Betong weather in August

In August, Betong sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 213 mm of rain across 23.8 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 6th-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 oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 18 min at the start of August to 12 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Betong's 8th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Betong's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 30°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 21°; 4th coldest
Rainfall: 213 mm; 23.8 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 12 min; 6:14 AM – 6:26 PM
Cloud cover: 87%; 8th clearest
Wind: 4 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 5.18 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.2; out of 10

Betong is town in Yala province, Thailand.

Density: 380/km²; people per km²

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 Betong reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and on par with September.

	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
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)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21

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

How August really feels in Betong

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.

Betong weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 8th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	30° / 21°	92	11.6	11.7	4.5
Feb	32° / 21°	77	9.6	11.8	3.8
Mar	32° / 21°	178	17.8	12	3.0
Apr	31° / 22°	270	25.3	12.1	2.7
May	31° / 22°	243	27.5	12.3	2.7
Jun	30° / 22°	174	22.3	12.3	3.2
Jul	30° / 21°	188	22.3	12.3	3.4
Aug	30° / 21°	213	23.8	12.2	3.2
Sep	29° / 21°	264	26.4	12	3.0
Oct	29° / 21°	347	29.1	11.9	2.9
Nov	29° / 21°	304	26.3	11.7	3.2
Dec	29° / 21°	198	18.8	11.7	4.2

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 7% 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 (%)	9	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	11	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	5
Cloudier (%)	91	91	90	90	90	89	89	89	89	90	90	90	89	89	90	91	91	91	91	91	92	92	92	93	93	94	94	94	94	95	95

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	9	91
2	9	91
3	10	90
4	10	90
5	10	90
6	11	89
7	11	89
8	11	89
9	11	89
10	10	90
11	10	90
12	10	90
13	11	89
14	11	89
15	10	90
16	9	91
17	9	91
18	9	91
19	9	91
20	9	91
21	8	92
22	8	92
23	8	92
24	7	93
25	7	93
26	6	94
27	6	94
28	6	94
29	6	94
30	5	95
31	5	95

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Betong gets around 213 mm of rain over 23.8 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 77% and peaks near 85% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	68	68	68	68	68	69	70	71	72	73	74	75	76	77	78	79	80	80	81	81	82	82	82	83	83	83	83	84	84	84	85

	Rain chance (%)
1	68
2	68
3	68
4	68
5	68
6	69
7	70
8	71
9	72
10	73
11	74
12	75
13	76
14	77
15	78
16	79
17	80
18	80
19	81
20	81
21	82
22	82
23	82
24	83
25	83
26	83
27	83
28	84
29	84
30	84
31	85

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 91% 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
Muggy (%)	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7
Oppressive (%)	92	91	91	91	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	91	91	91	91	91	92	92	92	92	92	92	93	93	93	93	93

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

Wind in August

Winds average 4 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 5 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	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
Wind speed (km/h)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	5	calm
2	5	calm
3	5	calm
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10	5	calm
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13	4	calm
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15	4	calm
16	4	calm
17	4	calm
18	4	calm
19	4	calm
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29	4	calm
30	4	calm
31	4	calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 18 min at the start of August to 12 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:14 AM to 6:12 AM, and sunset from 6:29 PM to 6:19 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)	12.3	12.3	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1
Sunrise (AM)	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:12	6:12
Sunset (PM)	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:25	6:25	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:23	6:23	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:21	6:21	6:20	6:20	6:19

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.3	6:14	6:29
2	12.3	6:14	6:29
3	12.2	6:14	6:29
4	12.2	6:14	6:29
5	12.2	6:14	6:29
6	12.2	6:14	6:28
7	12.2	6:14	6:28
8	12.2	6:14	6:28
9	12.2	6:14	6:28
10	12.2	6:14	6:27
11	12.2	6:14	6:27
12	12.2	6:14	6:27
13	12.2	6:14	6:27
14	12.2	6:14	6:26
15	12.2	6:14	6:26
16	12.2	6:14	6:26
17	12.2	6:14	6:25
18	12.2	6:14	6:25
19	12.2	6:14	6:24
20	12.2	6:14	6:24
21	12.2	6:14	6:24
22	12.2	6:14	6:23
23	12.2	6:13	6:23
24	12.2	6:13	6:22
25	12.1	6:13	6:22
26	12.1	6:13	6:22
27	12.1	6:13	6:21
28	12.1	6:13	6:21
29	12.1	6:13	6:20
30	12.1	6:12	6:20
31	12.1	6:12	6:19

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.18 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.1 kWh/m² to a high of 5.81 kWh/m² in March across the year — August's 5.18 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	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)	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.3	Bright
2	5.3	Bright
3	5.3	Bright
4	5.3	Bright
5	5.3	Bright
6	5.3	Bright
7	5.3	Bright
8	5.3	Bright
9	5.3	Bright
10	5.3	Bright
11	5.3	Bright
12	5.3	Bright
13	5.3	Bright
14	5.2	Bright
15	5.2	Bright
16	5.2	Bright
17	5.2	Bright
18	5.2	Bright
19	5.2	Bright
20	5.1	Bright
21	5.1	Bright
22	5.1	Bright
23	5.1	Bright
24	5.1	Bright
25	5.1	Bright
26	5.1	Bright
27	5.0	Bright
28	5.0	Bright
29	5.0	Bright
30	5.0	Bright
31	5.0	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Betong?

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

3.2

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

4.4

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Betong.

What to pack for Betong in August

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

In August, Betong sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 24 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Betong 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 Betong peaks around February 20 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 11 at about 11 (extreme).

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)	13	15	14	14	13	12	11	13	14	12	11	11
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	13	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	13	Extreme
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	14	Extreme
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	11	Extreme

Air quality in Betong 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 Betong is worst in April — around 22 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	17	17	20	22	19	21	22	20	21	21	17	16
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	17	Moderate
Feb	17	Moderate
Mar	20	Moderate
Apr	22	Moderate
May	19	Moderate
Jun	21	Moderate
Jul	22	Moderate
Aug	20	Moderate
Sep	21	Moderate
Oct	21	Moderate
Nov	17	Moderate
Dec	16	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Betong?

Betong sits at 5.8°N, 101.1°E, 269 m above sea level, in Thailand. The nearest listed city is Pulai, 24 km away.

Topography around Betong

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Betong has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 241 m around an average of 315 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,170 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,029 m.

The land around Betong is covered by trees (79%) within 3 km, trees (92%) within 16 km, and trees (92%) within 80 km.

3 km

241 m

trees 79%

16 km

1,170 m

trees 92%

80 km

2,029 m

trees 92%

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

August weather nearby: Pulai 24 km · Kampung Kupang 29 km · Sik 36 km · Gerik 40 km · Teloi Kanan 46 km · Kuala Ketil 51 km · Kampong Sidam 62 km · Sungai Lalang 62 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

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 Betong (5.7743°, 101.0723°, elevation 269 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	21
2	30	21
3	30	21
4	30	21
5	30	21
6	30	21
7	30	21
8	30	21
9	30	21
10	30	21
11	30	21
12	30	21
13	30	21
14	30	21
15	30	21
16	30	21
17	30	21
18	30	21
19	30	21
20	30	21
21	30	21
22	30	21
23	30	21
24	30	21
25	30	21
26	30	21
27	30	21
28	30	21
29	30	21
30	30	21
31	30	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	9	91
2	9	91
3	10	90
4	10	90
5	10	90
6	11	89
7	11	89
8	11	89
9	11	89
10	10	90
11	10	90
12	10	90
13	11	89
14	11	89
15	10	90
16	9	91
17	9	91
18	9	91
19	9	91
20	9	91
21	8	92
22	8	92
23	8	92
24	7	93
25	7	93
26	6	94
27	6	94
28	6	94
29	6	94
30	5	95
31	5	95

	Rain chance (%)
1	68
2	68
3	68
4	68
5	68
6	69
7	70
8	71
9	72
10	73
11	74
12	75
13	76
14	77
15	78
16	79
17	80
18	80
19	81
20	81
21	82
22	82
23	82
24	83
25	83
26	83
27	83
28	84
29	84
30	84
31	85

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	9	91
2	9	91
3	10	90
4	10	90
5	10	90
6	11	89
7	11	89
8	11	89
9	11	89
10	10	90
11	10	90
12	10	90
13	11	89
14	11	89
15	10	90
16	9	91
17	9	91
18	9	91
19	9	91
20	9	91
21	8	92
22	8	92
23	8	92
24	7	93
25	7	93
26	6	94
27	6	94
28	6	94
29	6	94
30	5	95
31	5	95

	Rain chance (%)
1	68
2	68
3	68
4	68
5	68
6	69
7	70
8	71
9	72
10	73
11	74
12	75
13	76
14	77
15	78
16	79
17	80
18	80
19	81
20	81
21	82
22	82
23	82
24	83
25	83
26	83
27	83
28	84
29	84
30	84
31	85

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	9	91
2	9	91
3	10	90
4	10	90
5	10	90
6	11	89
7	11	89
8	11	89
9	11	89
10	10	90
11	10	90
12	10	90
13	11	89
14	11	89
15	10	90
16	9	91
17	9	91
18	9	91
19	9	91
20	9	91
21	8	92
22	8	92
23	8	92
24	7	93
25	7	93
26	6	94
27	6	94
28	6	94
29	6	94
30	5	95
31	5	95

	Rain chance (%)
1	68
2	68
3	68
4	68
5	68
6	69
7	70
8	71
9	72
10	73
11	74
12	75
13	76
14	77
15	78
16	79
17	80
18	80
19	81
20	81
21	82
22	82
23	82
24	83
25	83
26	83
27	83
28	84
29	84
30	84
31	85

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