Climate averages 1991–2020
Sakon Nakhon weather
in December.
A warm, very dry month: the coolest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Sakon Nakhon: daytime highs average 27.6°C and nights cool to about 17.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 5.5 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes December a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 07 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Thakhèk (78 km away). In December its highs average 27.7°C, about as warm as Sakon Nakhon, with 5.8 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Thailand, Sakon Nakhon ranks joint 41st of 46 for the warmest December highs and 5th of 46 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 46 cities is 29.6°C; Sakon Nakhon is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 28.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 5.5 mm to 6.5 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Thakhèk in DecemberLaos · 78 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 16.3°C · 5.8 mm rain
- Savannakhet in DecemberLaos · 93 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 17.8°C · 4.9 mm rain
- Udon Thani in DecemberThailand · 147 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 17.3°C · 6.4 mm rain
- Khon Kaen in DecemberThailand · 161 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 18.3°C · 5.1 mm rain
- Vientiane in DecemberLaos · 187 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 17.3°C · 8.4 mm rain
- Ubon Ratchathani in DecemberThailand · 227 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 19.5°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Hà Tĩnh in DecemberVietnam · 228 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 17.0°C · 166 mm rain
- Vinh in DecemberVietnam · 235 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 16.9°C · 47 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.