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Luang Prabang in October

Hot and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

October in Luang Prabang is hot: highs near 87°F, lows near 70°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 23 minutes from the first week to the last.October in Luang Prabang is hot: highs near 31°C, lows near 21°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 23 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
87°F31°Caverage
Low
70°F21°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 47% of days
Daylight
11h 38mon average

Is October a good time to visit Luang Prabang?

October sits outside Luang Prabang's best months, which run from December to January. Expect hot days and rain on about three 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 October sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 87°F in October, against 82°F to 96°F through the year.Highs near 31°C in October, against 28°C to 36°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

47% of days in October, against 9% to 91% through the year.

Cloud cover

66% cover in October, against 36% to 86% through the year.

Daylight

11h 38m in October, against 10h 57m to 13h 19m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. September88°31°low 72°low 22°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  2. October87°31°low 70°low 21°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. November86°30°low 66°low 19°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Luang Prabang sits, in October

Asia/Vientiane
this place
typical high in October 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-October
6:05 AMsets 5:49 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 October, 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 October

high · low · wet days
See October on the planning mapThe whole year in Luang Prabang

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.