Pakse
City in Laos: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Champasak Palace: Adam Carr of English Wikipedia, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Pakse is a city in Laos, in Champasak Province. About 77,900 people live in the city proper, making it the 4th largest city of Laos in our atlas.
It lies at 15.12° N, 105.80° E, about 105 m (344 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Vientiane time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Pakse. Green dots: other major cities of Laos. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Pakse has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Mar, with average highs near 36°C (96°F); the coolest nights come in Dec at about 19°C (65°F). Around 1,475 mm (58 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Aug.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
What to eat in LaosNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1654379 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q383622 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Champasak Palace: Adam Carr of English Wikipedia, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)