Cổ Đô weather in August

In August, Cổ Đô sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 354 mm of rain across 22.5 wet days and about 12.7 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-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 10% of the time in August, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 13 hours at the start of August to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Cổ Đô's 10th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Cổ Đô's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
26°
10th coldest
Rainfall
354 mm
22.5 wet days
Daylight
12 h 42 min
5:41 AM – 6:25 PM
Cloud cover
83%
10th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
4.45 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.7
out of 10

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 Cổ Đô reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°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 35°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 Cổ Đô

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.

Cổ Đô weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan19° / 14°459.110.86.0
Feb21° / 15°348.511.36.3
Mar24° / 18°6111.611.86.3
Apr29° / 22°10312.212.55.2
May31° / 25°23017.9133.4
Jun33° / 26°23819.113.32.6
Jul33° / 26°29120.913.22.6
Aug32° / 26°35422.512.72.7
Sep31° / 25°23018.812.13.5
Oct29° / 22°11911.611.55.6
Nov25° / 19°587.5117.1
Dec21° / 15°387.610.76.8

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% 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 82%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11486
21486
31486
41486
51486
61486
71486
81387
91486
101585
111585
121585
131585
141684
151684
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312377

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Cổ Đô gets around 354 mm of rain over 22.5 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 73% and peaks near 75% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
171
271
371
471
571
671
771
871
971
1071
1172
1272
1372
1472
1572
1672
1772
1873
1973
2073
2174
2274
2374
2474
2574
2674
2774
2874
2975
3075
3175

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 97% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
1199
2199
3199
4199
5199
6199
7199
8199
9199
10199
11199
12199
13298
14298
15298
16298
17397
18397
19397
20397
21496
22496
23496
24595
25595
26595
27694
28694
29793
30793
31892

Wind in August

Winds average 5 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
15calm
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315calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 hours 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 36 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:35 AM to 5:45 AM, and sunset from 6:34 PM to 6:12 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.05:356:34
213.05:366:34
313.05:366:33
412.95:366:33
512.95:376:32
612.95:376:31
712.95:376:31
812.95:386:30
912.95:386:30
1012.85:396:29
1112.85:396:28
1212.85:396:28
1312.85:406:27
1412.85:406:26
1512.85:406:25
1612.75:416:25
1712.75:416:24
1812.75:416:23
1912.75:426:22
2012.75:426:22
2112.65:426:21
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2912.55:456:14
3012.55:456:13
3112.45:456:12

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.45 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.16 kWh/m² to a high of 4.77 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 4.45 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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304.4Bright
314.4Bright
Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Cổ Đô

In seasonPeak

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

Cổ Đô sits in the Pacific typhoon belt; the season peaks July–October.

Cổ Đô'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 Cổ Đô?

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

2.7
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
4.4
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Cổ Đô.

What to pack for Cổ Đô in August

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

In August, Cổ Đô sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 23 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Cổ Đô 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 Cổ Đô peaks around June 20 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 20 at about 5 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecHighVery highHighVery highExtremeHighJun 20UV 12Nov 20UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan6High
Feb7High
Mar8Very high
Apr6High
May8Very high
Jun12Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep6High
Oct7Very high
Nov5High
Dec6High

Air quality in Cổ Đô 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 Cổ Đô is worst in April — around 98 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 3.8× the cleanest month (July, 26 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyApr 1494 µg/m³Jul 2026 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan76Unhealthy
Feb71Unhealthy
Mar76Unhealthy
Apr98Unhealthy
May57Unhealthy
Jun32Moderate
Jul26Moderate
Aug28Moderate
Sep39Poor
Oct53Poor
Nov66Unhealthy
Dec77Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Cổ Đô?

Cổ Đô sits at 21.3°N, 105.4°E, 17 m above sea level, in Vietnam. The nearest listed city is Việt Trì, 6.0 km away.

Topography around Cổ Đô

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Cổ Đô has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 22 m around an average of 13 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 333 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,211 m.

The land around Cổ Đô is covered by cropland (39%) within 3 km, trees (42%) and cropland (33%) within 16 km, and trees (72%) within 80 km.

3 km
22 m
16 km
333 m
80 km
2,211 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Việt Trì 6.0 km · Phú Thọ 20 km · Sơn Tây 21 km · Ba Vì 22 km · Vĩnh Yên 25 km · Phúc Yên 36 km · Đan Phượng 37 km · Thượng Cát 43 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 Cổ Đô (21.2796°, 105.364°, elevation 17 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).