Climate · Luang Prabang

Luang Prabang in August

Hot and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Luang Prabang is hot: highs near 89°F, lows near 73°F. Rain falls on about six days a week, and the days shorten by 28 minutes from the first week to the last.August in Luang Prabang is hot: highs near 32°C, lows near 23°C. Rain falls on about six days a week, and the days shorten by 28 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
89°F32°Caverage
Low
73°F23°Caverage
Wet days
6a week · 91% of days
Daylight
12h 47mon average

Is August a good time to visit Luang Prabang?


August sits outside Luang Prabang's best months, which run from December to January. Expect hot days and rain on about six days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How August sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 89°F in August, against 82°F to 96°F through the year.Highs near 32°C in August, against 28°C to 36°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

91% of days in August, against 9% to 91% through the year.

Cloud cover

85% cover in August, against 36% to 86% through the year.

Daylight

12h 47m in August, against 10h 57m to 13h 19m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with August shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

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  1. July90°32°low 74°low 23°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.
  2. August89°32°low 73°low 23°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.
  3. September88°31°low 72°low 22°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.

Where Luang Prabang sits, in August

Asia/Vientiane

this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
5:51 AMsets 6:41 PM
Above the sea
300 mlow-lying
Latitude
19.9°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Vientiane220 km south

The land around Luang Prabang, shaded by its typical high in August, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Laos in August

high · low · wet days

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Luang Prabang. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (300 m) against the climate model's (467 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (300 m) against the climate model's (467 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.