Nakhon Luang weather in August

In August, Nakhon Luang sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 178 mm of rain across 24.5 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 34°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 Nakhon Luang's 12th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nakhon Luang's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 34°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 26°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 178 mm; 24.5 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 30 min; 6:07 AM – 6:36 PM
Cloud cover: 90%; 12th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 4.6 kWh/m²
Travel score: 1.9; out of 10

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 34°C through the month.

A typical August day in Nakhon Luang reaches about 34°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 32°C and 36°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)	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34
Avg low (°C)	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	34	26
2	34	26
3	34	26
4	34	26
5	34	26
6	34	26
7	34	26
8	34	26
9	34	26
10	34	26
11	34	26
12	34	26
13	34	26
14	34	26
15	34	26
16	34	26
17	34	26
18	34	26
19	34	26
20	34	26
21	34	26
22	34	26
23	34	26
24	34	26
25	34	26
26	34	26
27	34	26
28	34	26
29	34	26
30	34	26
31	34	26

How August really feels in Nakhon Luang

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 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)

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.

Nakhon Luang 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	33° / 22°	11	2.8	11.2	4.2
Feb	35° / 24°	14	3.1	11.5	3.3
Mar	36° / 26°	41	7.1	11.9	2.3
Apr	37° / 27°	77	12.8	12.3	1.5
May	36° / 27°	154	21.6	12.7	1.5
Jun	35° / 27°	142	22.8	12.8	1.7
Jul	34° / 26°	149	23.1	12.8	1.9
Aug	34° / 26°	178	24.5	12.5	1.9
Sep	33° / 26°	262	25.5	12.1	2.1
Oct	33° / 25°	151	18.7	11.7	2.9
Nov	33° / 24°	29	5	11.3	4.0
Dec	32° / 22°	8	1.4	11.2	4.7

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 3% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 95%.

	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 (%)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6
Cloudier (%)	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	96	96	96	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	94	94	94

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	4	96
2	4	96
3	4	96
4	4	96
5	4	96
6	4	96
7	4	96
8	5	95
9	5	95
10	5	95
11	5	95
12	5	95
13	5	95
14	5	95
15	5	95
16	5	95
17	5	95
18	4	96
19	4	96
20	4	96
21	5	95
22	5	95
23	5	95
24	5	95
25	5	95
26	5	95
27	5	95
28	5	95
29	6	94
30	6	94
31	6	94

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Nakhon Luang gets around 178 mm of rain over 24.5 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 79% and peaks near 87% 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 (%)	76	76	76	76	76	76	75	75	75	75	75	75	75	75	76	76	77	78	78	79	80	81	82	83	84	85	86	86	87	87	87

	Rain chance (%)
1	76
2	76
3	76
4	76
5	76
6	76
7	75
8	75
9	75
10	75
11	75
12	75
13	75
14	75
15	76
16	76
17	77
18	78
19	78
20	79
21	80
22	81
23	82
24	83
25	84
26	85
27	86
28	86
29	87
30	87
31	87

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 56% 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
Oppressive (%)	47	48	48	48	49	49	49	49	49	49	49	49	49	48	48	47	47	46	45	44	43	41	40	39	37	36	34	33	31	30	29
Miserable (%)	53	52	52	52	51	51	51	51	51	51	51	51	51	52	52	53	53	54	55	56	57	59	60	61	63	64	66	67	69	70	71

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	47	53
2	48	52
3	48	52
4	48	52
5	49	51
6	49	51
7	49	51
8	49	51
9	49	51
10	49	51
11	49	51
12	49	51
13	49	51
14	48	52
15	48	52
16	47	53
17	47	53
18	46	54
19	45	55
20	44	56
21	43	57
22	41	59
23	40	60
24	39	61
25	37	63
26	36	64
27	34	66
28	33	67
29	31	69
30	30	70
31	29	71

Wind in August

Winds average 10 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
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	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
9	11	calm
10	11	calm
11	10	calm
12	10	calm
13	10	calm
14	10	calm
15	10	calm
16	10	calm
17	10	calm
18	10	calm
19	10	calm
20	10	calm
21	9	calm
22	9	calm
23	9	calm
24	9	calm
25	9	calm
26	9	calm
27	9	calm
28	9	calm
29	9	calm
30	9	calm
31	9	calm

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 6:04 AM to 6:09 AM, and sunset from 6:43 PM to 6:27 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)	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3
Sunrise (AM)	6:04	6:04	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:09	6:09	6:09
Sunset (PM)	6:43	6:43	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:41	6:41	6:40	6:40	6:39	6:39	6:38	6:38	6:37	6:37	6:36	6:36	6:35	6:35	6:34	6:33	6:33	6:32	6:31	6:31	6:30	6:29	6:29	6:28	6:27	6:27

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.6	6:04	6:43
2	12.6	6:04	6:43
3	12.6	6:05	6:42
4	12.6	6:05	6:42
5	12.6	6:05	6:42
6	12.6	6:05	6:41
7	12.6	6:05	6:41
8	12.6	6:06	6:40
9	12.6	6:06	6:40
10	12.6	6:06	6:39
11	12.5	6:06	6:39
12	12.5	6:06	6:38
13	12.5	6:07	6:38
14	12.5	6:07	6:37
15	12.5	6:07	6:37
16	12.5	6:07	6:36
17	12.5	6:07	6:36
18	12.5	6:07	6:35
19	12.5	6:07	6:35
20	12.4	6:08	6:34
21	12.4	6:08	6:33
22	12.4	6:08	6:33
23	12.4	6:08	6:32
24	12.4	6:08	6:31
25	12.4	6:08	6:31
26	12.4	6:08	6:30
27	12.3	6:08	6:29
28	12.3	6:08	6:29
29	12.3	6:09	6:28
30	12.3	6:09	6:27
31	12.3	6:09	6:27

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.6 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.56 kWh/m² to a high of 6.17 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 4.6 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	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)	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7
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	4.5	Bright
2	4.5	Bright
3	4.5	Bright
4	4.5	Bright
5	4.5	Bright
6	4.5	Bright
7	4.5	Bright
8	4.5	Bright
9	4.6	Bright
10	4.6	Bright
11	4.6	Bright
12	4.6	Bright
13	4.6	Bright
14	4.6	Bright
15	4.7	Bright
16	4.7	Bright
17	4.7	Bright
18	4.7	Bright
19	4.7	Bright
20	4.7	Bright
21	4.7	Bright
22	4.7	Bright
23	4.7	Bright
24	4.7	Bright
25	4.7	Bright
26	4.7	Bright
27	4.7	Bright
28	4.7	Bright
29	4.7	Bright
30	4.7	Bright
31	4.7	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Nakhon Luang

In seasonPeak

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

Nakhon Luang'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 Nakhon Luang?

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

1.9

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

3.8

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Nakhon Luang.

What to pack for Nakhon Luang in August

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

In August, Nakhon Luang sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 25 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Nakhon Luang 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 Nakhon Luang peaks around August 14 at about 13 (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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	9	9	12	11	10	12	12	13	12	10	8	8
Level	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	9	Very high
Feb	9	Very high
Mar	12	Extreme
Apr	11	Extreme
May	10	Very high
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	10	Very high
Nov	8	Very high
Dec	8	Very high

Air quality in Nakhon Luang 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 Nakhon Luang is worst in January — around 83 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 1.9× the cleanest month (July, 43 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	83	81	70	64	54	44	43	43	54	66	67	66
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	83	Unhealthy
Feb	81	Unhealthy
Mar	70	Unhealthy
Apr	64	Unhealthy
May	54	Poor
Jun	44	Poor
Jul	43	Poor
Aug	43	Poor
Sep	54	Poor
Oct	66	Unhealthy
Nov	67	Unhealthy
Dec	66	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Nakhon Luang?

Nakhon Luang sits at 14.5°N, 100.6°E, 9 m above sea level, in Thailand. The nearest listed city is Ayutthaya, 13 km away.

Topography around Nakhon Luang

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nakhon Luang has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 19 m around an average of 6 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 43 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,116 m.

The land around Nakhon Luang is covered by cropland (45%) and trees (24%) within 3 km, cropland (58%) and trees (21%) within 16 km, and cropland (60%) and trees (24%) within 80 km.

3 km

19 m

cropland 45%

16 km

43 m

cropland 58%

80 km

1,116 m

cropland 60%

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

August weather nearby: Ayutthaya 13 km · Bang Ban 17 km · Tha Ruea 17 km · Ban Mo 21 km · Phak Hai 26 km · Bang Pa-in 26 km · Wang Noi 29 km · Nong Khae 31 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 Nakhon Luang (14.4634°, 100.6088°, 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	34	26
2	34	26
3	34	26
4	34	26
5	34	26
6	34	26
7	34	26
8	34	26
9	34	26
10	34	26
11	34	26
12	34	26
13	34	26
14	34	26
15	34	26
16	34	26
17	34	26
18	34	26
19	34	26
20	34	26
21	34	26
22	34	26
23	34	26
24	34	26
25	34	26
26	34	26
27	34	26
28	34	26
29	34	26
30	34	26
31	34	26

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	4	96
2	4	96
3	4	96
4	4	96
5	4	96
6	4	96
7	4	96
8	5	95
9	5	95
10	5	95
11	5	95
12	5	95
13	5	95
14	5	95
15	5	95
16	5	95
17	5	95
18	4	96
19	4	96
20	4	96
21	5	95
22	5	95
23	5	95
24	5	95
25	5	95
26	5	95
27	5	95
28	5	95
29	6	94
30	6	94
31	6	94

	Rain chance (%)
1	76
2	76
3	76
4	76
5	76
6	76
7	75
8	75
9	75
10	75
11	75
12	75
13	75
14	75
15	76
16	76
17	77
18	78
19	78
20	79
21	80
22	81
23	82
24	83
25	84
26	85
27	86
28	86
29	87
30	87
31	87

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	47	53
2	48	52
3	48	52
4	48	52
5	49	51
6	49	51
7	49	51
8	49	51
9	49	51
10	49	51
11	49	51
12	49	51
13	49	51
14	48	52
15	48	52
16	47	53
17	47	53
18	46	54
19	45	55
20	44	56
21	43	57
22	41	59
23	40	60
24	39	61
25	37	63
26	36	64
27	34	66
28	33	67
29	31	69
30	30	70
31	29	71

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	34	26
2	34	26
3	34	26
4	34	26
5	34	26
6	34	26
7	34	26
8	34	26
9	34	26
10	34	26
11	34	26
12	34	26
13	34	26
14	34	26
15	34	26
16	34	26
17	34	26
18	34	26
19	34	26
20	34	26
21	34	26
22	34	26
23	34	26
24	34	26
25	34	26
26	34	26
27	34	26
28	34	26
29	34	26
30	34	26
31	34	26

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	4	96
2	4	96
3	4	96
4	4	96
5	4	96
6	4	96
7	4	96
8	5	95
9	5	95
10	5	95
11	5	95
12	5	95
13	5	95
14	5	95
15	5	95
16	5	95
17	5	95
18	4	96
19	4	96
20	4	96
21	5	95
22	5	95
23	5	95
24	5	95
25	5	95
26	5	95
27	5	95
28	5	95
29	6	94
30	6	94
31	6	94

	Rain chance (%)
1	76
2	76
3	76
4	76
5	76
6	76
7	75
8	75
9	75
10	75
11	75
12	75
13	75
14	75
15	76
16	76
17	77
18	78
19	78
20	79
21	80
22	81
23	82
24	83
25	84
26	85
27	86
28	86
29	87
30	87
31	87

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	47	53
2	48	52
3	48	52
4	48	52
5	49	51
6	49	51
7	49	51
8	49	51
9	49	51
10	49	51
11	49	51
12	49	51
13	49	51
14	48	52
15	48	52
16	47	53
17	47	53
18	46	54
19	45	55
20	44	56
21	43	57
22	41	59
23	40	60
24	39	61
25	37	63
26	36	64
27	34	66
28	33	67
29	31	69
30	30	70
31	29	71

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	34	26
2	34	26
3	34	26
4	34	26
5	34	26
6	34	26
7	34	26
8	34	26
9	34	26
10	34	26
11	34	26
12	34	26
13	34	26
14	34	26
15	34	26
16	34	26
17	34	26
18	34	26
19	34	26
20	34	26
21	34	26
22	34	26
23	34	26
24	34	26
25	34	26
26	34	26
27	34	26
28	34	26
29	34	26
30	34	26
31	34	26

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	4	96
2	4	96
3	4	96
4	4	96
5	4	96
6	4	96
7	4	96
8	5	95
9	5	95
10	5	95
11	5	95
12	5	95
13	5	95
14	5	95
15	5	95
16	5	95
17	5	95
18	4	96
19	4	96
20	4	96
21	5	95
22	5	95
23	5	95
24	5	95
25	5	95
26	5	95
27	5	95
28	5	95
29	6	94
30	6	94
31	6	94

	Rain chance (%)
1	76
2	76
3	76
4	76
5	76
6	76
7	75
8	75
9	75
10	75
11	75
12	75
13	75
14	75
15	76
16	76
17	77
18	78
19	78
20	79
21	80
22	81
23	82
24	83
25	84
26	85
27	86
28	86
29	87
30	87
31	87

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	47	53
2	48	52
3	48	52
4	48	52
5	49	51
6	49	51
7	49	51
8	49	51
9	49	51
10	49	51
11	49	51
12	49	51
13	49	51
14	48	52
15	48	52
16	47	53
17	47	53
18	46	54
19	45	55
20	44	56
21	43	57
22	41	59
23	40	60
24	39	61
25	37	63
26	36	64
27	34	66
28	33	67
29	31	69
30	30	70
31	29	71