Tha Bo weather in August

In August, Tha Bo sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 344 mm of rain across 26.8 wet days and about 12.6 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-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 2% 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 Tha Bo's 12th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tha Bo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
7th warmest
Overnight low
25°
9th coldest
Rainfall
344 mm
26.8 wet days
Daylight
12 h 36 min
5:56 AM – 6:32 PM
Cloud cover
91%
12th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
4.23 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.4
out of 10

Tha Bo is town in Nong Khai 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 Tha Bo reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°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 Tha Bo

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.

Tha Bo weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 7th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 17°101.6116.9
Feb32° / 19°142.311.45.4
Mar34° / 22°356.111.93.5
Apr35° / 25°7211.712.42.4
May34° / 26°23622.712.82.1
Jun33° / 26°25224.1132.2
Jul32° / 26°29525.3132.4
Aug32° / 25°34426.812.62.4
Sep32° / 25°27424.312.12.6
Oct31° / 24°9811.711.64.2
Nov30° / 21°212.811.25.9
Dec29° / 18°81.2117.2

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% 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 92%.

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

Any precipitation

Tha Bo gets around 344 mm of rain over 26.8 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 87% and peaks near 91% 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 87% 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 6 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 6 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 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 5:51 AM to 5:59 AM, and sunset from 6:40 PM to 6:21 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.85:516:40
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512.85:536:38
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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 4.23 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.23 kWh/m² to a high of 6.08 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 4.23 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Tha Bo

In seasonPeak

In August, Tha Bo sits inside its pacific typhoon and monsoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Tha Bo sits in the Pacific typhoon belt; the season peaks July–October.

Tha Bo's monsoon runs May–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Pacific typhoon
Monsoon
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is August a good time to visit Tha Bo?

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
3.8
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Tha Bo.

What to pack for Tha Bo in August

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

In August, Tha Bo sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 27 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Tha Bo 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 Tha Bo peaks around August 11 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 highAug 11UV 13Dec 15UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb10Very high
Mar12Extreme
Apr10Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun13Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct10Extreme
Nov8Very high
Dec7Very high

Air quality in Tha Bo 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 Tha Bo is worst in March — around 77 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 3.4× the cleanest month (July, 23 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorUnhealthyModerateMar 2376 µg/m³Jul 2123 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan31Moderate
Feb44Poor
Mar77Unhealthy
Apr73Unhealthy
May32Moderate
Jun24Moderate
Jul23Moderate
Aug23Moderate
Sep24Moderate
Oct26Moderate
Nov25Moderate
Dec26Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Tha Bo?

Tha Bo sits at 17.9°N, 102.6°E, 182 m above sea level, in Thailand. The nearest listed city is Vientiane, 13 km away.

Topography around Tha Bo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tha Bo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 32 m around an average of 169 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 64 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,486 m.

The land around Tha Bo is covered by cropland (43%) and trees (28%) within 3 km, cropland (47%) and trees (32%) within 16 km, and trees (54%) and cropland (39%) within 80 km.

3 km
32 m
16 km
64 m
80 km
1,486 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Vientiane 13 km · Nong Khai 17 km · Nam Som 42 km · Kut Chap 47 km · Udon Thani 53 km · Phon Charoen 65 km · Na Klang 73 km · Nong Bua Lamphu 73 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 Tha Bo (17.85°, 102.5814°, elevation 182 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. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). 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).