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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Luang Prabang
Luang Prabang climate by month
Tropical savanna · AwBest Jan · Nov–Dec
Annual mean25°day and night
Seasonal swing7°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation1,380 mm133 wet days a year
19.89° N, 102.15° EElevation 296 mUTC+7 · Indochina Time
When to goLuang Prabang · weather score
Best timeJan · Nov–Dec
October: high / low29° / 21°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Luang Prabang has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw): .
The warmest month is April, when afternoons average 33° and nights 23°. December is the coolest month, with highs of 26° and lows of 15°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 7°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 1,380 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. August is the wettest month (290 mm, 23 wet days) and February the driest (14 mm, 1 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 14% in February to 68% in June.
Compared with Vientiane, the capital, Luang Prabang is 0.5° cooler on a April afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 33° · April
- Coldest nights
- 15° · December
- Wettest month
- August
- Driest month
- February
- Clearest skies
- February · 14% cloud
- Longest day
- 13 h 20 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 56 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 27° | 30° | 32° | 33° | 32° | 31° | 30° | 30° | 30° | 29° | 28° | 26° |
| Average low | 16° | 18° | 21° | 23° | 24° | 25° | 24° | 24° | 23° | 21° | 18° | 15° |
| Precipitation | 9 mm | 14 mm | 36 mm | 97 mm | 159 mm | 191 mm | 272 mm | 290 mm | 179 mm | 95 mm | 24 mm | 14 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 2.4 | 1.4 | 5.3 | 10.8 | 17 | 18.4 | 22.1 | 22.6 | 17.2 | 9.2 | 4.5 | 1.9 |
| Cloud cover | 18% | 14% | 16% | 23% | 48% | 68% | 67% | 63% | 51% | 36% | 24% | 19% |
| Daylight | 11h 03 | 11h 29 | 12h 00 | 12h 35 | 13h 04 | 13h 20 | 13h 14 | 12h 49 | 12h 16 | 11h 43 | 11h 12 | 10h 56 |
| Month score | 86 | 77 | 56 | 40 | 31 | 26 | 29 | 32 | 39 | 60 | 78 | 92 |
ivMonth by month
Luang Prabang in every month
January86
27° / 16°
9 mm · 2.4 wet days
February77
30° / 18°
14 mm · 1.4 wet day
March56
32° / 21°
36 mm · 5.3 wet days
April40
33° / 23°
97 mm · 10.8 wet days
May31
32° / 24°
159 mm · 17 wet days
June26
31° / 25°
191 mm · 18.4 wet days
July29
30° / 24°
272 mm · 22.1 wet days
August32
30° / 24°
290 mm · 22.6 wet days
September39
30° / 23°
179 mm · 17.2 wet days
October60
29° / 21°
95 mm · 9.2 wet days
November78
28° / 18°
24 mm · 4.5 wet days
December92
26° / 15°
14 mm · 1.9 wet days