Climate averages 1991–2020
Sakon Nakhon 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 Sakon Nakhon: daytime highs average 33.7°C and nights cool to about 24.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 73 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 Thakhèk (78 km away). In April its highs average 33.3°C, about as warm as Sakon Nakhon, with 69 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Thailand, Sakon Nakhon ranks joint 32nd of 46 for the warmest April highs and 21st of 46 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 46 cities is 33.9°C; Sakon Nakhon is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 32.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 73 mm to 216 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
Sakon Nakhon climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.2°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 6.5 | 1.5 | 11.211 h |
| February | 30.3°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 14 | 2.8 | 11.612 h |
| March | 32.7°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 38 | 5.7 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 33.7°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 73 | 11.5 | 12.513 h |
| May | 32.2°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 216 | 22.3 | 12.913 h |
| June | 31.0°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 240 | 24.4 | 13.113 h |
| July | 30.3°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 314 | 27.0 | 13.013 h |
| August | 29.9°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 355 | 28.4 | 12.713 h |
| September | 29.7°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 268 | 23.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.5°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 94 | 10.3 | 11.812 h |
| November | 29.1°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 18 | 3.2 | 11.311 h |
| December | 27.6°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 5.5 | 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
- Thakhèk in AprilLaos · 78 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 23.4°C · 69 mm rain
- Savannakhet in AprilLaos · 93 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 24.2°C · 66 mm rain
- Udon Thani in AprilThailand · 147 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 24.7°C · 62 mm rain
- Khon Kaen in AprilThailand · 161 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 25.2°C · 65 mm rain
- Vientiane in AprilLaos · 187 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 24.4°C · 75 mm rain
- Ubon Ratchathani in AprilThailand · 227 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 25.3°C · 81 mm rain
- Hà Tĩnh in AprilVietnam · 228 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 22.6°C · 77 mm rain
- Vinh in AprilVietnam · 235 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 22.9°C · 41 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 Sakon Nakhon) is explained once on the Sakon Nakhon year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.