Climate averages 1991–2020
Rajshahi weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 5th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Rajshahi: daytime highs average 31.3°C and nights cool to about 25.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 253 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 59 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Puthia (24 km away). In August its highs average 31.2°C, about as warm as Rajshahi, with 251 mm of rain.
Among the 63 cities listed in Bangladesh, Rajshahi ranks joint 3rd of 63 for the warmest August highs and 3rd of 63 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 63 cities is 30.7°C; Rajshahi is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 31.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 253 mm to 244 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Rajshahi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.4°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 11 | 2.0 | 10.811 h |
| February | 27.0°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 20 | 2.6 | 11.311 h |
| March | 32.0°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 28 | 3.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 34.6°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 74 | 9.4 | 12.713 h |
| May | 33.8°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 193 | 18.0 | 13.313 h |
| June | 32.5°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 313 | 23.6 | 13.614 h |
| July | 31.3°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 307 | 27.6 | 13.513 h |
| August, selected | 31.3°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 253 | 27.3 | 13.013 h |
| September | 31.0°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 244 | 23.1 | 12.312 h |
| October | 30.2°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 112 | 10.5 | 11.612 h |
| November | 28.0°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 15 | 1.3 | 11.011 h |
| December | 24.8°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 9.4 | 1.0 | 10.711 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
August in nearby cities
- Puthia in AugustBangladesh · 24 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 25.8°C · 251 mm rain
- Natore in AugustBangladesh · 39 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 25.7°C · 275 mm rain
- Nawābganj, Bangladesh in AugustBangladesh · 41 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 26.0°C · 269 mm rain
- Baharampur in AugustIndia · 46 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 25.8°C · 265 mm rain
- Jangipur in AugustIndia · 54 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 25.9°C · 269 mm rain
- Ishwardi in AugustBangladesh · 54 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 25.8°C · 260 mm rain
- Mohammadpur in AugustBangladesh · 59 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.8°C · 286 mm rain
- Pār Naogaon in AugustBangladesh · 59 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.7°C · 284 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Rajshahi) is explained once on the Rajshahi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.