Climate averages 1991–2020
Pakse weather
in December.
A hot, very dry month: the 8th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Pakse: daytime highs average 29.5°C and nights cool to about 19.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 5.8 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes December a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 15 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ubon Ratchathani (103 km away). In December its highs average 29.4°C, about as warm as Pakse, with 6.3 mm of rain.
Among the 4 cities listed in Laos, Pakse ranks 1st of 4 for the warmest December highs and joint 2nd of 4 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 4 cities is 28.0°C; Pakse is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 30.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 5.8 mm to 1.9 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Ubon Ratchathani in DecemberThailand · 103 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 19.5°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Savannakhet in DecemberLaos · 196 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 17.8°C · 4.9 mm rain
- Phong Điền (Thua Thien Hue Province), Vietnam in DecemberVietnam · 233 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 20.1°C · 431 mm rain
- Ðông Hà in DecemberVietnam · 234 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 19.7°C · 293 mm rain
- Hương Trà in DecemberVietnam · 238 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 19.9°C · 381 mm rain
- Huế in DecemberVietnam · 243 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 20.2°C · 381 mm rain
- Hương Thủy in DecemberVietnam · 244 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 19.7°C · 233 mm rain
- Kon Tum in DecemberVietnam · 252 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 17.4°C · 27 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.