Ranong weather in August

In August, Ranong sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 292 mm of rain across 27.8 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°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 24 min at the start of August to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Ranong's 12th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ranong's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
11th warmest
Overnight low
24°
8th coldest
Rainfall
292 mm
27.8 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
6:20 AM – 6:39 PM
Cloud cover
91%
12th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
4.78 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.0
out of 10

Ranong is town in Ranong province, Thailand.

Founded
1937

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 29°C through the month.

A typical August day in Ranong reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 31°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 Ranong

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.

Ranong weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 11th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 22°617.611.55.1
Feb32° / 22°33511.74.5
Mar33° / 23°10510.911.93.5
Apr33° / 24°18219.112.22.8
May31° / 24°27327.912.52.6
Jun30° / 24°2502612.63.0
Jul29° / 24°27027.512.53.0
Aug29° / 24°29227.812.33.0
Sep29° / 24°36128.112.12.9
Oct29° / 23°37328.311.83.0
Nov29° / 23°20121.211.53.7
Dec29° / 22°8611.511.45.0

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 4% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 95%.

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

Any precipitation

Ranong gets around 292 mm of rain over 27.8 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 90% and peaks near 92% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 (%)Miserable (%)
14456
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Wind in August

Winds average 12 km/h in August, the windiest month of the year.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 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 24 min at the start of August to 12 h 12 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 6:18 AM to 6:19 AM, and sunset from 6:45 PM to 6:32 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.46:186:45
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312.46:196:44
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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 4.78 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.42 kWh/m² to a high of 6.27 kWh/m² in March across the year — August's 4.78 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Ranong

In seasonPeak

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

Ranong sits in the North Indian Ocean cyclone zone; the season peaks May and October–November.

Ranong's rainy season runs April–November, when most of the year's rain falls.

Cyclone
Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is August a good time to visit Ranong?

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

3.0
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
4.0
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Ranong.

What to pack for Ranong in August

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

In August, Ranong sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 28 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Ranong in August

The nearest coast averages about 29°C in August — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 30 km away) is warmest in April at about 30°C and coldest in January near 28°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

26°28°30°32°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan28Warm
Feb29Tropical
Mar29Tropical
Apr30Tropical
May30Tropical
Jun29Tropical
Jul29Tropical
Aug29Tropical
Sep29Tropical
Oct29Tropical
Nov29Tropical
Dec28Tropical

UV index in Ranong in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 14 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ranong peaks around August 20 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 21 at about 9 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highAug 20UV 13Nov 21UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug14Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec10Very high

Air quality in Ranong 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 Ranong is worst in January — around 19 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateJan 2318 µg/m³Oct 1613 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan19Moderate
Feb18Moderate
Mar18Moderate
Apr18Moderate
May15Moderate
Jun14Moderate
Jul15Moderate
Aug13Moderate
Sep13Moderate
Oct13Moderate
Nov13Moderate
Dec14Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Ranong?

Ranong sits at 10.0°N, 98.6°E, 38 m above sea level, in Thailand. The nearest listed city is Kawthaung, 9.0 km away.

Tha KhamSurat ThaniKo TaoKo SamuiBan Na San

Topography around Ranong

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ranong has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 464 m around an average of 52 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,058 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,368 m.

The land around Ranong is covered by trees (59%) and artificial surfaces (26%) within 3 km, trees (63%) and water (23%) within 16 km, and trees (52%) and water (45%) within 80 km.

3 km
464 m
16 km
1,058 m
80 km
1,368 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswatermangroves
August weather nearby: Kawthaung 9.0 km · Lang Suan 49 km · Chumphon 84 km · Tha Kham 115 km · Surat Thani 120 km · Ko Tao 132 km · Ko Samui 150 km · Ban Na San 152 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 Ranong (9.9658°, 98.6348°, elevation 38 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. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).