Climate averages 1991–2020
Thakhèk weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the 3rd 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 Thakhèk: daytime highs average 31.5°C and nights cool to about 24.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 253 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 56 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sakon Nakhon (78 km away). In May its highs average 32.2°C, 0.7°C warmer than Thakhèk, with 216 mm of rain.
Among the 4 cities listed in Laos, Thakhèk ranks 4th of 4 for the warmest May highs and 3rd of 4 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 4 cities is 31.9°C; Thakhèk is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 30.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 253 mm to 378 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
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 | 33.3°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 69 | 11.5 | 12.513 h |
| May, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Sakon Nakhon in MayThailand · 78 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 25.0°C · 216 mm rain
- Savannakhet in MayLaos · 94 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 24.7°C · 189 mm rain
- Hà Tĩnh in MayVietnam · 154 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 25.0°C · 118 mm rain
- Vinh in MayVietnam · 167 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 25.4°C · 99 mm rain
- Kỳ Anh in MayVietnam · 172 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 26.3°C · 126 mm rain
- Ba Đồn in MayVietnam · 173 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.8°C · 103 mm rain
- Đồng Hới in MayVietnam · 190 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 25.8°C · 112 mm rain
- Udon Thani in MayThailand · 217 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 25.1°C · 211 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.