Kiến An weather in August

In August, Kiến An sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 209 mm of rain across 28.2 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-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 1% of the time in August, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of August to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Kiến An's 11th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kiến An's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
8th warmest
Overnight low
26°
9th coldest
Rainfall
209 mm
28.2 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
5:52 AM – 6:13 PM
Cloud cover
90%
11th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
4.73 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.4
out of 10

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 Kiến An reaches about 31°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 33°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 Kiến An

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
14 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.

Kiến An weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 8th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 23°234.311.55.1
Feb32° / 23°13211.74.8
Mar34° / 25°366.111.93.4
Apr35° / 26°8413.212.22.5
May33° / 26°16824.712.52.2
Jun32° / 26°19426.212.62.4
Jul31° / 26°20727.612.62.5
Aug31° / 26°20928.212.32.4
Sep31° / 25°26028.112.12.3
Oct31° / 25°2872711.82.5
Nov32° / 24°13215.811.53.5
Dec31° / 23°538.111.44.6

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 5% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 94%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1595
2595
3595
4694
5694
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Kiến An gets around 209 mm of rain over 28.2 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 91% and peaks near 93% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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1691
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2993
3093
3193

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 86% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
11684
21684
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51684
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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 13 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 30 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 18 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:50 AM to 5:52 AM, and sunset from 6:19 PM to 6:05 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.55:506:19
212.55:516:18
312.55:516:18
412.45:516:18
512.45:516:18
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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 4.73 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.36 kWh/m² to a high of 6.09 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 4.73 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Kiến An

In seasonPeak

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

Kiến An sits in the Pacific typhoon belt; the season peaks July–October.

Kiến An'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 Kiến An?

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

2.4
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
3.7
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Kiến An.

What to pack for Kiến An in August

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

In August, Kiến An sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 28 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Kiến An 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 Kiến An peaks around August 19 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 11 at about 9 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highAug 19UV 13Dec 11UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Extreme
Feb11Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct10Very high
Nov9Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Kiến An 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 Kiến An is worst in January — around 55 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.6× the cleanest month (August, 21 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModeratePoorJan 1754 µg/m³Aug 1422 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan55Poor
Feb49Poor
Mar44Poor
Apr40Poor
May33Moderate
Jun25Moderate
Jul24Moderate
Aug21Moderate
Sep27Moderate
Oct39Poor
Nov47Poor
Dec48Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Kiến An?

Kiến An sits at 10.6°N, 105.4°E, 7 m above sea level, in Vietnam. The nearest listed city is Long Xuyên, 21 km away.

Topography around Kiến An

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kiến An has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 14 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, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 680 m.

The land around Kiến An is covered by cropland (38%) and trees (27%) within 3 km, cropland (67%) within 16 km, and cropland (76%) within 80 km.

3 km
14 m
16 km
15 m
80 km
680 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: Long Xuyên 21 km · Ấp Long Thạnh 24 km · Tràm Chim 24 km · Hồng Ngự 26 km · Tân Châu 29 km · Châu Phong 30 km · Châu Đốc 31 km · Cao Lãnh 31 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 Kiến An (10.5667°, 105.3667°, elevation 7 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).