Climate averages 1991–2020
Savannakhet weather
in April.
A hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Savannakhet: daytime highs average 33.8°C and nights cool to about 24.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 66 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 30 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sakon Nakhon (93 km away). In April its highs average 33.7°C, about as warm as Savannakhet, with 73 mm of rain.
Among the 4 cities listed in Laos, Savannakhet ranks joint 2nd of 4 for the warmest April highs and 2nd of 4 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 4 cities is 33.7°C; Savannakhet is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 32.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 66 mm to 189 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Savannakhet climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.5°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 4.4 | 1.1 | 11.311 h |
| February | 30.5°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 13 | 2.7 | 11.612 h |
| March | 32.9°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 34 | 5.7 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 33.8°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 66 | 11.0 | 12.513 h |
| May | 32.1°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 189 | 21.6 | 12.913 h |
| June | 30.7°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 209 | 23.4 | 13.113 h |
| July | 30.0°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 278 | 26.0 | 13.013 h |
| August | 29.6°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 294 | 27.7 | 12.713 h |
| September | 29.4°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 257 | 24.1 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.3°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 109 | 11.7 | 11.812 h |
| November | 29.1°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 21 | 3.3 | 11.411 h |
| December | 27.7°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 4.9 | 1.4 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Sakon Nakhon in AprilThailand · 93 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 24.5°C · 73 mm rain
- Thakhèk in AprilLaos · 94 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 23.4°C · 69 mm rain
- Ubon Ratchathani in AprilThailand · 148 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 25.3°C · 81 mm rain
- Pakse in AprilLaos · 196 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 24.4°C · 53 mm rain
- Khon Kaen in AprilThailand · 206 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 25.2°C · 65 mm rain
- Ba Đồn in AprilVietnam · 220 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.4°C · 78 mm rain
- Đồng Hới in AprilVietnam · 222 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 23.4°C · 88 mm rain
- Udon Thani in AprilThailand · 230 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 24.7°C · 62 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 Savannakhet) is explained once on the Savannakhet year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.