Si Satchanalai weather in August

In August, Si Satchanalai sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 280 mm of rain across 25.7 wet days and about 12.6 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 1st-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 48 min at the start of August to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Si Satchanalai's 11th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Si Satchanalai's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
9th warmest
Overnight low
26°
8th coldest
Rainfall
280 mm
25.7 wet days
Daylight
12 h 36 min
6:07 AM – 6:43 PM
Cloud cover
92%
11th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
3.99 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.4
out of 10

Si Satchanalai is town in Sukhothai province, Thailand.

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 Satchanalai reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°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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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How August really feels in Si Satchanalai

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.

Si Satchanalai weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 9th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 18°152.111.15.4
Feb34° / 20°101.111.43.8
Mar37° / 23°263.511.92.1
Apr38° / 26°568.312.41.2
May36° / 26°21119.612.81.7
Jun34° / 26°20122.1132.1
Jul33° / 26°21523.312.92.3
Aug32° / 26°28025.712.62.4
Sep32° / 25°25923.912.12.4
Oct32° / 24°12914.511.63.5
Nov32° / 22°27411.24.8
Dec31° / 19°121.7115.8

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in August.

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 (%)
1397
2397
3397
4397
5496
6496
7496
8496
9496
10595
11595
12595
13595
14694
15694
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Si Satchanalai gets around 280 mm of rain over 25.7 wet days in August, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 83% and peaks near 85% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
185
285
385
484
584
684
783
883
983
1082
1182
1282
1382
1481
1581
1681
1781
1881
1981
2081
2182
2282
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2483
2583
2683
2783
2883
2983
3083
3184

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 88% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
11981
21981
31882
41882
51882
61882
71882
81882
91882
101882
111783
121783
131684
141585
151486
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21991
22991
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24793
25694
26595
27595
28496
29496
30397
31397

Wind in August

Winds average 6 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
27calm
37calm
47calm
57calm
67calm
77calm
87calm
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117calm
127calm
137calm
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305calm
315calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 48 min at the start of August to 12 h 24 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 6:10 AM, and sunset from 6:51 PM to 6:32 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.86:036:51
212.86:036:50
312.86:046:50
412.86:046:50
512.76:046:49
612.76:056:49
712.76:056:48
812.76:056:48
912.76:056:47
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1412.66:076:44
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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 3.99 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.99 kWh/m² to a high of 6.3 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 3.99 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
13.9Moderate
23.9Moderate
33.9Moderate
43.9Moderate
53.9Moderate
63.9Moderate
73.9Moderate
83.9Moderate
93.9Moderate
103.9Moderate
113.9Moderate
123.9Moderate
133.9Moderate
143.9Moderate
154.0Moderate
164.0Moderate
174.0Bright
184.0Bright
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204.1Bright
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244.2Bright
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284.2Bright
294.2Bright
304.2Bright
314.2Bright
Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Si Satchanalai

In seasonPeak

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

Si Satchanalai'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 Satchanalai?

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

2.4
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
3.9
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Si Satchanalai.

What to pack for Si Satchanalai in August

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

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

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Si Satchanalai 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 Satchanalai peaks around June 19 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 at about 7 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highJun 19UV 13Dec 15UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb10Very high
Mar9Very high
Apr11Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun13Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct10Very high
Nov8Very high
Dec7Very high

Air quality in Si Satchanalai 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 Satchanalai is worst in March — around 58 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.8× the cleanest month (June, 21 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorPoorModeratePoorMar 1556 µg/m³Jun 2221 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan43Poor
Feb50Poor
Mar58Unhealthy
Apr47Poor
May29Moderate
Jun21Moderate
Jul22Moderate
Aug23Moderate
Sep26Moderate
Oct31Moderate
Nov33Moderate
Dec37Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Si Satchanalai?

Si Satchanalai sits at 17.5°N, 99.8°E, 77 m above sea level, in Thailand. The nearest listed city is Sawankhalok, 24 km away.

Topography around Si Satchanalai

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Si Satchanalai has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 158 m around an average of 83 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 352 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,381 m.

The land around Si Satchanalai is covered by cropland (47%) and trees (39%) within 3 km, trees (48%) and cropland (48%) within 16 km, and trees (62%) and cropland (35%) within 80 km.

3 km
158 m
16 km
352 m
80 km
1,381 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: Sawankhalok 24 km · Uttaradit 37 km · Ban Na 56 km · Sukhothai 57 km · Thoen 59 km · Den Chai 60 km · Phrae 81 km · Ban Tak 89 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 Satchanalai (17.5169°, 99.7598°, elevation 77 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).