Climate averages 1991–2020
Pleiku weather
in August.
A warm, very wet month: the 11th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Pleiku: daytime highs average 25.8°C and nights cool to about 20.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 373 mm of rain on roughly 30 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 35 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kon Tum (41 km away). In August its highs average 26.9°C, 1.0°C warmer than Pleiku, with 247 mm of rain.
Among the 136 cities listed in Vietnam, Pleiku ranks 133rd of 136 for the warmest August highs and 123rd of 136 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 136 cities is 30.5°C; Pleiku is 4.6°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 25.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 373 mm to 389 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
Pleiku climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.9°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 7.7 | 1.1 | 11.411 h |
| February | 29.2°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 7.4 | 1.5 | 11.712 h |
| March | 30.8°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 45 | 6.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 30.5°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 118 | 14.0 | 12.412 h |
| May | 28.5°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 243 | 26.2 | 12.813 h |
| June | 26.8°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 271 | 28.6 | 12.913 h |
| July | 25.9°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 353 | 30.0 | 12.913 h |
| August, selected | 25.8°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 373 | 30.3 | 12.613 h |
| September | 25.9°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 389 | 28.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 26.3°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 229 | 20.1 | 11.812 h |
| November | 26.2°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 91 | 8.5 | 11.511 h |
| December | 25.6°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 29 | 4.3 | 11.311 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
- Kon Tum in AugustVietnam · 41 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 21.0°C · 247 mm rain
- An Khê in AugustVietnam · 70 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 22.9°C · 118 mm rain
- Buôn Hồ in AugustVietnam · 119 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 21.1°C · 267 mm rain
- An Nhơn in AugustVietnam · 120 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 26.0°C · 98 mm rain
- Qui Nhon in AugustVietnam · 134 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 26.3°C · 106 mm rain
- Đức Phổ in AugustVietnam · 139 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 26.5°C · 113 mm rain
- Sông Cầu in AugustVietnam · 145 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 26.6°C · 98 mm rain
- Buôn Ma Thuột in AugustVietnam · 146 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 21.8°C · 171 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 Pleiku) is explained once on the Pleiku year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.