Tha Kham weather in August

In August, Tha Kham sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 168 mm of rain across 23.3 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 5th-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 oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 24 min at the start of August to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Tha Kham's 11th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tha Kham's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
7th warmest
Overnight low
24°
8th coldest
Rainfall
168 mm
23.3 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
6:18 AM – 6:36 PM
Cloud cover
87%
11th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
5.05 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.6
out of 10

Tha Kham is town in Surat Thani province, Thailand.

Founded
1955

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 Kham reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 8°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 Kham

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
heat index over the day's high
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 Kham weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 7th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 23°699.511.54.4
Feb33° / 23°375.811.73.7
Mar35° / 24°10911.211.92.7
Apr35° / 25°15618.412.22.0
May34° / 25°18024.212.42.1
Jun33° / 25°14221.812.52.5
Jul32° / 25°14322.312.52.6
Aug32° / 24°16823.312.32.6
Sep32° / 24°21725.912.12.5
Oct31° / 24°31728.511.82.5
Nov30° / 24°25623.611.63.1
Dec30° / 23°13516.511.54.1

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 7% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 91%.

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

Any precipitation

Tha Kham gets around 168 mm of rain over 23.3 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 75% and peaks near 81% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels oppressive — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the oppressive band about 54% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
15644
25743
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Wind in August

Winds average 9 km/h in August, the windiest month of the year.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 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 24 min at the start of August to 12 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:17 AM to 6:18 AM, and sunset from 6:41 PM to 6:29 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.46:176:41
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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 5.05 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.07 kWh/m² to a high of 6.16 kWh/m² in March across the year — August's 5.05 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Tha Kham

In seasonPeak

None of Tha Kham's seasonal hazards are active in August. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Tha Kham sits in the North Indian Ocean cyclone zone; the season peaks May and October–November.

Cyclone
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is August a good time to visit Tha Kham?

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

2.6
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
4.2
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Tha Kham in August

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

In August, Tha Kham sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 23 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Tha Kham in August

The nearest coast averages about 29°C in August — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 33 km away) is warmest in May at about 31°C and coldest in January near 28°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

26°28°30°32°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan28Warm
Feb28Tropical
Mar29Tropical
Apr30Tropical
May31Tropical
Jun30Tropical
Jul30Tropical
Aug29Tropical
Sep29Tropical
Oct29Tropical
Nov29Tropical
Dec28Warm

UV index in Tha Kham 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 Tha Kham peaks around August 21 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 16 at about 10 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highAug 21UV 13Dec 16UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug14Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Extreme
Dec10Very high

Air quality in Tha Kham 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 Kham is worst in April — around 21 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateApr 1021 µg/m³Aug 2014 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan19Moderate
Feb18Moderate
Mar20Moderate
Apr21Moderate
May17Moderate
Jun16Moderate
Jul16Moderate
Aug14Moderate
Sep15Moderate
Oct15Moderate
Nov14Moderate
Dec15Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Tha Kham?

Tha Kham sits at 9.1°N, 99.2°E, 10 m above sea level, in Thailand. The nearest listed city is Surat Thani, 12 km away.

Lang SuanNakhon Si ThammaratKo Pha-nganRanongThung Song

Topography around Tha Kham

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tha Kham has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 73 m around an average of 10 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 308 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,535 m.

The land around Tha Kham is covered by trees (70%) within 3 km, trees (69%) within 16 km, and trees (75%) and water (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
73 m
16 km
308 m
80 km
1,535 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswatermangroves
August weather nearby: Surat Thani 12 km · Ban Na San 37 km · Ko Samui 91 km · Lang Suan 94 km · Nakhon Si Thammarat 110 km · Ko Pha-ngan 113 km · Ranong 115 km · Thung Song 116 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 Kham (9.1107°, 99.2321°, elevation 10 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). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).