Climate averages 1991–2020
Thakhèk 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 Thakhèk: daytime highs average 33.3°C and nights cool to about 23.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 69 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 31 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sakon Nakhon (78 km away). In April its highs average 33.7°C, about as warm as Thakhèk, with 73 mm of rain.
Among the 4 cities listed in Laos, Thakhèk ranks 4th of 4 for the warmest April highs and 3rd of 4 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 4 cities is 33.7°C; Thakhèk is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 31.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 69 mm to 253 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
Thakhèk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.2°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 6.0 | 1.5 | 11.211 h |
| February | 30.1°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 13 | 2.6 | 11.612 h |
| March | 32.4°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 34 | 5.5 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 33.3°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 69 | 11.5 | 12.513 h |
| May | 31.5°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 253 | 23.7 | 12.913 h |
| June | 30.2°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 378 | 27.6 | 13.213 h |
| July | 29.5°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 490 | 29.4 | 13.113 h |
| August | 29.2°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 493 | 29.9 | 12.713 h |
| September | 29.4°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 317 | 24.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.7°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 111 | 11.4 | 11.812 h |
| November | 29.4°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 20 | 2.6 | 11.311 h |
| December | 27.7°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 5.8 | 1.2 | 11.111 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 · 78 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 24.5°C · 73 mm rain
- Savannakhet in AprilLaos · 94 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 24.2°C · 66 mm rain
- Hà Tĩnh in AprilVietnam · 154 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 22.6°C · 77 mm rain
- Vinh in AprilVietnam · 167 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 22.9°C · 41 mm rain
- Kỳ Anh in AprilVietnam · 172 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.9°C · 77 mm rain
- Ba Đồn in AprilVietnam · 173 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.4°C · 78 mm rain
- Đồng Hới in AprilVietnam · 190 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 23.4°C · 88 mm rain
- Udon Thani in AprilThailand · 217 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 Thakhèk) is explained once on the Thakhèk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.