Roi Et weather in August

In August, Roi Et sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 240 mm of rain across 25.2 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 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 Roi Et's 12th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Roi Et's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
7th warmest
Overnight low
25°
8th coldest
Rainfall
240 mm
25.2 wet days
Daylight
12 h 30 min
5:53 AM – 6:26 PM
Cloud cover
91%
12th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
4.51 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.5
out of 10

Roi Et is town in Roi Et province, Thailand.

Density
3,382/km²
people per km²
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 32°C through the month.

A typical August day in Roi Et reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°C overnight — a 6°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 on par with July and on par with September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How August really feels in Roi Et

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
11 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.

Roi Et 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
Jan31° / 18°61.611.25.9
Feb33° / 20°112.111.54.6
Mar35° / 24°376.511.92.9
Apr36° / 26°6611.312.42.1
May34° / 26°18021.312.72.0
Jun33° / 26°16921.212.92.2
Jul33° / 26°20723.512.92.4
Aug32° / 25°24025.212.52.5
Sep32° / 25°25324.512.12.7
Oct31° / 24°10912.511.64.0
Nov31° / 22°243.511.35.2
Dec30° / 19°51.211.16.2

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 5% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 93%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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2694
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Roi Et gets around 240 mm of rain over 25.2 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 82% and peaks near 87% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
182
281
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480
579
679
778
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1478
1579
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1982
2083
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3187

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 69% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
14159
24159
34159
44258
54258
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84258
94159
104159
114060
123961
133862
143763
153664
163466
173268
183169
192971
202773
212575
222377
232179
242080
251882
261783
271684
281585
291486
301387
311387

Wind in August

Winds average 10 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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 5:50 AM to 5:55 AM, and sunset from 6:33 PM to 6:15 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.75:506:33
212.75:506:33
312.75:506:32
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512.75:516:32
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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 4.51 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.47 kWh/m² to a high of 6.16 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 4.51 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 Roi Et

In seasonPeak

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

Roi Et'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 Roi Et?

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
4.0
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Roi Et.

What to pack for Roi Et in August

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

In August, Roi Et sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 25 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Roi Et 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 Roi Et peaks around August 11 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 10 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 11UV 13Dec 10UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr10Very high
May11Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov8Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Roi Et 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 Roi Et is worst in March — around 52 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.6× the cleanest month (December, 20 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateMar 1751 µg/m³Dec 1320 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan28Moderate
Feb40Poor
Mar52Poor
Apr41Poor
May30Moderate
Jun22Moderate
Jul24Moderate
Aug25Moderate
Sep28Moderate
Oct28Moderate
Nov23Moderate
Dec20Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Roi Et?

Roi Et sits at 16.1°N, 103.7°E, 148 m above sea level, in Thailand. The nearest listed city is Ban Selaphum, 32 km away.

Topography around Roi Et

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Roi Et has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 30 m around an average of 147 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 61 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 385 m.

The land around Roi Et is covered by artificial surfaces (41%) and trees (34%) within 3 km, cropland (76%) within 16 km, and cropland (79%) within 80 km.

3 km
30 m
16 km
61 m
80 km
385 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: Ban Selaphum 32 km · Kamalasai 32 km · Maha Sarakham 40 km · Kalasin 45 km · Kaset Wisai 45 km · Yasothon 60 km · Kuchinarai 69 km · Nong Kung Si 76 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 Roi Et (16.0567°, 103.6531°, elevation 148 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).