Lạng Sơn weather in August

In August, Lạng Sơn sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 285 mm of rain across 25.3 wet days and about 12.7 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 1st-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 9% 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 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Lạng Sơn's 9th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lạng Sơn's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
24°
10th coldest
Rainfall
285 mm
25.3 wet days
Daylight
12 h 48 min
5:34 AM – 6:20 PM
Cloud cover
81%
9th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
4.49 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.0
out of 10

Lạng Sơn is provincial city of Vietnam.

Density
2,533/km²
people per km²
Founded
2002

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 Lạng Sơn reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 6°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 Lạng Sơn

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.

Lạng Sơn weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan17° / 11°5711.110.85.1
Feb19° / 13°4410.111.25.6
Mar21° / 16°7914.411.85.5
Apr26° / 20°9714.912.55.5
May29° / 23°22121.2134.0
Jun30° / 25°25723.613.33.0
Jul31° / 25°27024.913.22.9
Aug30° / 24°28525.312.73.0
Sep29° / 23°16418.312.14.2
Oct27° / 20°7510.911.56.4
Nov23° / 16°507.9117.1
Dec19° / 12°458.210.76.3

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% 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 81%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11783
21783
31783
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51783
61783
71684
81684
91684
101585
111585
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Lạng Sơn gets around 285 mm of rain over 25.3 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 82% and peaks near 86% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
184
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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 64% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
102773
202773
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402674
502575
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1002674
1102674
1202773
1302872
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1513168
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1713465
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1913762
2013960
2114158
2214356
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3035047
3135146

Wind in August

Winds average 7 km/h in August, the calmest month.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
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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 5:29 AM to 5:39 AM, and sunset from 6:29 PM to 6:07 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.05:296:29
213.05:296:29
313.05:296:28
413.05:306:28
512.95:306:27
612.95:316:27
712.95:316:26
812.95:316:25
912.95:326:25
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1112.85:336:23
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1412.85:346:21
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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 4.49 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.23 kWh/m² to a high of 4.72 kWh/m² in July across the year — August's 4.49 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Lạng Sơn

In seasonPeak

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

Lạng Sơn'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 Lạng Sơn?

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

3.0
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
4.3
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Lạng Sơn.

What to pack for Lạng Sơn in August

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

In August, Lạng Sơn sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 25 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Lạng Sơn in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Lạng Sơn peaks around June 23 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 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 12Dec 14UV 6
UV index (midday)Level
Jan6High
Feb7High
Mar9Very high
Apr7High
May9Very high
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug10Extreme
Sep10Very high
Oct8Very high
Nov6High
Dec6High

Air quality in Lạng Sơn 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 Lạng Sơn is worst in December — around 58 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.3× the cleanest month (July, 25 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyDec 2358 µg/m³Jul 1625 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan57Unhealthy
Feb55Unhealthy
Mar55Poor
Apr54Poor
May37Poor
Jun29Moderate
Jul25Moderate
Aug29Moderate
Sep36Poor
Oct43Poor
Nov50Poor
Dec58Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Lạng Sơn?

Lạng Sơn sits at 21.9°N, 106.8°E, 265 m above sea level, in Vietnam. The nearest listed city is Thị Trấn Na Dương, 26 km away.

Topography around Lạng Sơn

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lạng Sơn has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 171 m around an average of 282 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 978 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,481 m.

The land around Lạng Sơn is covered by trees (46%) and artificial surfaces (32%) within 3 km, trees (80%) within 16 km, and trees (89%) within 80 km.

3 km
171 m
16 km
978 m
80 km
1,481 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Thị Trấn Na Dương 26 km · Thị Trấn Thất Khê 54 km · Chũ 57 km · Thị Trấn Ba Chẽ 84 km · Bắc Giang 87 km · Thị Trấn Tiên Yên 88 km · Thị Trấn Đông Triều 89 km · Thị Trấn Mạo Khê 90 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 Lạng Sơn (21.8526°, 106.761°, elevation 265 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).