Dok Kham Tai weather in August

In August, Dok Kham Tai sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 253 mm of rain across 26.4 wet days and about 12.6 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°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 54 min at the start of August to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Dok Kham Tai's 11th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Dok Kham Tai's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
8th warmest
Overnight low
25°
9th coldest
Rainfall
253 mm
26.4 wet days
Daylight
12 h 42 min
6:04 AM – 6:44 PM
Cloud cover
92%
11th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
4.08 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.6
out of 10

Dok Kham Tai is town in Phayao province, Thailand.

Founded
1965

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 31°C through the month.

A typical August day in Dok Kham Tai reaches about 31°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 29°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 Dok Kham Tai

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.

Dok Kham Tai weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 8th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 16°152.5116.8
Feb32° / 17°61.211.35.2
Mar35° / 20°283.911.93.4
Apr35° / 24°719.512.42.4
May34° / 25°16619.712.92.4
Jun33° / 25°14421.513.12.4
Jul32° / 25°22124.8132.5
Aug31° / 25°25326.412.62.6
Sep32° / 24°2082312.12.8
Oct31° / 23°9814.711.64.1
Nov30° / 20°31511.16.0
Dec28° / 17°162.410.97.6

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 4% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 95%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1397
2397
3397
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Dok Kham Tai gets around 253 mm of rain over 26.4 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 85% and peaks near 86% on the wettest days.

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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 66% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
17228
27228
37129
47129
57030
67030
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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 7 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 54 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 30 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:00 AM to 6:08 AM, and sunset from 6:52 PM to 6:32 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.96:006:52
212.96:006:52
312.86:006:51
412.86:016:51
512.86:016:50
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712.86:026:49
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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 4.08 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.08 kWh/m² to a high of 6.36 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 4.08 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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

Hazard calendar for Dok Kham Tai

In seasonPeak

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

Dok Kham Tai'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 Dok Kham Tai?

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
3.9
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Dok Kham Tai.

What to pack for Dok Kham Tai in August

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

In August, Dok Kham Tai sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 26 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Dok Kham Tai 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 Dok Kham Tai peaks around August 12 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 7 (high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highAug 12UV 13Dec 18UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb9Very high
Mar9Very high
Apr10Very high
May11Extreme
Jun13Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct10Very high
Nov8Very high
Dec7High

Air quality in Dok Kham Tai 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 Dok Kham Tai is worst in March — around 89 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.9× the cleanest month (July, 15 µg/m³).

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

0306090JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateUnhealthyModerateMar 2085 µg/m³Jul 1915 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan28Moderate
Feb39Poor
Mar89Unhealthy
Apr68Unhealthy
May28Moderate
Jun16Moderate
Jul15Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep16Moderate
Oct17Moderate
Nov19Moderate
Dec23Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Dok Kham Tai?

Dok Kham Tai sits at 19.2°N, 100.0°E, 394 m above sea level, in Thailand. The nearest listed city is Phayao, 12 km away.

NanSan KamphaengLampangMae ChanChiang MaiPhrae

Topography around Dok Kham Tai

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Dok Kham Tai has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 20 m around an average of 392 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 782 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,807 m.

The land around Dok Kham Tai is covered by cropland (75%) within 3 km, cropland (54%) and trees (34%) within 16 km, and trees (77%) within 80 km.

3 km
20 m
16 km
782 m
80 km
1,807 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: Phayao 12 km · Chiang Rai 85 km · Nan 93 km · San Kamphaeng 103 km · Lampang 110 km · Mae Chan 110 km · Chiang Mai 114 km · Phrae 114 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 Dok Kham Tai (19.1624°, 99.9934°, elevation 394 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).