Climate averages 1991–2020
Sakon Nakhon weather
in July.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 5th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Sakon Nakhon: daytime highs average 30.3°C and nights cool to about 24.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 314 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes July a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 03 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Thakhèk (78 km away). In July its highs average 29.5°C, 0.8°C cooler than Sakon Nakhon, with 490 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Thailand, Sakon Nakhon ranks joint 35th of 46 for the warmest July highs and 44th of 46 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 46 cities is 31.0°C; Sakon Nakhon is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 314 mm to 355 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Thakhèk in JulyLaos · 78 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 23.9°C · 490 mm rain
- Savannakhet in JulyLaos · 93 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 24.2°C · 278 mm rain
- Udon Thani in JulyThailand · 147 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.7°C · 266 mm rain
- Khon Kaen in JulyThailand · 161 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 25.0°C · 164 mm rain
- Vientiane in JulyLaos · 187 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.4°C · 372 mm rain
- Ubon Ratchathani in JulyThailand · 227 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 24.6°C · 232 mm rain
- Hà Tĩnh in JulyVietnam · 228 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 26.7°C · 126 mm rain
- Vinh in JulyVietnam · 235 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 27.2°C · 149 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.