Bắc Kạn weather in August

In August, Bắc Kạn sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 344 mm of rain across 26.7 wet days and about 12.8 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% of the time in August, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 13 hours at the start of August to 12 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Bắc Kạn's 10th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bắc Kạn's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
1st warmest
Overnight low
24°
10th coldest
Rainfall
344 mm
26.7 wet days
Daylight
12 h 48 min
5:38 AM – 6:24 PM
Cloud cover
81%
10th clearest
Wind
4 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
4.4 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.9
out of 10

Bắc Kạn is city in Vietnam.

Density
329/km²
people per km²
Founded
2015

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 30°C through the month.

A typical August day in Bắc Kạn reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 1°C warmer than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How August really feels in Bắc Kạn

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.

Bắc Kạn weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 1st-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan17° / 11°6812.510.84.9
Feb19° / 13°5911.711.25.3
Mar21° / 16°10116.311.85.3
Apr26° / 19°12817.712.55.2
May29° / 22°26722.5133.9
Jun30° / 24°38625.813.32.9
Jul30° / 24°39827.813.22.8
Aug30° / 24°34426.712.82.9
Sep29° / 22°18118.912.14.1
Oct27° / 20°8512.511.56.1
Nov23° / 16°689.610.96.7
Dec19° / 12°509.210.76.1

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 82%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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

Any precipitation

Bắc Kạn gets around 344 mm of rain over 26.7 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 86% and peaks near 90% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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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 58% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
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Wind in August

Winds average 4 km/h in August, the calmest month.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 4 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 13 hours at the start of August to 12 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 30 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:32 AM to 5:43 AM, and sunset from 6:34 PM to 6:11 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.05:326:34
213.05:326:33
313.05:336:32
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513.05:346:31
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712.95:346:30
812.95:356:29
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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 4.4 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.05 kWh/m² to a high of 4.4 kWh/m² in August across the year — August's 4.4 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Bắc Kạn

In seasonPeak

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

Bắc Kạn's monsoon runs May–September, 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 Bắc Kạn?

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

2.9
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
4.1
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Bắc Kạn.

What to pack for Bắc Kạn in August

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

In August, Bắc Kạn sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 27 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Bắc Kạn in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bắc Kạn peaks around June 23 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 23 at about 6 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecHighVery highVery highExtremeVery highHighJun 23UV 12Nov 23UV 6
UV index (midday)Level
Jan6High
Feb7Very high
Mar10Very high
Apr6High
May8Very high
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep9Very high
Oct8Very high
Nov6High
Dec6High

Air quality in Bắc Kạn 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 Bắc Kạn is worst in April — around 48 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.3× the cleanest month (July, 21 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModeratePoorApr 947 µg/m³Jul 2321 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan41Poor
Feb44Poor
Mar47Poor
Apr48Poor
May33Moderate
Jun24Moderate
Jul21Moderate
Aug21Moderate
Sep25Moderate
Oct30Moderate
Nov37Poor
Dec42Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Bắc Kạn?

Bắc Kạn sits at 22.1°N, 105.8°E, 150 m above sea level, in Vietnam. The nearest listed city is Thị Trấn Đại Từ, 61 km away.

Topography around Bắc Kạn

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bắc Kạn has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 284 m around an average of 189 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,438 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,052 m.

The land around Bắc Kạn is covered by trees (79%) within 3 km, trees (96%) within 16 km, and trees (94%) within 80 km.

3 km
284 m
16 km
1,438 m
80 km
2,052 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
August weather nearby: Thị Trấn Đại Từ 61 km · Thái Nguyên 61 km · Thị Trấn Thất Khê 67 km · Cao Bằng 72 km · Thị Trấn Nước Hai 73 km · Tuyên Quang 73 km · Thành phố Sông Công 74 km · Phổ Yên 81 km

Vietnam travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type A / B / C / F
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 29% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$5,066
2025
Happiness
6.4 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
59%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1.5
per 100k, 2011
Road deaths
30.6
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Moderate
EF EPI 500
Religion
none 86%Catholic 6%Buddhist 6%Protestant 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 Bắc Kạn (22.147°, 105.8348°, 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).