Can Tho weather in August

In August, Can Tho sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 241 mm of rain across 28.3 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°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 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 Can Tho's 11th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Can Tho's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
7th warmest
Overnight low
25°
9th coldest
Rainfall
241 mm
28.3 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
5:51 AM – 6:11 PM
Cloud cover
88%
11th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
4.59 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.6
out of 10

Can Tho is former city in Can Tho province, Vietnam.

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 31°C through the month.

A typical August day in Can Tho reaches about 31°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 32°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 Can Tho

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.

Can Tho weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 7th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 23°274.411.55.7
Feb31° / 23°11211.75.4
Mar33° / 25°355.411.94.1
Apr34° / 26°8112.212.23.0
May33° / 26°19825.112.52.3
Jun31° / 26°22726.412.62.5
Jul31° / 25°23728.212.52.6
Aug31° / 25°24128.312.32.6
Sep31° / 25°26327.512.12.5
Oct31° / 25°28827.411.82.7
Nov31° / 25°15418.611.53.6
Dec30° / 24°761011.45.0

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 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

Can Tho gets around 241 mm of rain over 28.3 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 91% and peaks near 93% 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 91% 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 12 km/h in August, the windiest month of the year.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 11 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 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 5:50 AM to 5:51 AM, and sunset from 6:16 PM to 6:03 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.45:506:16
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412.45:506:15
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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 4.59 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.2 kWh/m² to a high of 5.97 kWh/m² in March across the year — August's 4.59 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Can Tho

In seasonPeak

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

Can Tho sits in the Pacific typhoon belt; the season peaks July–October.

Can Tho'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 Can Tho?

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

2.6
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
3.8
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Can Tho.

What to pack for Can Tho in August

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

In August, Can Tho sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 28 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Can Tho 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 Can Tho peaks around September 9 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 9 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highSep 9UV 13Dec 19UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct9Very high
Nov9Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Can Tho 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 Can Tho is worst in December — around 57 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.1× the cleanest month (August, 27 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyDec 1556 µg/m³Aug 1327 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan51Poor
Feb40Poor
Mar38Poor
Apr39Poor
May37Poor
Jun32Moderate
Jul30Moderate
Aug27Moderate
Sep35Poor
Oct49Poor
Nov53Poor
Dec57Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Can Tho?

Can Tho sits at 10.0°N, 105.8°E, 3 m above sea level, in Vietnam. The nearest listed city is Bình Minh, 5.0 km away.

Topography around Can Tho

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Can Tho has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 15 m around an average of 4 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 15 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 206 m.

The land around Can Tho is covered by artificial surfaces (44%), water (27%) and trees (25%) within 3 km, trees (50%) and cropland (29%) within 16 km, and cropland (59%) and trees (31%) within 80 km.

3 km
15 m
16 km
15 m
80 km
206 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: Bình Minh 5.0 km · Cái Răng 6.0 km · Bình Thủy 7.0 km · Phong Điền 14 km · Ô Môn 20 km · Ngã Bảy 25 km · Thới Lai 25 km · Sa Dec 28 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 Can Tho (10.0371°, 105.7883°, elevation 3 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).