Climate averages 1991–2020
Pakse weather
in April.
A hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Pakse: daytime highs average 33.9°C and nights cool to about 24.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 53 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 28 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ubon Ratchathani (103 km away). In April its highs average 34.5°C, 0.6°C warmer than Pakse, with 81 mm of rain.
Among the 4 cities listed in Laos, Pakse ranks 1st of 4 for the warmest April highs and 1st of 4 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 4 cities is 33.7°C; Pakse is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 31.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 53 mm to 190 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Pakse climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.5°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 1.9 | 0.7 | 11.311 h |
| February | 32.2°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 3.9 | 1.2 | 11.612 h |
| March | 33.7°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 24 | 4.4 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 33.9°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 53 | 10.0 | 12.512 h |
| May | 31.9°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 190 | 22.1 | 12.813 h |
| June | 30.1°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 317 | 26.6 | 13.013 h |
| July | 29.3°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 443 | 29.2 | 12.913 h |
| August | 29.1°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 444 | 29.3 | 12.613 h |
| September | 28.8°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 334 | 26.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.1°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 139 | 17.0 | 11.812 h |
| November | 29.7°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 34 | 5.0 | 11.411 h |
| December | 29.5°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 5.8 | 1.3 | 11.211 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Ubon Ratchathani in AprilThailand · 103 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 25.3°C · 81 mm rain
- Savannakhet in AprilLaos · 196 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 24.2°C · 66 mm rain
- Phong Điền (Thua Thien Hue Province), Vietnam in AprilVietnam · 233 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 23.4°C · 171 mm rain
- Ðông Hà in AprilVietnam · 234 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 23.1°C · 89 mm rain
- Hương Trà in AprilVietnam · 238 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.5°C · 112 mm rain
- Huế in AprilVietnam · 243 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 23.9°C · 112 mm rain
- Hương Thủy in AprilVietnam · 244 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.7°C · 64 mm rain
- Kon Tum in AprilVietnam · 252 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 20.9°C · 84 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Pakse) is explained once on the Pakse year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.