Climate averages 1991–2020
Amritsar weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the 5th 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 Amritsar: daytime highs average 32.5°C and nights cool to about 25.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 171 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes August a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 18 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Batāla (37 km away). In August its highs average 31.8°C, 0.6°C cooler than Amritsar, with 209 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Amritsar ranks joint 78th of 692 for the warmest August highs and joint 203rd of 692 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 692 cities is 30.2°C; Amritsar is 2.2°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 32.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 171 mm to 73 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
Amritsar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.5°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 42 | 4.9 | 10.310 h |
| February | 20.5°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 66 | 6.3 | 11.011 h |
| March | 26.1°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 56 | 6.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 33.3°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 31 | 5.3 | 12.913 h |
| May | 38.8°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 23 | 6.5 | 13.714 h |
| June | 38.5°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 80 | 10.1 | 14.214 h |
| July | 33.8°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 194 | 20.3 | 14.014 h |
| August, selected | 32.5°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 171 | 20.1 | 13.313 h |
| September | 32.4°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 73 | 8.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 30.9°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 14 | 2.2 | 11.411 h |
| November | 25.6°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 14 | 1.6 | 10.611 h |
| December | 20.2°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 17 | 2.2 | 10.110 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
- Batāla in AugustIndia · 37 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 25.1°C · 209 mm rain
- Lahore in AugustPakistan · 50 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 26.1°C · 139 mm rain
- Narowal in AugustPakistan · 53 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 25.3°C · 194 mm rain
- Model Town in AugustPakistan · 54 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 26.2°C · 139 mm rain
- Kapurthala Town in AugustIndia · 55 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 25.5°C · 181 mm rain
- Kahna Nau in AugustPakistan · 56 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 26.2°C · 123 mm rain
- Muridke in AugustPakistan · 62 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 26.0°C · 165 mm rain
- Gurdaspur in AugustIndia · 68 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 25.1°C · 220 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 Amritsar) is explained once on the Amritsar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.