Climate averages 1991–2020
Bikaner weather
in August.
A very hot, moderately 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 very hot month in Bikaner: daytime highs average 35.3°C and nights cool to about 26.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 59 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes August a moderately 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 Nāgaur (100 km away). In August its highs average 32.9°C, 2.4°C cooler than Bikaner, with 86 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Bikaner ranks joint 11th of 692 for the warmest August highs and 11th of 692 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 692 cities is 30.2°C; Bikaner is 5.0°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 36.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 59 mm to 21 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
Bikaner climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21.2°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 3.8 | 1.1 | 10.611 h |
| February | 25.3°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 7.7 | 1.2 | 11.211 h |
| March | 31.4°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 5.8 | 1.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 37.4°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 5.9 | 1.4 | 12.813 h |
| May | 41.2°C27.3°C | 27.3°C | 12 | 2.4 | 13.514 h |
| June | 40.3°C29.5°C | 29.5°C | 28 | 4.0 | 13.914 h |
| July | 36.8°C28.3°C | 28.3°C | 60 | 9.6 | 13.714 h |
| August, selected | 35.3°C26.9°C | 26.9°C | 59 | 8.6 | 13.113 h |
| September | 36.1°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 21 | 3.8 | 12.312 h |
| October | 34.7°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 8.3 | 1.0 | 11.512 h |
| November | 28.9°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 2.0 | 0.3 | 10.811 h |
| December | 23.3°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 2.8 | 0.5 | 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
- Nāgaur in AugustIndia · 100 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 25.4°C · 86 mm rain
- Sūjāngarh in AugustIndia · 119 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 25.6°C · 91 mm rain
- Sardārshahr in AugustIndia · 124 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 26.8°C · 72 mm rain
- Ratangarh in AugustIndia · 128 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 26.1°C · 81 mm rain
- Fort Abbas in AugustPakistan · 138 kmHigh 37.1°C · Low 28.6°C · 54 mm rain
- Suratgarh in AugustIndia · 156 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 28.0°C · 62 mm rain
- Fatehpur (Rajasthan), India in AugustIndia · 161 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 25.7°C · 98 mm rain
- Chūru in AugustIndia · 165 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 26.2°C · 87 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 Bikaner) is explained once on the Bikaner year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.