Climate averages 1991–2020
Pakse weather
in January.
A hot, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Pakse: daytime highs average 30.5°C and nights cool to about 19.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.9 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes January a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 20 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ubon Ratchathani (103 km away). In January its highs average 30.4°C, about as warm as Pakse, with 4.7 mm of rain.
Among the 4 cities listed in Laos, Pakse ranks 1st of 4 for the warmest January highs and 1st of 4 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 4 cities is 28.6°C; Pakse is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 32.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.9 mm to 3.9 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Ubon Ratchathani in JanuaryThailand · 103 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 19.1°C · 4.7 mm rain
- Savannakhet in JanuaryLaos · 196 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 17.3°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Phong Điền (Thua Thien Hue Province), Vietnam in JanuaryVietnam · 233 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 19.1°C · 194 mm rain
- Ðông Hà in JanuaryVietnam · 234 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 18.6°C · 135 mm rain
- Hương Trà in JanuaryVietnam · 238 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 18.9°C · 179 mm rain
- Huế in JanuaryVietnam · 243 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 19.3°C · 179 mm rain
- Hương Thủy in JanuaryVietnam · 244 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 18.8°C · 130 mm rain
- Kon Tum in JanuaryVietnam · 252 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 16.6°C · 6.1 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.