Saraburi weather in August

In August, Saraburi sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 219 mm of rain across 26.4 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 32°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 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 Saraburi's 12th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Saraburi's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
8th warmest
Overnight low
25°
8th coldest
Rainfall
219 mm
26.4 wet days
Daylight
12 h 30 min
6:06 AM – 6:35 PM
Cloud cover
91%
12th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
4.4 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.5
out of 10

Saraburi is town in Saraburi province, Thailand.

Air quality
Elevated
PM2.5 23 µg/m³ · 2019

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 Saraburi reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°C overnight — a 7°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 Saraburi

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.

Saraburi 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°102.611.25.0
Feb33° / 23°153.211.54.1
Mar34° / 25°457.511.93.1
Apr35° / 26°7612.712.32.3
May34° / 26°14521.212.72.1
Jun33° / 26°17923.412.82.3
Jul32° / 25°20325.112.82.5
Aug32° / 25°21926.412.52.5
Sep31° / 25°2752612.12.5
Oct31° / 24°17118.911.73.4
Nov32° / 23°365.911.34.7
Dec31° / 21°81.711.25.5

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 5% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 94%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1595
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Saraburi gets around 219 mm of rain over 26.4 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 85% and peaks near 87% 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 70% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
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Wind in August

Winds average 8 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 8 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
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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 6:03 AM to 6:07 AM, and sunset from 6:42 PM to 6:25 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.76:036:42
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512.66:046:40
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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 4.4 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.35 kWh/m² to a high of 6.04 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 4.4 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 Saraburi

In seasonPeak

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

Saraburi'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 Saraburi?

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

2.5
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
3.9
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Saraburi.

What to pack for Saraburi in August

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

In August, Saraburi sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 26 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Saraburi 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 Saraburi 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeExtremeVery highAug 14UV 13Nov 23UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb9Very high
Mar12Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May10Very high
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct10Very high
Nov8Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Saraburi 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 Saraburi is worst in February — around 32 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.7× the cleanest month (December, 18 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Saraburi's WHO annual average of 23 µg/m³.

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateFeb 1732 µg/m³Dec 1019 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan29Moderate
Feb32Moderate
Mar30Moderate
Apr26Moderate
May22Moderate
Jun19Moderate
Jul19Moderate
Aug19Moderate
Sep21Moderate
Oct22Moderate
Nov19Moderate
Dec18Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Saraburi?

Saraburi sits at 14.5°N, 100.9°E, 22 m above sea level, in Thailand. The nearest listed city is Kaeng Khoi, 11 km away.

Topography around Saraburi

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Saraburi has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 119 m around an average of 19 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 321 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,364 m.

The land around Saraburi is covered by artificial surfaces (41%) and trees (38%) within 3 km, cropland (48%) and trees (35%) within 16 km, and cropland (53%) and trees (35%) within 80 km.

3 km
119 m
16 km
321 m
80 km
1,364 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Kaeng Khoi 11 km · Tha Ruea 21 km · Nong Khae 22 km · Ban Mo 22 km · Phra Phutthabat 25 km · Nakhon Luang 34 km · Wang Noi 40 km · Lop Buri 41 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 Saraburi (14.5333°, 100.9167°, elevation 22 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).