Climate averages 1991–2020

Nakhon Ratchasima weather
in August.

A hot, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 31.3°C Daytime mean, August
Average low 24.5°C Night-time mean, August
Rainfall 161 mm 23 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Nakhon Ratchasima · average highYear overview

August is a hot month in Nakhon Ratchasima: daytime highs average 31.3°C and nights cool to about 24.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 161 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes August a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 37 min on an average August day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Kabin Buri (121 km away). In August its highs average 29.9°C, 1.3°C cooler than Nakhon Ratchasima, with 271 mm of rain.

Among the 46 cities listed in Thailand, Nakhon Ratchasima ranks joint 13th of 46 for the warmest August highs and 25th of 46 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 46 cities is 30.7°C; Nakhon Ratchasima is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.

From August to September, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 30.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 161 mm to 231 mm.

The annual picture

August in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 152025303540 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Nakhon Ratchasima climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Nakhon Ratchasima, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 29.9°C18.9°C18.9°C6.71.711.311 h
February 32.3°C20.8°C20.8°C8.71.711.612 h
March 34.3°C23.5°C23.5°C386.712.012 h
April 35.0°C25.0°C25.0°C6912.612.512 h
May 33.5°C25.2°C25.2°C14020.012.813 h
June 32.8°C25.2°C25.2°C11819.413.013 h
July 32.0°C24.8°C24.8°C12521.012.913 h
August, selected 31.3°C24.5°C24.5°C16122.712.613 h
September 30.3°C23.7°C23.7°C23124.512.212 h
October 29.6°C22.5°C22.5°C13816.411.812 h
November 29.4°C20.9°C20.9°C294.811.411 h
December 28.9°C19.1°C19.1°C5.31.311.311 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

Distance from Nakhon Ratchasima

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Nakhon Ratchasima) is explained once on the Nakhon Ratchasima year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.