Climate averages 1991–2020
Pakse weather
in October.
A hot, wet month: the joint 10th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Pakse: daytime highs average 29.1°C and nights cool to about 22.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 139 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes October a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 48 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ubon Ratchathani (103 km away). In October its highs average 29.8°C, 0.6°C warmer than Pakse, with 124 mm of rain.
Among the 4 cities listed in Laos, Pakse ranks 4th of 4 for the warmest October highs and 4th of 4 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 4 cities is 29.4°C; Pakse is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 29.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 139 mm to 34 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Ubon Ratchathani in OctoberThailand · 103 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 22.7°C · 124 mm rain
- Savannakhet in OctoberLaos · 196 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.1°C · 109 mm rain
- Phong Điền (Thua Thien Hue Province), Vietnam in OctoberVietnam · 233 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 23.6°C · 512 mm rain
- Ðông Hà in OctoberVietnam · 234 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 23.1°C · 449 mm rain
- Hương Trà in OctoberVietnam · 238 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 23.3°C · 476 mm rain
- Huế in OctoberVietnam · 243 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 23.6°C · 476 mm rain
- Hương Thủy in OctoberVietnam · 244 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 341 mm rain
- Kon Tum in OctoberVietnam · 252 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 19.7°C · 169 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.