Climate averages 1991–2020
Thimphu weather
in August.
A mild, very wet month: the warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Thimphu: daytime highs average 19.4°C and nights cool to about 13.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 350 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 07 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jaigaon (74 km away). In August its highs average 28.2°C, 8.8°C warmer than Thimphu, with 657 mm of rain.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 18.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 350 mm to 255 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
Thimphu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.2°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 65 | 17.2 | 10.611 h |
| February | 9.0°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 95 | 21.2 | 11.211 h |
| March | 12.6°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 151 | 27.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 15.8°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 160 | 26.1 | 12.813 h |
| May | 17.9°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 236 | 28.8 | 13.513 h |
| June | 19.2°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 378 | 29.2 | 13.814 h |
| July | 19.2°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 484 | 30.2 | 13.714 h |
| August, selected | 19.4°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 350 | 28.8 | 13.113 h |
| September | 18.6°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 255 | 26.2 | 12.312 h |
| October | 16.0°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 139 | 22.8 | 11.512 h |
| November | 12.5°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 72 | 18.2 | 10.811 h |
| December | 9.4°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 59 | 17.0 | 10.410 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
- Jaigaon in AugustIndia · 74 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 24.3°C · 657 mm rain
- Gangtok in AugustIndia · 103 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 16.1°C · 908 mm rain
- Koch Bihār in AugustIndia · 128 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 25.5°C · 590 mm rain
- Jalpāiguri in AugustIndia · 139 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 25.0°C · 669 mm rain
- Dārjiling in AugustIndia · 144 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 15.8°C · 548 mm rain
- Siliguri in AugustIndia · 147 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.5°C · 576 mm rain
- Rangpur in AugustBangladesh · 195 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 25.7°C · 365 mm rain
- Thākurgaon in AugustBangladesh · 198 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 25.4°C · 371 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 Thimphu) is explained once on the Thimphu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.