Si Sa Ket weather in August

In August, Si Sa Ket sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 218 mm of rain across 24.9 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 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 Si Sa Ket's 12th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Si Sa Ket's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
7th warmest
Overnight low
25°
8th coldest
Rainfall
218 mm
24.9 wet days
Daylight
12 h 30 min
5:51 AM – 6:22 PM
Cloud cover
90%
12th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
4.6 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.4
out of 10

Si Sa Ket is town in Si Sa Ket province, Thailand.

Density
1,221/km²
people per km²

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 Si Sa Ket 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 34°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 Si Sa Ket

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
17 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.

Si Sa Ket 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° / 19°41.111.25.5
Feb33° / 21°71.711.54.3
Mar35° / 24°29611.92.7
Apr36° / 26°6611.412.31.9
May35° / 26°13420.312.71.9
Jun34° / 26°14420.212.92.2
Jul33° / 26°17123.312.82.4
Aug32° / 25°21824.912.52.4
Sep32° / 25°25024.412.12.6
Oct31° / 24°12114.911.73.8
Nov31° / 22°324.311.35.1
Dec30° / 20°71.611.15.9

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 6% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 92%.

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

Any precipitation

Si Sa Ket gets around 218 mm of rain over 24.9 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 80% and peaks near 83% 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 67% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
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24456
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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 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 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 5:48 AM to 5:53 AM, and sunset from 6:29 PM to 6:12 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.75:486:29
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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 4.6 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.42 kWh/m² to a high of 6.13 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 4.6 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Si Sa Ket

In seasonPeak

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

Si Sa Ket'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 Si Sa Ket?

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

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Si Sa Ket.

What to pack for Si Sa Ket in August

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

In August, Si Sa Ket 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 Si Sa Ket 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 Si Sa Ket peaks around August 12 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 highExtremeVery highAug 12UV 13Nov 23UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb10Very high
Mar11Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov8Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Si Sa Ket 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 Si Sa Ket is worst in March — around 58 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 3.1× the cleanest month (December, 19 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorPoorModerateMar 1656 µg/m³Dec 1319 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan29Moderate
Feb45Poor
Mar58Unhealthy
Apr43Poor
May28Moderate
Jun21Moderate
Jul23Moderate
Aug23Moderate
Sep27Moderate
Oct28Moderate
Nov22Moderate
Dec19Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Si Sa Ket?

Si Sa Ket sits at 15.1°N, 104.3°E, 134 m above sea level, in Thailand. The nearest listed city is Ubon Ratchathani, 57 km away.

SurinPhibun Mangsahan

Topography around Si Sa Ket

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Si Sa Ket has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 32 m around an average of 126 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 45 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 557 m.

The land around Si Sa Ket is covered by trees (47%) and artificial surfaces (31%) within 3 km, cropland (70%) within 16 km, and cropland (71%) and trees (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
32 m
16 km
45 m
80 km
557 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: Ubon Ratchathani 57 km · Warin Chamrap 58 km · Kantharalak 63 km · Yasothon 78 km · Det Udom 84 km · Amnat Charoen 89 km · Surin 93 km · Phibun Mangsahan 98 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 Si Sa Ket (15.1148°, 104.3294°, elevation 134 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).