Climate averages 1991–2020
Bhubaneswar weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the 8th 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 Bhubaneswar: daytime highs average 30.4°C and nights cool to about 25.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 369 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 49 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cuttack (22 km away). In August its highs average 30.7°C, about as warm as Bhubaneswar, with 379 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Bhubaneswar ranks joint 380th of 692 for the warmest August highs and joint 623rd of 692 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 692 cities is 30.2°C; Bhubaneswar is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 30.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 369 mm to 260 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
Bhubaneswar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.0°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 11 | 1.7 | 11.111 h |
| February | 30.7°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 17 | 2.4 | 11.511 h |
| March | 34.6°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 19 | 4.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 36.5°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 25 | 5.7 | 12.613 h |
| May | 36.9°C27.4°C | 27.4°C | 55 | 6.1 | 13.113 h |
| June | 33.7°C27.2°C | 27.2°C | 232 | 18.7 | 13.313 h |
| July | 30.9°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 388 | 27.7 | 13.213 h |
| August, selected | 30.4°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 369 | 28.0 | 12.813 h |
| September | 30.7°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 260 | 24.8 | 12.312 h |
| October | 30.1°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 146 | 15.1 | 11.712 h |
| November | 28.5°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 34 | 3.4 | 11.211 h |
| December | 26.6°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 13 | 1.5 | 10.911 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
- Cuttack in AugustIndia · 22 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 25.7°C · 379 mm rain
- Puri in AugustIndia · 53 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 26.4°C · 332 mm rain
- Parādīp Garh in AugustIndia · 81 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 26.5°C · 356 mm rain
- Bhadrak in AugustIndia · 112 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 25.6°C · 341 mm rain
- Brahmapur in AugustIndia · 153 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 26.0°C · 258 mm rain
- Balasore in AugustIndia · 177 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 25.9°C · 332 mm rain
- Baripāda in AugustIndia · 207 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 25.2°C · 318 mm rain
- Sambalpur in AugustIndia · 234 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 25.0°C · 384 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 Bhubaneswar) is explained once on the Bhubaneswar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.