Nan weather in August

In August, Nan sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 312 mm of rain across 28.1 wet days and about 12.6 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-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 miserable.

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 Nan's 11th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nan's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 31°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 24°; 9th coldest
Rainfall: 312 mm; 28.1 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 36 min; 6:02 AM – 6:40 PM
Cloud cover: 93%; 11th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 3.85 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.6; out of 10

Nan is town in Nan province, Thailand.

Air quality: High; PM2.5 29.5 µg/m³ · 2019

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 31°C through the month.

A typical August day in Nan reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°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)	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31
Avg low (°C)	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	24
2	30	24
3	30	24
4	30	24
5	30	24
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31	31	24

How August really feels in Nan

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.

Nan weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 10th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	30° / 16°	15	2	11	6.4
Feb	33° / 17°	8	1.2	11.4	4.7
Mar	35° / 20°	30	4.6	11.9	2.9
Apr	36° / 24°	78	11.6	12.4	2.2
May	34° / 25°	166	21.5	12.9	2.3
Jun	32° / 25°	190	23.4	13.1	2.5
Jul	31° / 25°	273	26.5	13	2.6
Aug	31° / 24°	312	28.1	12.6	2.6
Sep	31° / 24°	221	24.4	12.1	2.8
Oct	31° / 23°	74	13.8	11.6	4.1
Nov	31° / 20°	22	3.5	11.1	5.4
Dec	29° / 17°	14	1.7	10.9	6.6

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%.

	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 (%)	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	6
Cloudier (%)	97	97	97	97	97	97	96	96	96	96	96	95	95	95	95	95	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	95	94

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	3	97
2	3	97
3	3	97
4	3	97
5	3	97
6	3	97
7	4	96
8	4	96
9	4	96
10	4	96
11	4	96
12	5	95
13	5	95
14	5	95
15	5	95
16	5	95
17	6	94
18	6	94
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25	6	94
26	6	94
27	6	94
28	6	94
29	6	94
30	5	95
31	6	94

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Nan gets around 312 mm of rain over 28.1 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 90% and peaks near 92% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	91	91	91	92	92	92	92	92	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	89	89	89	89	89

	Rain chance (%)
1	91
2	91
3	91
4	92
5	92
6	92
7	92
8	92
9	91
10	91
11	91
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31	89

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 58% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)	47	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	45	45	44	43	42	42	41	40	38	37	36	35	34	34	33	33	33	33
Miserable (%)	53	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	55	55	56	57	58	58	59	60	62	63	64	65	66	66	67	67	67	67

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	47	53
2	46	54
3	46	54
4	46	54
5	46	54
6	46	54
7	46	54
8	46	54
9	46	54
10	46	54
11	46	54
12	46	54
13	46	54
14	45	55
15	45	55
16	44	56
17	43	57
18	42	58
19	42	58
20	41	59
21	40	60
22	38	62
23	37	63
24	36	64
25	35	65
26	34	66
27	34	66
28	33	67
29	33	67
30	33	67
31	33	67

Wind in August

Winds average 5 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.

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Wind speed (km/h)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	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
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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 5:57 AM to 6:05 AM, and sunset from 6:49 PM to 6:29 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)	12.9	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4
Sunrise (AM)	5:57	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05
Sunset (PM)	6:49	6:48	6:48	6:47	6:47	6:46	6:46	6:45	6:45	6:44	6:43	6:43	6:42	6:42	6:41	6:40	6:40	6:39	6:38	6:37	6:37	6:36	6:35	6:34	6:34	6:33	6:32	6:31	6:30	6:30	6:29

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.9	5:57	6:49
2	12.8	5:58	6:48
3	12.8	5:58	6:48
4	12.8	5:58	6:47
5	12.8	5:59	6:47
6	12.8	5:59	6:46
7	12.8	5:59	6:46
8	12.8	5:59	6:45
9	12.7	6:00	6:45
10	12.7	6:00	6:44
11	12.7	6:00	6:43
12	12.7	6:01	6:43
13	12.7	6:01	6:42
14	12.7	6:01	6:42
15	12.7	6:01	6:41
16	12.6	6:02	6:40
17	12.6	6:02	6:40
18	12.6	6:02	6:39
19	12.6	6:02	6:38
20	12.6	6:03	6:37
21	12.6	6:03	6:37
22	12.5	6:03	6:36
23	12.5	6:03	6:35
24	12.5	6:04	6:34
25	12.5	6:04	6:34
26	12.5	6:04	6:33
27	12.5	6:04	6:32
28	12.4	6:05	6:31
29	12.4	6:05	6:30
30	12.4	6:05	6:30
31	12.4	6:05	6:29

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 3.85 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.85 kWh/m² to a high of 6.22 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 3.85 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)	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.8	Moderate
2	3.8	Moderate
3	3.8	Moderate
4	3.8	Moderate
5	3.8	Moderate
6	3.8	Moderate
7	3.8	Moderate
8	3.8	Moderate
9	3.8	Moderate
10	3.8	Moderate
11	3.8	Moderate
12	3.8	Moderate
13	3.8	Moderate
14	3.8	Moderate
15	3.8	Moderate
16	3.8	Moderate
17	3.9	Moderate
18	3.9	Moderate
19	3.9	Moderate
20	3.9	Moderate
21	3.9	Moderate
22	3.9	Moderate
23	3.9	Moderate
24	4.0	Moderate
25	4.0	Moderate
26	4.0	Moderate
27	4.0	Moderate
28	4.0	Bright
29	4.0	Bright
30	4.0	Bright
31	4.0	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Nan

In seasonPeak

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

Nan'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 Nan?

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

3.8

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Nan.

What to pack for Nan in August

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

In August, Nan sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 28 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Nan 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 Nan peaks around August 12 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 7 (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)	8	9	9	10	11	13	13	13	11	10	8	7
Level	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	8	Very high
Feb	9	Very high
Mar	9	Very high
Apr	10	Very high
May	11	Extreme
Jun	13	Extreme
Jul	13	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	10	Very high
Nov	8	Very high
Dec	7	High

Air quality in Nan 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 Nan is worst in March — around 71 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.2× the cleanest month (September, 17 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Nan's WHO annual average of 29.5 µg/m³.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	27	39	71	65	28	17	17	17	17	17	18	21
Level	Moderate	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	27	Moderate
Feb	39	Poor
Mar	71	Unhealthy
Apr	65	Unhealthy
May	28	Moderate
Jun	17	Moderate
Jul	17	Moderate
Aug	17	Moderate
Sep	17	Moderate
Oct	17	Moderate
Nov	18	Moderate
Dec	21	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Nan?

Nan sits at 18.8°N, 100.8°E, 205 m above sea level, in Thailand. The nearest listed city is Dok Kham Tai, 93 km away.

Topography around Nan

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nan has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 61 m around an average of 208 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 478 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,915 m.

The land around Nan is covered by trees (39%), artificial surfaces (28%) and cropland (21%) within 3 km, trees (76%) within 16 km, and trees (87%) within 80 km.

3 km

61 m

trees 39%

16 km

478 m

trees 76%

80 km

1,915 m

trees 87%

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

August weather nearby: Dok Kham Tai 93 km · Phrae 98 km · Phayao 105 km · Den Chai 117 km · Lampang 146 km · Uttaradit 148 km · Chiang Rai 160 km · Ban Houakhoua 166 km

Thailand travel facts

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Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Nan (18.7838°, 100.779°, elevation 205 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	24
2	30	24
3	30	24
4	30	24
5	30	24
6	30	24
7	30	24
8	30	24
9	30	24
10	30	24
11	30	24
12	30	24
13	31	24
14	31	24
15	31	24
16	31	24
17	31	24
18	31	24
19	31	24
20	31	24
21	31	24
22	31	24
23	31	24
24	31	24
25	31	24
26	31	24
27	31	24
28	31	24
29	31	24
30	31	24
31	31	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	3	97
2	3	97
3	3	97
4	3	97
5	3	97
6	3	97
7	4	96
8	4	96
9	4	96
10	4	96
11	4	96
12	5	95
13	5	95
14	5	95
15	5	95
16	5	95
17	6	94
18	6	94
19	6	94
20	6	94
21	6	94
22	6	94
23	6	94
24	6	94
25	6	94
26	6	94
27	6	94
28	6	94
29	6	94
30	5	95
31	6	94

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

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	47	53
2	46	54
3	46	54
4	46	54
5	46	54
6	46	54
7	46	54
8	46	54
9	46	54
10	46	54
11	46	54
12	46	54
13	46	54
14	45	55
15	45	55
16	44	56
17	43	57
18	42	58
19	42	58
20	41	59
21	40	60
22	38	62
23	37	63
24	36	64
25	35	65
26	34	66
27	34	66
28	33	67
29	33	67
30	33	67
31	33	67

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	3	97
2	3	97
3	3	97
4	3	97
5	3	97
6	3	97
7	4	96
8	4	96
9	4	96
10	4	96
11	4	96
12	5	95
13	5	95
14	5	95
15	5	95
16	5	95
17	6	94
18	6	94
19	6	94
20	6	94
21	6	94
22	6	94
23	6	94
24	6	94
25	6	94
26	6	94
27	6	94
28	6	94
29	6	94
30	5	95
31	6	94

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

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	47	53
2	46	54
3	46	54
4	46	54
5	46	54
6	46	54
7	46	54
8	46	54
9	46	54
10	46	54
11	46	54
12	46	54
13	46	54
14	45	55
15	45	55
16	44	56
17	43	57
18	42	58
19	42	58
20	41	59
21	40	60
22	38	62
23	37	63
24	36	64
25	35	65
26	34	66
27	34	66
28	33	67
29	33	67
30	33	67
31	33	67

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	3	97
2	3	97
3	3	97
4	3	97
5	3	97
6	3	97
7	4	96
8	4	96
9	4	96
10	4	96
11	4	96
12	5	95
13	5	95
14	5	95
15	5	95
16	5	95
17	6	94
18	6	94
19	6	94
20	6	94
21	6	94
22	6	94
23	6	94
24	6	94
25	6	94
26	6	94
27	6	94
28	6	94
29	6	94
30	5	95
31	6	94

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

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	47	53
2	46	54
3	46	54
4	46	54
5	46	54
6	46	54
7	46	54
8	46	54
9	46	54
10	46	54
11	46	54
12	46	54
13	46	54
14	45	55
15	45	55
16	44	56
17	43	57
18	42	58
19	42	58
20	41	59
21	40	60
22	38	62
23	37	63
24	36	64
25	35	65
26	34	66
27	34	66
28	33	67
29	33	67
30	33	67
31	33	67