Climate averages 1991–2020
Pakse weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the 4th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Pakse: daytime highs average 31.9°C and nights cool to about 24.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 190 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 49 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ubon Ratchathani (103 km away). In May its highs average 33.0°C, 1.1°C warmer than Pakse, with 181 mm of rain.
Among the 4 cities listed in Laos, Pakse ranks joint 2nd of 4 for the warmest May highs and 2nd of 4 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 4 cities is 31.9°C; Pakse is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 30.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 190 mm to 317 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Ubon Ratchathani in MayThailand · 103 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 25.4°C · 181 mm rain
- Savannakhet in MayLaos · 196 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 24.7°C · 189 mm rain
- Phong Điền (Thua Thien Hue Province), Vietnam in MayVietnam · 233 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 25.1°C · 281 mm rain
- Ðông Hà in MayVietnam · 234 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 25.0°C · 134 mm rain
- Hương Trà in MayVietnam · 238 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 25.0°C · 241 mm rain
- Huế in MayVietnam · 243 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 25.4°C · 241 mm rain
- Hương Thủy in MayVietnam · 244 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 25.1°C · 87 mm rain
- Kon Tum in MayVietnam · 252 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 21.5°C · 172 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.