Luang Prabang Climate & Temperature
- Luang Prabang, Laos is at 19°53'N, 102°8'E, 305 m (1001 ft). See map.
- Luang Prabang has a tropical wet and dry/ savanna climate (Köppen-Geiger classification: Aw) with a pronounced dry season in the low-sun months , no cold season, wet season is in the high-sun months.
- According to the Holdridge life zones system of bioclimatic classification Luang Prabang is situated in or near the subtropical moist forest biome.
- The annual average temperature is 24.4 degrees Celsius (75.9 degrees Fahrenheit). See the temperatures page for a monthly breakdown and the fixed scale graph.
- Average monthly temperatures vary by 9.1 °C (16.4°F). This indicates that the continentality type is hyperoceanic, subtype barely hyperoceanic.
- Total annual Precipitation averages 1442.9 mm (56.8 inches) which is equivalent to 1442.9 Litres/m² (35.39 Gallons/ft²).
- On average there are 1883 hours of sunshine per year. Visit the sunshine and daylight section to check monthly details including how high in the sky the sun reaches each month.
- Were you to burrow down through the centre of the Earth from Luang Prabang you would pop up nearest to the climate station at San Juan De Marcona, Peru where you would find a Subtropical desert climate (Warm temperate desert biome).
Luang Prabang Climate Table
| Climate Variable | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average Max Temperature °C ( °F) | 27 (81) | 31 (87) | 33 (92) | 34 (94) | 34 (93) | 32 (90) | 32 (89) | 32 (89) | 32 (89) | 31 (87) | 29 (83) | 26 (79) | 31 (88) | ||
| Average Temperature °C ( °F) | 19 (66) | 22 (71) | 24 (76) | 27 (80) | 28 (82) | 28 (82) | 27 (81) | 27 (80) | 26 (80) | 25 (77) | 22 (71) | 19 (65) | 24 (76) | ||
| Average Min Temperature °C ( °F) | 14 (58) | 15 (60) | 18 (64) | 21 (71) | 24 (74) | 25 (76) | 24 (75) | 24 (74) | 23 (73) | 21 (70) | 18 (64) | 14 (58) | 20 (68) | ||
| Average Precipitation mm (in) | 15 (1) | 19 (1) | 30 (1) | 108 (4) | 147 (6) | 258 (10) | 228 (9) | 289 (11) | 173 (7) | 126 (5) | 40 (2) | 10 (0) | 1443 (57) | ||
| Number of Wet Days (probability of rain on a day %) | 2 (6) | 2 (7) | 4 (13) | 8 (27) | 13 (42) | 13 (43) | 17 (55) | 19 (61) | 12 (40) | 6 (19) | 3 (10) | 1 (3) | 100 (27) | ||
| Average Sunlight Hours/ Day | 5h 00' | 5h 56' | 6h 00' | 5h 00' | 5h 00' | 5h 00' | 4h 00' | 4h 00' | 6h 00' | 7h 00' | 5h 00' | 4h 00' | 5h 09' | ||
| Average Daylight Hours/ Day | 11h 03' | 11h 27' | 11h 59' | 12h 34' | 13h 03' | 13h 17' | 13h 11' | 12h 46' | 12h 13' | 11h 38' | 11h 09' | 10h 56' | 12h 00' | ||
| Percentage of Sunny (Cloudy) Daylight Hours | 46 (54) | 52 (48) | 51 (49) | 40 (60) | 39 (61) | 38 (62) | 31 (69) | 32 (68) | 50 (50) | 61 (39) | 45 (55) | 37 (63) | 43 (57) | ||
| Sun altitude at solar noon on the 21st day (°). | 50.1 | 59.4 | 70.2 | 81.9 | 89.1 | 86.4 | 88.4 | 82.2 | 70.8 | 59.2 | 50.1 | 46.7 | 69.5 |
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