Climate averages 1991–2020
Dārjiling weather
in August.
A mild, very wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Dārjiling: daytime highs average 20.4°C and nights cool to about 15.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 548 mm of rain on roughly 30 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 06 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Siliguri (39 km away). In August its highs average 29.4°C, 9.1°C warmer than Dārjiling, with 576 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Dārjiling ranks 691st of 692 for the warmest August highs and 678th of 692 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 692 cities is 30.2°C; Dārjiling is 9.9°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 19.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 548 mm to 416 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
Dārjiling climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.9°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 33 | 7.1 | 10.611 h |
| February | 12.5°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 71 | 12.6 | 11.211 h |
| March | 16.0°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 137 | 18.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 18.6°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 222 | 22.8 | 12.813 h |
| May | 19.7°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 377 | 29.0 | 13.513 h |
| June | 20.5°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 618 | 29.4 | 13.814 h |
| July | 20.1°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 864 | 30.6 | 13.714 h |
| August, selected | 20.4°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 548 | 29.7 | 13.113 h |
| September | 19.7°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 416 | 27.3 | 12.312 h |
| October | 18.1°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 164 | 19.1 | 11.512 h |
| November | 15.1°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 35 | 7.8 | 10.811 h |
| December | 12.4°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 17 | 3.9 | 10.510 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
- Siliguri in AugustIndia · 39 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.5°C · 576 mm rain
- Gangtok in AugustIndia · 47 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 16.1°C · 908 mm rain
- Jalpāiguri in AugustIndia · 74 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 25.0°C · 669 mm rain
- Dharān in AugustNepal · 101 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 24.1°C · 371 mm rain
- Kishanganj in AugustIndia · 108 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 25.5°C · 359 mm rain
- Jaigaon in AugustIndia · 112 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 24.3°C · 657 mm rain
- Thākurgaon in AugustBangladesh · 113 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 25.4°C · 371 mm rain
- Biratnagar in AugustNepal · 118 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 25.4°C · 346 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 Dārjiling) is explained once on the Dārjiling year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.