Climate averages 1991–2020
Ban Mai weather
in August.
A hot, moderately wet month: one of the warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Ban Mai: daytime highs average 30.8°C and nights cool to about 25.8°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 86 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 21 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hat Yai (23 km away). In August its highs average 31.0°C, about as warm as Ban Mai, with 121 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Thailand, Ban Mai ranks joint 27th of 46 for the warmest August highs and 2nd of 46 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 46 cities is 30.7°C; Ban Mai is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 30.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 86 mm to 123 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Ban Mai climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.6°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 104 | 14.1 | 11.812 h |
| February | 28.3°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 48 | 7.8 | 11.912 h |
| March | 29.3°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 89 | 12.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.2°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 112 | 17.2 | 12.312 h |
| May | 30.7°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 120 | 21.7 | 12.412 h |
| June | 30.8°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 95 | 17.7 | 12.513 h |
| July | 30.7°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 86 | 17.2 | 12.512 h |
| August, selected | 30.8°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 86 | 17.3 | 12.412 h |
| September | 30.1°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 123 | 21.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.7°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 270 | 27.5 | 12.012 h |
| November | 27.7°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 403 | 27.0 | 11.812 h |
| December | 27.3°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 338 | 22.4 | 11.712 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
August in nearby cities
- Hat Yai in AugustThailand · 23 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 24.5°C · 121 mm rain
- Yala in AugustThailand · 110 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 23.4°C · 125 mm rain
- Alor Setar in AugustMalaysia · 122 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 24.5°C · 232 mm rain
- Pendang in AugustMalaysia · 135 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.0°C · 211 mm rain
- Nakhon Si Thammarat in AugustThailand · 151 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 24.0°C · 117 mm rain
- Sungai Petani in AugustMalaysia · 173 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.3°C · 192 mm rain
- Kota Kuala Muda in AugustMalaysia · 181 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 24.8°C · 217 mm rain
- Tasek Glugor in AugustMalaysia · 192 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.2°C · 186 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 Ban Mai) is explained once on the Ban Mai year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.