Climate averages 1991–2020

Buôn Ma Thuột weather
in August.

A hot, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 28.2°C Daytime mean, August

Average low 21.8°C Night-time mean, August

Rainfall 171 mm 23 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

August is a hot month in Buôn Ma Thuột: daytime highs average 28.2°C and nights cool to about 21.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 171 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes August a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 33 min on an average August day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Buôn Hồ (42 km away). In August its highs average 27.1°C, 1.1°C cooler than Buôn Ma Thuột, with 267 mm of rain.

Among the 136 cities listed in Vietnam, Buôn Ma Thuột ranks 126th of 136 for the warmest August highs and 21st of 136 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 136 cities is 30.5°C; Buôn Ma Thuột is 2.3°C cooler than that mean.

From August to September, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 27.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 171 mm to 195 mm.

The annual picture

August in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Buôn Ma Thuột climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Buôn Ma Thuột, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	27.3°C18.4°C	18.4°C	8.1	1.2	11.511 h
February	30.0°C19.1°C	19.1°C	3.5	0.8	11.712 h
March	32.5°C20.9°C	20.9°C	16	2.7	12.112 h
April	33.2°C22.4°C	22.4°C	53	8.4	12.412 h
May	31.3°C22.7°C	22.7°C	127	21.1	12.713 h
June	29.5°C22.3°C	22.3°C	125	21.0	12.913 h
July	28.6°C21.9°C	21.9°C	145	23.2	12.813 h
August, selected	28.2°C21.8°C	21.8°C	171	23.3	12.513 h
September	27.8°C21.2°C	21.2°C	195	24.5	12.212 h
October	27.6°C20.6°C	20.6°C	169	18.4	11.912 h
November	27.1°C20.3°C	20.3°C	88	6.8	11.612 h
December	26.0°C19.2°C	19.2°C	37	4.1	11.411 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

Distance from Buôn Ma Thuột

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Buôn Ma Thuột) is explained once on the Buôn Ma Thuột year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.