Climate averages 1991–2020
Alīgarh weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the 6th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Alīgarh: daytime highs average 31.8°C and nights cool to about 25.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 225 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 08 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hāthras (32 km away). In August its highs average 31.7°C, about as warm as Alīgarh, with 223 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Alīgarh ranks joint 143rd of 692 for the warmest August highs and joint 333rd of 692 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 692 cities is 30.2°C; Alīgarh is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 31.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 225 mm to 123 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
Alīgarh climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20.3°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 20 | 2.5 | 10.611 h |
| February | 23.7°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 29 | 3.1 | 11.211 h |
| March | 29.8°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 18 | 3.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 36.6°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 11 | 2.5 | 12.813 h |
| May | 39.7°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 16 | 4.4 | 13.514 h |
| June | 38.2°C28.1°C | 28.1°C | 82 | 9.0 | 13.914 h |
| July | 33.4°C26.8°C | 26.8°C | 230 | 21.2 | 13.714 h |
| August, selected | 31.8°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 225 | 21.6 | 13.113 h |
| September | 31.9°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 123 | 11.7 | 12.312 h |
| October | 31.5°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 14 | 2.1 | 11.512 h |
| November | 27.2°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 6.0 | 1.2 | 10.811 h |
| December | 22.4°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 6.7 | 0.9 | 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
- Hāthras in AugustIndia · 32 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 25.8°C · 223 mm rain
- Khurja in AugustIndia · 47 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 25.7°C · 208 mm rain
- Kāsganj in AugustIndia · 57 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 25.8°C · 223 mm rain
- Mathura in AugustIndia · 58 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 25.9°C · 214 mm rain
- Bulandshahr in AugustIndia · 62 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 25.7°C · 212 mm rain
- Etah in AugustIndia · 68 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 25.8°C · 227 mm rain
- Sikandarābād in AugustIndia · 73 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 25.8°C · 212 mm rain
- Agra in AugustIndia · 78 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 26.0°C · 225 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 Alīgarh) is explained once on the Alīgarh year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.