Climate averages 1991–2020
Bhāgalpur 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 Bhāgalpur: daytime highs average 31.4°C and nights cool to about 25.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 261 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 01 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jamālpur, India (49 km away). In August its highs average 31.5°C, about as warm as Bhāgalpur, with 269 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Bhāgalpur ranks joint 215th of 692 for the warmest August highs and joint 429th of 692 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 692 cities is 30.2°C; Bhāgalpur is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 30.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 261 mm to 234 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
Bhāgalpur climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.3°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 17 | 2.1 | 10.811 h |
| February | 26.0°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 17 | 2.4 | 11.311 h |
| March | 31.8°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 21 | 2.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 35.6°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 26 | 4.7 | 12.713 h |
| May | 35.5°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 86 | 11.2 | 13.413 h |
| June | 33.6°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 220 | 20.4 | 13.714 h |
| July | 31.5°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 301 | 27.4 | 13.514 h |
| August, selected | 31.4°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 261 | 26.3 | 13.013 h |
| September | 30.8°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 234 | 22.1 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.8°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 75 | 8.3 | 11.612 h |
| November | 27.4°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 6.0 | 0.8 | 10.911 h |
| December | 23.8°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 6.4 | 0.8 | 10.611 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
- Jamālpur, India in AugustIndia · 49 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 26.1°C · 269 mm rain
- Munger in AugustIndia · 52 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 26.1°C · 269 mm rain
- Sāhibganj in AugustIndia · 67 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 26.0°C · 287 mm rain
- Katihar in AugustIndia · 68 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.9°C · 289 mm rain
- Purnia in AugustIndia · 78 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 25.7°C · 338 mm rain
- Saharsa in AugustIndia · 80 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.8°C · 287 mm rain
- Jamūī in AugustIndia · 83 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 25.7°C · 244 mm rain
- Begusarai in AugustIndia · 86 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 26.2°C · 274 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 Bhāgalpur) is explained once on the Bhāgalpur year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.