Sukhothai weather in August

In August, Sukhothai sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 246 mm of rain across 24.3 wet days and about 12.6 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°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 Sukhothai's 12th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sukhothai's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 33°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 26°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 246 mm; 24.3 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 36 min; 6:07 AM – 6:42 PM
Cloud cover: 92%; 12th clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 4.07 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.3; out of 10

Sukhothai is town in Sukhothai province, Thailand.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°C through the month.

A typical August day in Sukhothai reaches about 33°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 35°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and on par with September.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33
Avg low (°C)	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	33	26
2	33	26
3	33	26
4	33	26
5	33	26
6	33	26
7	33	26
8	33	26
9	33	26
10	33	26
11	33	26
12	33	26
13	33	26
14	33	26
15	33	26
16	33	26
17	33	26
18	33	26
19	33	26
20	33	26
21	33	26
22	33	26
23	33	26
24	33	26
25	33	26
26	33	26
27	33	26
28	33	26
29	33	26
30	33	26
31	33	26

How August really feels in Sukhothai

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 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in August is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Sukhothai weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 9th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	32° / 19°	16	2.5	11.1	5.0
Feb	35° / 21°	13	1.5	11.4	3.4
Mar	37° / 24°	33	4.5	11.9	1.7
Apr	38° / 27°	69	9.3	12.4	0.9
May	36° / 27°	209	19.8	12.8	1.4
Jun	34° / 27°	204	22.3	13	1.9
Jul	33° / 26°	207	22.2	12.9	2.3
Aug	33° / 26°	246	24.3	12.6	2.3
Sep	33° / 26°	252	23.7	12.1	2.2
Oct	33° / 25°	158	17	11.6	3.0
Nov	32° / 23°	30	4.6	11.2	4.5
Dec	31° / 20°	14	2.2	11	5.5

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 3% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 95%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	5
Cloudier (%)	97	97	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	95	95	94	94	94	94	94	94	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	96	96	95

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	3	97
2	3	97
3	4	96
4	4	96
5	4	96
6	4	96
7	4	96
8	4	96
9	4	96
10	4	96
11	4	96
12	5	95
13	5	95
14	6	94
15	6	94
16	6	94
17	6	94
18	6	94
19	6	94
20	5	95
21	5	95
22	5	95
23	5	95
24	5	95
25	5	95
26	5	95
27	5	95
28	5	95
29	4	96
30	4	96
31	5	95

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Sukhothai gets around 246 mm of rain over 24.3 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 78% and peaks near 80% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	79	79	79	79	79	79	78	78	78	77	77	77	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	77	77	77	77	78	78	78	79	79	79	80

	Rain chance (%)
1	79
2	79
3	79
4	79
5	79
6	79
7	78
8	78
9	78
10	77
11	77
12	77
13	76
14	76
15	76
16	76
17	76
18	76
19	76
20	76
21	77
22	77
23	77
24	77
25	78
26	78
27	78
28	79
29	79
30	79
31	80

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 79% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Oppressive (%)	22	22	22	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	22	22	21	20	20	19	18	17	16	16	15	15	14
Miserable (%)	78	78	78	77	77	77	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	77	77	78	78	79	80	80	81	82	83	84	84	85	85	86

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	22	78
2	22	78
3	22	78
4	23	77
5	23	77
6	23	77
7	24	76
8	24	76
9	24	76
10	24	76
11	24	76
12	24	76
13	24	76
14	24	76
15	24	76
16	24	76
17	23	77
18	23	77
19	22	78
20	22	78
21	21	79
22	20	80
23	20	80
24	19	81
25	18	82
26	17	83
27	16	84
28	16	84
29	15	85
30	15	85
31	14	86

Wind in August

Winds average 7 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	7	calm
2	7	calm
3	7	calm
4	7	calm
5	7	calm
6	7	calm
7	7	calm
8	7	calm
9	7	calm
10	7	calm
11	7	calm
12	7	calm
13	7	calm
14	7	calm
15	7	calm
16	7	calm
17	7	calm
18	7	calm
19	7	calm
20	7	calm
21	7	calm
22	7	calm
23	7	calm
24	6	calm
25	6	calm
26	6	calm
27	6	calm
28	6	calm
29	6	calm
30	6	calm
31	6	calm

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 6:04 AM to 6:10 AM, and sunset from 6:50 PM to 6:31 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	12.8	12.8	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4
Sunrise (AM)	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10
Sunset (PM)	6:50	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:48	6:48	6:47	6:47	6:46	6:46	6:45	6:45	6:44	6:43	6:43	6:42	6:41	6:41	6:40	6:39	6:39	6:38	6:37	6:37	6:36	6:35	6:34	6:34	6:33	6:32	6:31

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.8	6:04	6:50
2	12.8	6:04	6:49
3	12.7	6:04	6:49
4	12.7	6:04	6:49
5	12.7	6:05	6:48
6	12.7	6:05	6:48
7	12.7	6:05	6:47
8	12.7	6:06	6:47
9	12.7	6:06	6:46
10	12.7	6:06	6:46
11	12.6	6:06	6:45
12	12.6	6:07	6:45
13	12.6	6:07	6:44
14	12.6	6:07	6:43
15	12.6	6:07	6:43
16	12.6	6:07	6:42
17	12.6	6:08	6:41
18	12.5	6:08	6:41
19	12.5	6:08	6:40
20	12.5	6:08	6:39
21	12.5	6:09	6:39
22	12.5	6:09	6:38
23	12.5	6:09	6:37
24	12.5	6:09	6:37
25	12.4	6:09	6:36
26	12.4	6:09	6:35
27	12.4	6:10	6:34
28	12.4	6:10	6:34
29	12.4	6:10	6:33
30	12.4	6:10	6:32
31	12.4	6:10	6:31

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.07 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.07 kWh/m² to a high of 6.39 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 4.07 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.0	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.0	Moderate
2	3.9	Moderate
3	3.9	Moderate
4	3.9	Moderate
5	3.9	Moderate
6	3.9	Moderate
7	3.9	Moderate
8	3.9	Moderate
9	3.9	Moderate
10	4.0	Moderate
11	4.0	Moderate
12	4.0	Moderate
13	4.0	Bright
14	4.0	Bright
15	4.0	Bright
16	4.1	Bright
17	4.1	Bright
18	4.1	Bright
19	4.2	Bright
20	4.2	Bright
21	4.2	Bright
22	4.2	Bright
23	4.2	Bright
24	4.2	Bright
25	4.3	Bright
26	4.3	Bright
27	4.3	Bright
28	4.3	Bright
29	4.3	Bright
30	4.3	Bright
31	4.3	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Sukhothai

In seasonPeak

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

Sukhothai'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 Sukhothai?

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

2.3

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

4.0

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Sukhothai.

What to pack for Sukhothai in August

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

In August, Sukhothai sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 24 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Sukhothai 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 Sukhothai peaks around August 12 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 11 at about 7 (very high).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	8	10	10	10	12	13	13	13	11	10	8	7
Level	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	8	Very high
Feb	10	Very high
Mar	10	Extreme
Apr	10	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	13	Extreme
Jul	13	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	10	Very high
Nov	8	Very high
Dec	7	Very high

Air quality in Sukhothai 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 Sukhothai 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).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	43	50	58	47	29	21	22	23	26	31	33	37
Level	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	43	Poor
Feb	50	Poor
Mar	58	Unhealthy
Apr	47	Poor
May	29	Moderate
Jun	21	Moderate
Jul	22	Moderate
Aug	23	Moderate
Sep	26	Moderate
Oct	31	Moderate
Nov	33	Moderate
Dec	37	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Sukhothai?

Sukhothai sits at 17.0°N, 99.8°E, 53 m above sea level, in Thailand. The nearest listed city is Ban Na, 10 km away.

Topography around Sukhothai

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sukhothai has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 10 m around an average of 49 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 211 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,187 m.

The land around Sukhothai is covered by cropland (41%), trees (31%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, cropland (78%) within 16 km, and cropland (60%) and trees (36%) within 80 km.

3 km

10 m

cropland 41%

16 km

211 m

cropland 78%

80 km

1,187 m

cropland 60%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

← July Sukhothai year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: Ban Na 10 km · Sawankhalok 34 km · Bang Rakam 42 km · Phitsanulok 51 km · Ban Aranyik 53 km · Si Satchanalai 57 km · Kamphaeng Phet 67 km · Bang Krathum 70 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

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 Sukhothai (17.0078°, 99.823°, elevation 53 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	33	26
2	33	26
3	33	26
4	33	26
5	33	26
6	33	26
7	33	26
8	33	26
9	33	26
10	33	26
11	33	26
12	33	26
13	33	26
14	33	26
15	33	26
16	33	26
17	33	26
18	33	26
19	33	26
20	33	26
21	33	26
22	33	26
23	33	26
24	33	26
25	33	26
26	33	26
27	33	26
28	33	26
29	33	26
30	33	26
31	33	26

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	3	97
2	3	97
3	4	96
4	4	96
5	4	96
6	4	96
7	4	96
8	4	96
9	4	96
10	4	96
11	4	96
12	5	95
13	5	95
14	6	94
15	6	94
16	6	94
17	6	94
18	6	94
19	6	94
20	5	95
21	5	95
22	5	95
23	5	95
24	5	95
25	5	95
26	5	95
27	5	95
28	5	95
29	4	96
30	4	96
31	5	95

	Rain chance (%)
1	79
2	79
3	79
4	79
5	79
6	79
7	78
8	78
9	78
10	77
11	77
12	77
13	76
14	76
15	76
16	76
17	76
18	76
19	76
20	76
21	77
22	77
23	77
24	77
25	78
26	78
27	78
28	79
29	79
30	79
31	80

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	22	78
2	22	78
3	22	78
4	23	77
5	23	77
6	23	77
7	24	76
8	24	76
9	24	76
10	24	76
11	24	76
12	24	76
13	24	76
14	24	76
15	24	76
16	24	76
17	23	77
18	23	77
19	22	78
20	22	78
21	21	79
22	20	80
23	20	80
24	19	81
25	18	82
26	17	83
27	16	84
28	16	84
29	15	85
30	15	85
31	14	86

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	33	26
2	33	26
3	33	26
4	33	26
5	33	26
6	33	26
7	33	26
8	33	26
9	33	26
10	33	26
11	33	26
12	33	26
13	33	26
14	33	26
15	33	26
16	33	26
17	33	26
18	33	26
19	33	26
20	33	26
21	33	26
22	33	26
23	33	26
24	33	26
25	33	26
26	33	26
27	33	26
28	33	26
29	33	26
30	33	26
31	33	26

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	3	97
2	3	97
3	4	96
4	4	96
5	4	96
6	4	96
7	4	96
8	4	96
9	4	96
10	4	96
11	4	96
12	5	95
13	5	95
14	6	94
15	6	94
16	6	94
17	6	94
18	6	94
19	6	94
20	5	95
21	5	95
22	5	95
23	5	95
24	5	95
25	5	95
26	5	95
27	5	95
28	5	95
29	4	96
30	4	96
31	5	95

	Rain chance (%)
1	79
2	79
3	79
4	79
5	79
6	79
7	78
8	78
9	78
10	77
11	77
12	77
13	76
14	76
15	76
16	76
17	76
18	76
19	76
20	76
21	77
22	77
23	77
24	77
25	78
26	78
27	78
28	79
29	79
30	79
31	80

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	22	78
2	22	78
3	22	78
4	23	77
5	23	77
6	23	77
7	24	76
8	24	76
9	24	76
10	24	76
11	24	76
12	24	76
13	24	76
14	24	76
15	24	76
16	24	76
17	23	77
18	23	77
19	22	78
20	22	78
21	21	79
22	20	80
23	20	80
24	19	81
25	18	82
26	17	83
27	16	84
28	16	84
29	15	85
30	15	85
31	14	86

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	33	26
2	33	26
3	33	26
4	33	26
5	33	26
6	33	26
7	33	26
8	33	26
9	33	26
10	33	26
11	33	26
12	33	26
13	33	26
14	33	26
15	33	26
16	33	26
17	33	26
18	33	26
19	33	26
20	33	26
21	33	26
22	33	26
23	33	26
24	33	26
25	33	26
26	33	26
27	33	26
28	33	26
29	33	26
30	33	26
31	33	26

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	3	97
2	3	97
3	4	96
4	4	96
5	4	96
6	4	96
7	4	96
8	4	96
9	4	96
10	4	96
11	4	96
12	5	95
13	5	95
14	6	94
15	6	94
16	6	94
17	6	94
18	6	94
19	6	94
20	5	95
21	5	95
22	5	95
23	5	95
24	5	95
25	5	95
26	5	95
27	5	95
28	5	95
29	4	96
30	4	96
31	5	95

	Rain chance (%)
1	79
2	79
3	79
4	79
5	79
6	79
7	78
8	78
9	78
10	77
11	77
12	77
13	76
14	76
15	76
16	76
17	76
18	76
19	76
20	76
21	77
22	77
23	77
24	77
25	78
26	78
27	78
28	79
29	79
30	79
31	80

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	22	78
2	22	78
3	22	78
4	23	77
5	23	77
6	23	77
7	24	76
8	24	76
9	24	76
10	24	76
11	24	76
12	24	76
13	24	76
14	24	76
15	24	76
16	24	76
17	23	77
18	23	77
19	22	78
20	22	78
21	21	79
22	20	80
23	20	80
24	19	81
25	18	82
26	17	83
27	16	84
28	16	84
29	15	85
30	15	85
31	14	86