Climate averages 1991–2020
Sakon Nakhon weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Sakon Nakhon: daytime highs average 32.2°C and nights cool to about 25.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 216 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 55 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Thakhèk (78 km away). In May its highs average 31.5°C, 0.7°C cooler than Sakon Nakhon, with 253 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Thailand, Sakon Nakhon ranks 35th of 46 for the warmest May highs and 42nd of 46 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 46 cities is 32.7°C; Sakon Nakhon is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 31.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 216 mm to 240 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Thakhèk in MayLaos · 78 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.2°C · 253 mm rain
- Savannakhet in MayLaos · 93 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 24.7°C · 189 mm rain
- Udon Thani in MayThailand · 147 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 25.1°C · 211 mm rain
- Khon Kaen in MayThailand · 161 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 25.4°C · 152 mm rain
- Vientiane in MayLaos · 187 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 24.7°C · 261 mm rain
- Ubon Ratchathani in MayThailand · 227 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 25.4°C · 181 mm rain
- Hà Tĩnh in MayVietnam · 228 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 25.0°C · 118 mm rain
- Vinh in MayVietnam · 235 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 25.4°C · 99 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.