Climate averages 1991–2020
Contai weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 6th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Contai: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 26.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 338 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 53 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Haldia (49 km away). In August its highs average 30.4°C, about as warm as Contai, with 327 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Contai ranks joint 403rd of 692 for the warmest August highs and joint 600th of 692 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 692 cities is 30.2°C; Contai is level with that mean.
From August to September, average highs stay level at 30.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 338 mm to 263 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
Contai climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.3°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 12 | 1.6 | 11.011 h |
| February | 28.4°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 18 | 2.5 | 11.411 h |
| March | 32.3°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 22 | 2.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 34.1°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 41 | 5.1 | 12.613 h |
| May | 34.2°C27.8°C | 27.8°C | 93 | 7.5 | 13.213 h |
| June | 32.3°C27.7°C | 27.7°C | 256 | 19.4 | 13.413 h |
| July | 30.5°C26.7°C | 26.7°C | 335 | 27.4 | 13.313 h |
| August, selected | 30.2°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 338 | 28.0 | 12.913 h |
| September | 30.2°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 263 | 23.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.8°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 158 | 13.2 | 11.712 h |
| November | 28.2°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 43 | 2.7 | 11.111 h |
| December | 25.9°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 9.9 | 0.9 | 10.811 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
- Haldia in AugustIndia · 49 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 26.2°C · 327 mm rain
- Kharagpur in AugustIndia · 76 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 25.6°C · 299 mm rain
- Medinīpur in AugustIndia · 84 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 25.6°C · 285 mm rain
- Uluberiya in AugustIndia · 85 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 25.9°C · 290 mm rain
- Budge Budge in AugustIndia · 90 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 25.9°C · 308 mm rain
- Balasore in AugustIndia · 90 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 25.9°C · 332 mm rain
- Maheshtala in AugustIndia · 96 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 25.9°C · 308 mm rain
- Rajpur Sonarpur in AugustIndia · 102 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 25.9°C · 307 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 Contai) is explained once on the Contai year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.