Khon Kaen weather in August

In August, Khon Kaen sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 214 mm of rain across 23.3 wet days and about 12.6 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 2% of the time in August, and the air most often feels miserable.

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 Khon Kaen's 12th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Khon Kaen's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
7th warmest
Overnight low
26°
8th coldest
Rainfall
214 mm
23.3 wet days
Daylight
12 h 36 min
5:56 AM – 6:29 PM
Cloud cover
91%
12th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
4.52 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.5
out of 10

Khon Kaen is city in Khon Kaen province, Thailand.

Air quality
High
PM2.5 34 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
2,488/km²
people per km²
Founded
1935

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 Khon Kaen reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°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 about 1°C cooler than July and on par with September.

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How August really feels in Khon Kaen

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
22 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.

Khon Kaen 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
Jan30° / 18°71.611.16.0
Feb33° / 20°112.411.44.5
Mar35° / 24°345.911.92.8
Apr36° / 26°6510.712.42.0
May35° / 26°15220.112.82.0
Jun34° / 26°13419.2132.2
Jul33° / 26°16420.312.92.4
Aug32° / 26°21423.312.62.5
Sep32° / 25°23723.312.12.7
Oct31° / 24°10412.811.64.1
Nov31° / 21°243.511.25.4
Dec30° / 19°51116.5

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 4% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 93%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1496
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Khon Kaen gets around 214 mm of rain over 23.3 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 84% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
173
273
373
472
572
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771
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1976
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2783
2883
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3084
3184

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 65% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
15149
25149
35050
44951
54951
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74852
84753
94753
104654
114555
124456
134357
144159
154060
163862
173664
183466
193268
203070
212872
222674
232575
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252179
262080
271981
281882
291783
301783
311783

Wind in August

Winds average 9 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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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 5:52 AM to 5:59 AM, and sunset from 6:37 PM to 6:19 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.75:526:37
212.75:536:37
312.75:536:36
412.75:536:36
512.75:536:35
612.75:546:35
712.75:546:34
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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 4.52 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.52 kWh/m² to a high of 6.1 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 4.52 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Khon Kaen

In seasonPeak

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

Khon Kaen'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 Khon Kaen?

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

2.5
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
4.1
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Khon Kaen.

What to pack for Khon Kaen in August

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

In August, Khon Kaen sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 23 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Khon Kaen 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 Khon Kaen peaks around August 12 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 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 12UV 13Dec 14UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb10Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr10Very high
May12Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct10Extreme
Nov8Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Khon Kaen 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 Khon Kaen is worst in March — around 56 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.5× the cleanest month (June, 22 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Khon Kaen's WHO annual average of 34 µg/m³.

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorPoorModerateMar 1555 µg/m³Jun 2222 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan37Poor
Feb48Poor
Mar56Unhealthy
Apr43Poor
May31Moderate
Jun22Moderate
Jul23Moderate
Aug24Moderate
Sep29Moderate
Oct33Moderate
Nov31Moderate
Dec29Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Khon Kaen?

Khon Kaen sits at 16.4°N, 102.8°E, 167 m above sea level, in Thailand. The nearest listed city is Ban Phai, 44 km away.

Topography around Khon Kaen

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Khon Kaen has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 64 m around an average of 165 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 80 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 683 m.

The land around Khon Kaen is covered by artificial surfaces (51%) and trees (35%) within 3 km, cropland (54%) and trees (26%) within 16 km, and cropland (75%) within 80 km.

3 km
64 m
16 km
80 m
80 km
683 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: Ban Phai 44 km · Nong Kung Si 55 km · Maha Sarakham 58 km · Kalasin 72 km · Kaeng Khro 72 km · Phu Khiao 76 km · Ban Phan Don 79 km · Chum Phae 79 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 Khon Kaen (16.4467°, 102.833°, elevation 167 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).