Climate averages 1991–2020
Pakse weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 10th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Pakse: daytime highs average 29.1°C and nights cool to about 23.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 444 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 38 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ubon Ratchathani (103 km away). In August its highs average 30.3°C, 1.2°C warmer than Pakse, with 270 mm of rain.
Among the 4 cities listed in Laos, Pakse ranks 4th of 4 for the warmest August highs and 3rd of 4 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 4 cities is 29.4°C; Pakse is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 444 mm to 334 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Ubon Ratchathani in AugustThailand · 103 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.3°C · 270 mm rain
- Savannakhet in AugustLaos · 196 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.9°C · 294 mm rain
- Phong Điền (Thua Thien Hue Province), Vietnam in AugustVietnam · 233 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 26.1°C · 202 mm rain
- Ðông Hà in AugustVietnam · 234 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 26.1°C · 128 mm rain
- Hương Trà in AugustVietnam · 238 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 25.8°C · 210 mm rain
- Huế in AugustVietnam · 243 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 26.1°C · 210 mm rain
- Hương Thủy in AugustVietnam · 244 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 25.6°C · 108 mm rain
- Kon Tum in AugustVietnam · 252 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 21.0°C · 247 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.