Surin weather in August

In August, Surin sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 212 mm of rain across 24.3 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 Surin's 12th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Surin's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
7th warmest
Overnight low
25°
8th coldest
Rainfall
212 mm
24.3 wet days
Daylight
12 h 30 min
5:55 AM – 6:25 PM
Cloud cover
91%
12th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
4.67 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.4
out of 10

Surin is town in Surin province, Thailand.

Density
4,098/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 Surin 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 about 1°C warmer than September.

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How August really feels in Surin

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
18 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.

Surin 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°61.611.25.6
Feb33° / 21°112.311.54.2
Mar35° / 24°346.111.92.6
Apr36° / 26°7111.612.31.9
May35° / 26°15120.512.71.9
Jun34° / 26°13920.312.92.1
Jul33° / 26°17322.712.82.3
Aug32° / 25°21224.312.52.4
Sep32° / 25°2632512.12.6
Oct31° / 24°12915.311.73.8
Nov31° / 22°334.711.35.1
Dec30° / 19°71.811.16.0

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 93%.

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

Any precipitation

Surin gets around 212 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 79% and peaks near 81% on the wettest days.

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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 60% 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 11 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 9 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 5:52 AM to 5:57 AM, and sunset from 6:32 PM to 6:15 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.75:526:32
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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 4.67 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.5 kWh/m² to a high of 6.13 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 4.67 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Surin

In seasonPeak

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

Surin'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 Surin?

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 Surin.

What to pack for Surin in August

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

In August, Surin sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 24 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Surin 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 Surin peaks around August 13 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 21 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 13UV 13Nov 21UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb10Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug14Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov8Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Surin 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 Surin is worst in March — around 54 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.5× the cleanest month (June, 21 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModerateMar 1452 µg/m³Jun 2121 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan33Moderate
Feb47Poor
Mar54Poor
Apr40Poor
May28Moderate
Jun21Moderate
Jul23Moderate
Aug23Moderate
Sep27Moderate
Oct30Moderate
Nov25Moderate
Dec22Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Surin?

Surin sits at 14.9°N, 103.5°E, 150 m above sea level, in Thailand. The nearest listed city is Buri Ram, 44 km away.

Ban Huai ThalaengSi Sa KetAnlong Veaeng

Topography around Surin

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Surin has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 31 m around an average of 148 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 53 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 501 m.

The land around Surin is covered by trees (37%) and artificial surfaces (35%) within 3 km, cropland (68%) and trees (20%) within 16 km, and cropland (76%) within 80 km.

3 km
31 m
16 km
53 m
80 km
501 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: Buri Ram 44 km · Prakhon Chai 50 km · Samraong 78 km · Nang Rong 80 km · Kaset Wisai 87 km · Ban Huai Thalaeng 91 km · Si Sa Ket 93 km · Anlong Veaeng 96 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 Surin (14.8818°, 103.4936°, elevation 150 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).