013.312.32.3
May34° / 26°2092412.62.1
Jun32° / 25°26726.512.82.2
Jul32° / 25°28127.612.72.3
Aug32° / 25°30028.212.52.3
Sep31° / 25°30827.312.12.4
Oct32° / 24°14818.811.73.4
Nov32° / 23°244.311.34.7
Dec31° / 21°51.211.25.5

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 94%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1595
2595
3694
4694
5694
6694
7694
8694
9694
10694
11694
12694
13694
14694
15694
16595
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18595
19694
20694
21694
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25694
26694
27694
28694
29793
30793
31694

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Ban Phra gets around 300 mm of rain over 28.2 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 91% and peaks near 93% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
193
293
392
492
592
692
791
891
991
1091
1191
1290
1390
1490
1590
1690
1790
1890
1990
2090
2190
2290
2391
2491
2591
2692
2792
2892
2992
3092
3192

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 92% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
1991
21090
31090
41090
51090
61090
71090
81090
9991
10991
11991
12991
13991
14991
15892
16892
17892
18892
19892
20793
21793
22793
23694
24694
25694
26694
27694
28694
29694
30694
31694

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
97calm
107calm
117calm
127calm
137calm
147calm
157calm
167calm
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187calm
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217calm
227calm
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316calm

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 6:02 AM to 6:06 AM, and sunset from 6:39 PM to 6:23 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.66:026:39
212.66:026:39
312.66:026:39
412.66:026:38
512.66:026:38
612.66:036:38
712.66:036:37
812.66:036:37
912.66:036:36
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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 4.41 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.32 kWh/m² to a high of 5.95 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 4.41 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.3Bright
24.3Bright
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44.3Bright
54.3Bright
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84.4Bright
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294.4Bright
304.4Bright
314.4Bright
Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Ban Phra

In seasonPeak

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

Ban Phra'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 Ban Phra?

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

2.3
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
3.6
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Ban Phra.

What to pack for Ban Phra in August

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

In August, Ban Phra sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 28 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Ban Phra 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 Ban Phra 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highAug 14UV 13Dec 11UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb10Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May10Very high
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct10Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Ban Phra 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 Ban Phra is worst in February — around 60 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 1.7× the cleanest month (December, 34 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorPoorFeb 1759 µg/m³Dec 1035 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan53Poor
Feb60Unhealthy
Mar56Unhealthy
Apr48Poor
May40Poor
Jun35Moderate
Jul35Poor
Aug36Poor
Sep40Poor
Oct41Poor
Nov36Poor
Dec34Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Ban Phra?

Ban Phra sits at 14.1°N, 101.4°E, 9 m above sea level, in Thailand. The nearest listed city is Thambon Na Mueang, 5.0 km away.

Topography around Ban Phra

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ban Phra has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 29 m around an average of 12 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 606 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,364 m.

The land around Ban Phra is covered by trees (75%) within 3 km, trees (47%) and cropland (37%) within 16 km, and trees (54%) and cropland (33%) within 80 km.

3 km
29 m
16 km
606 m
80 km
1,364 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: Thambon Na Mueang 5.0 km · Prachin Buri Town 5.0 km · Prachin Buri 5.0 km · Prachantakham 14 km · Si Maha Phot 20 km · Ban Sang 21 km · Nakhon Nayok 23 km · Si Mahosot 23 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 Ban Phra (14.0946°, 101.389°, elevation 9 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).