Sa Kaeo weather in August

In August, Sa Kaeo sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 250 mm of rain across 27.9 wet days and about 12.5 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 2nd-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 2% 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 Sa Kaeo's 12th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sa Kaeo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
8th warmest
Overnight low
25°
8th coldest
Rainfall
250 mm
27.9 wet days
Daylight
12 h 30 min
6:02 AM – 6:30 PM
Cloud cover
90%
12th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
4.63 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.4
out of 10

Sa Kaeo is town in Sa Kaeo province, Thailand.

Air quality
Elevated
PM2.5 20 µg/m³ · 2019
Founded
1956

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 31°C through the month.

A typical August day in Sa Kaeo reaches about 31°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 33°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 Sa Kaeo

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
31 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.

Sa Kaeo weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 8th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan32° / 21°122.611.35.1
Feb33° / 22°183.511.54.1
Mar34° / 24°519.111.93.0
Apr35° / 26°7915.112.32.3
May34° / 26°15923.212.62.1
Jun32° / 26°20325.512.82.3
Jul32° / 25°23027.712.72.4
Aug31° / 25°25027.912.52.4
Sep31° / 25°27826.812.12.5
Oct31° / 24°1711911.73.4
Nov31° / 23°294.911.44.8
Dec31° / 21°61.411.25.5

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 94%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1595
2595
3595
4595
5595
6595
7595
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31793

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Sa Kaeo gets around 250 mm of rain over 27.9 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 93% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
193
293
393
493
592
692
791
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1190
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1489
1588
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2890
2990
3090
3190

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 90% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
11189
21189
31189
41189
51189
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71189
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91189
101189
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141189
151090
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24892
25892
26892
27793
28793
29793
30793
31793

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 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
19calm
29calm
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317calm

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 5:59 AM to 6:03 AM, and sunset from 6:36 PM to 6:20 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.65:596:36
212.65:596:36
312.66:006:36
412.66:006:35
512.66:006:35
612.66:006:35
712.66:006:34
812.66:016:34
912.56:016:33
1012.56:016:33
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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 4.63 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.52 kWh/m² to a high of 6.02 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 4.63 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 Sa Kaeo

In seasonPeak

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

Sa Kaeo'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 Sa Kaeo?

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

2.4
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
3.7
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Sa Kaeo.

What to pack for Sa Kaeo in August

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

In August, Sa Kaeo sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 28 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Sa Kaeo 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 Sa Kaeo peaks around August 15 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 22 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 15UV 14Nov 22UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb10Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug14Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov8Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Sa Kaeo 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 Sa Kaeo is worst in February — around 32 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.2× the cleanest month (December, 15 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Sa Kaeo's WHO annual average of 20 µg/m³.

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateFeb 1731 µg/m³Dec 1015 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan25Moderate
Feb32Moderate
Mar28Moderate
Apr22Moderate
May17Moderate
Jun15Moderate
Jul17Moderate
Aug17Moderate
Sep18Moderate
Oct18Moderate
Nov15Moderate
Dec15Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Sa Kaeo?

Sa Kaeo sits at 13.8°N, 102.1°E, 41 m above sea level, in Thailand. The nearest listed city is Wang Nam Yen, 36 km away.

Topography around Sa Kaeo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sa Kaeo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 20 m around an average of 39 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 162 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 960 m.

The land around Sa Kaeo is covered by trees (52%) and cropland (25%) within 3 km, trees (52%) and cropland (38%) within 16 km, and trees (60%) and cropland (35%) within 80 km.

3 km
20 m
16 km
162 m
80 km
960 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: Wang Nam Yen 36 km · Kabin Buri 41 km · Na Di 46 km · Aranyaprathet 48 km · Poipet 56 km · Si Maha Phot 63 km · Prachantakham 66 km · Ou Bei Choan 72 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 Sa Kaeo (13.8141°, 102.0722°, elevation 41 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).