Bạc Liêu weather in August

In August, Bạc Liêu sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 240 mm of rain across 29.2 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time in August, and the air most often feels miserable.

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 Bạc Liêu's 9th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bạc Liêu's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
4th warmest
Overnight low
26°
8th coldest
Rainfall
240 mm
29.2 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
5:52 AM – 6:10 PM
Cloud cover
84%
9th clearest
Wind
16 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
4.83 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.9
out of 10

Bạc Liêu is the old provincial capital of the old Bac Lieu province, Vietnam.

Density
891/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 29°C through the month.

A typical August day in Bạc Liêu reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 30°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 Bạc Liêu

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.

Bạc Liêu weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 4th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan28° / 24°243.611.57.2
Feb28° / 25°91.411.77.3
Mar29° / 26°355.411.96.1
Apr30° / 27°7611.812.24.7
May30° / 27°20525.212.43.1
Jun30° / 26°24927.612.52.8
Jul29° / 26°25029.312.52.9
Aug29° / 26°24029.212.32.9
Sep29° / 26°26928.512.12.9
Oct29° / 25°3152811.83.2
Nov29° / 25°19919.911.64.2
Dec28° / 25°9810.711.55.8

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 8% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 88%.

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

Any precipitation

Bạc Liêu gets around 240 mm of rain over 29.2 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 94% and peaks near 94% 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 89% 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 16 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 17 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
116light breeze
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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 5:51 AM to 5:51 AM, and sunset from 6:15 PM to 6:03 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.45:516:15
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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 4.83 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.36 kWh/m² to a high of 6.18 kWh/m² in March across the year — August's 4.83 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Bạc Liêu

In seasonPeak

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

Bạc Liêu sits in the Pacific typhoon belt; the season peaks July–October.

Bạc Liêu's rainy season runs May–November, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Is August a good time to visit Bạc Liêu?

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

2.9
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
3.8
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Bạc Liêu.

What to pack for Bạc Liêu in August

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

In August, Bạc Liêu sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 29 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Bạc Liêu 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 22 km away) is warmest in May at about 30°C and coldest in January near 26°C.

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

24°26°28°30°32°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan26Warm
Feb26Warm
Mar28Warm
Apr29Tropical
May30Tropical
Jun30Tropical
Jul29Tropical
Aug29Tropical
Sep29Tropical
Oct29Tropical
Nov28Tropical
Dec27Warm

UV index in Bạc Liêu 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 Bạc Liêu peaks around March 22 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 at about 10 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 22UV 13Dec 15UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov10Extreme
Dec10Very high

Air quality in Bạc Liêu 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 Bạc Liêu is worst in December — around 25 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.7× the cleanest month (May, 15 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateDec 1524 µg/m³May 1115 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan19Moderate
Feb16Moderate
Mar15Moderate
Apr15Moderate
May15Moderate
Jun17Moderate
Jul19Moderate
Aug17Moderate
Sep19Moderate
Oct22Moderate
Nov21Moderate
Dec25Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Bạc Liêu?

Bạc Liêu sits at 9.3°N, 105.7°E, 5 m above sea level, in Vietnam. The nearest listed city is Phú Lộc, 15 km away.

Topography around Bạc Liêu

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bạc Liêu has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 11 m around an average of 3 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 11 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 21 m.

The land around Bạc Liêu is covered by artificial surfaces (34%) and cropland (27%) within 3 km, cropland (41%) and water (37%) within 16 km, and water (49%) and cropland (34%) within 80 km.

3 km
11 m
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11 m
80 km
21 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwatermangroves
August weather nearby: Phú Lộc 15 km · Vĩnh Châu 28 km · Giá Rai 30 km · Ngã Năm 33 km · Ấp Hô Phòng 35 km · Phong Thạnh 42 km · Sóc Trăng 43 km · An Trạch 44 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 Bạc Liêu (9.2941°, 105.7278°, elevation 5 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).