Xam Nua
City in Laos: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Sam Neua - town overview: Christopher Voitus, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Xam Nua is a city in Laos, in Houaphan. About 56,900 people live in the city proper, making it the 6th largest city of Laos in our atlas.
It lies at 20.42° N, 104.05° E, about 957 m (3,140 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Vientiane time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Xam Nua. Green dots: other major cities of Laos. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Xam Nua has a humid subtropical (dry winter) climate (Köppen Cwa). The warmest month is usually May, with average highs near 30°C (85°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 8°C (46°F). Around 925 mm (36 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 1652203 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q14842846 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Sam Neua - town overview: Christopher Voitus, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)