Climate averages 1991–2020
Khon Kaen weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the 7th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Khon Kaen: daytime highs average 30.8°C and nights cool to about 24.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 214 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 41 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Udon Thani (108 km away). In August its highs average 30.1°C, 0.7°C cooler than Khon Kaen, with 331 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Thailand, Khon Kaen ranks joint 27th of 46 for the warmest August highs and 35th of 46 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 46 cities is 30.7°C; Khon Kaen 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 214 mm to 237 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
Khon Kaen climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.3°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 7.2 | 1.7 | 11.311 h |
| February | 31.7°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 11 | 2.4 | 11.612 h |
| March | 34.0°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 34 | 5.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 34.9°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 65 | 10.7 | 12.512 h |
| May | 33.4°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 152 | 20.1 | 12.913 h |
| June | 32.4°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 134 | 19.1 | 13.113 h |
| July | 31.7°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 164 | 20.2 | 13.013 h |
| August, selected | 30.8°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 214 | 23.3 | 12.713 h |
| September | 30.1°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 237 | 23.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.6°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 104 | 12.8 | 11.812 h |
| November | 29.4°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 24 | 3.5 | 11.411 h |
| December | 28.3°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 5.1 | 1.0 | 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
August in nearby cities
- Udon Thani in AugustThailand · 108 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 24.3°C · 331 mm rain
- Sakon Nakhon in AugustThailand · 161 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.3°C · 355 mm rain
- Vientiane in AugustLaos · 171 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.1°C · 401 mm rain
- Nakhon Ratchasima in AugustThailand · 182 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 24.5°C · 161 mm rain
- Savannakhet in AugustLaos · 206 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.9°C · 294 mm rain
- Thakhèk in AugustLaos · 238 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.6°C · 493 mm rain
- Ubon Ratchathani in AugustThailand · 254 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.3°C · 270 mm rain
- Nakhon Sawan in AugustThailand · 300 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 25.0°C · 215 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 Khon Kaen) is explained once on the Khon Kaen year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.