Sầm Sơn weather in August

In August, Sầm Sơn sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 28°C, with 312 mm of rain across 20.1 wet days and about 12.7 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 2nd-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 13% of the time in August, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 54 min at the start of August to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Sầm Sơn's 10th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sầm Sơn's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
28°
10th coldest
Rainfall
312 mm
20.1 wet days
Daylight
12 h 42 min
5:40 AM – 6:21 PM
Cloud cover
80%
10th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
4.85 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.7
out of 10

Sầm Sơn is city in Thanh Hóa province.

Density
2,888/km²
people per km²
Founded
1981

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 Sầm Sơn reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 28°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 32°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 1°C warmer than September.

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How August really feels in Sầm 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.

Sầm Sơn weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 3rd-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan19° / 17°5510.610.95.9
Feb20° / 18°368.411.36.1
Mar22° / 20°529.711.96.4
Apr25° / 23°627.512.47.0
May28° / 26°13912.212.95.5
Jun30° / 28°1461113.24.3
Jul30° / 28°21212.713.14.2
Aug30° / 28°31220.112.73.7
Sep29° / 26°36820.212.14.1
Oct27° / 24°24116.211.55.7
Nov24° / 22°829.911.16.9
Dec21° / 18°548.910.86.5

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% 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 79%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12080
22179
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Sầm Sơn gets around 312 mm of rain over 20.1 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 64% and peaks near 73% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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256
356
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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 97% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
1298
2298
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8298
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11298
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28496
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Wind in August

Winds average 14 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
115light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 54 min 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 30 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:35 AM to 5:44 AM, and sunset from 6:30 PM to 6:09 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.95:356:30
212.95:366:29
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412.95:366:28
512.85:376:28
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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 4.85 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.6 kWh/m² to a high of 5.55 kWh/m² in May across the year — August's 4.85 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Sầm Sơn

In seasonPeak

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

Sầm Sơn sits in the Pacific typhoon belt; the season peaks July–October.

Sầm Sơn's monsoon runs July–October, 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 Sầm Sơn?

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

3.7
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
5.1
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Sầm Sơn in August

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

In August, Sầm Sơn sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 28°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 20 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Sầm Sơn in August

The nearest coast averages about 30°C in August — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in August at about 30°C and coldest in February near 21°C.

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

20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan21Refreshing
Feb21Refreshing
Mar21Refreshing
Apr24Refreshing
May28Warm
Jun29Tropical
Jul30Tropical
Aug30Tropical
Sep30Tropical
Oct28Warm
Nov26Warm
Dec23Refreshing

UV index in Sầm Sơn 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 Sầm Sơn peaks around August 11 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 16 at about 6 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highHighAug 11UV 12Dec 16UV 6
UV index (midday)Level
Jan7Very high
Feb9Very high
Mar10Very high
Apr9Very high
May10Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep10Very high
Oct9Very high
Nov7Very high
Dec6High

Air quality in Sầm 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 Sầm Sơn is worst in April — around 65 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 3.3× the cleanest month (July, 20 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyApr 1065 µg/m³Jul 1920 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan65Unhealthy
Feb63Unhealthy
Mar63Unhealthy
Apr65Unhealthy
May43Poor
Jun25Moderate
Jul20Moderate
Aug23Moderate
Sep33Moderate
Oct46Poor
Nov55Poor
Dec64Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Sầm Sơn?

Sầm Sơn sits at 19.7°N, 105.9°E, 10 m above sea level, in Vietnam. The nearest listed city is Thanh Hóa, 16 km away.

Topography around Sầm Sơn

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sầm Sơn has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 78 m around an average of 3 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 176 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,500 m.

The land around Sầm Sơn is covered by water (58%) within 3 km, water (60%) within 16 km, and trees (39%), water (33%) and cropland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
78 m
16 km
176 m
80 km
1,500 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Thanh Hóa 16 km · Nga Sơn 31 km · Bỉm Sơn 39 km · Nghi Sơn 46 km · Thị Trấn Lam Sơn 55 km · Hoàng Mai 55 km · Ninh Binh 59 km · Nam Định 83 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 Sầm Sơn (19.7333°, 105.9°, elevation 10 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).