Climate averages 1991–2020
Sakon Nakhon weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the 7th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Sakon Nakhon: daytime highs average 29.9°C and nights cool to about 24.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 355 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 42 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Thakhèk (78 km away). In August its highs average 29.2°C, 0.7°C cooler than Sakon Nakhon, with 493 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Thailand, Sakon Nakhon ranks joint 37th of 46 for the warmest August highs and 45th of 46 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 46 cities is 30.7°C; Sakon Nakhon is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 29.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 355 mm to 268 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Thakhèk in AugustLaos · 78 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.6°C · 493 mm rain
- Savannakhet in AugustLaos · 93 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.9°C · 294 mm rain
- Udon Thani in AugustThailand · 147 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 24.3°C · 331 mm rain
- Khon Kaen in AugustThailand · 161 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 24.5°C · 214 mm rain
- Vientiane in AugustLaos · 187 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.1°C · 401 mm rain
- Ubon Ratchathani in AugustThailand · 227 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.3°C · 270 mm rain
- Hà Tĩnh in AugustVietnam · 228 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 26.1°C · 190 mm rain
- Vinh in AugustVietnam · 235 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 26.4°C · 222 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.