Climate averages 1991–2020
Dhamtari weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the 9th 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 Dhamtari: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 24.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 370 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 50 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bhilai (57 km away). In August its highs average 29.1°C, 0.5°C warmer than Dhamtari, with 384 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Dhamtari ranks joint 513th of 692 for the warmest August highs and joint 625th of 692 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 692 cities is 30.2°C; Dhamtari is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 29.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 370 mm to 225 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
Dhamtari climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.9°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 15 | 1.9 | 11.011 h |
| February | 30.6°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 11 | 1.8 | 11.511 h |
| March | 35.2°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 12 | 2.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 38.8°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 12 | 3.3 | 12.613 h |
| May | 40.7°C28.8°C | 28.8°C | 16 | 3.1 | 13.113 h |
| June | 34.9°C27.2°C | 27.2°C | 195 | 16.0 | 13.413 h |
| July | 29.3°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 375 | 24.8 | 13.313 h |
| August, selected | 28.6°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 370 | 24.9 | 12.813 h |
| September | 29.8°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 225 | 19.4 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.9°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 70 | 8.3 | 11.712 h |
| November | 28.3°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 11 | 1.7 | 11.211 h |
| December | 26.6°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 10 | 1.0 | 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
- Bhilai in AugustIndia · 57 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 24.1°C · 384 mm rain
- Bhilai Charoda in AugustIndia · 58 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 384 mm rain
- Raipur in AugustIndia · 59 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 383 mm rain
- Durg in AugustIndia · 61 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.1°C · 357 mm rain
- Rāj-Nāndgaon in AugustIndia · 69 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 24.0°C · 338 mm rain
- Gondiā in AugustIndia · 164 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 23.7°C · 369 mm rain
- Bilāspur in AugustIndia · 165 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 24.4°C · 400 mm rain
- Bālāghāt in AugustIndia · 187 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 23.5°C · 401 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 Dhamtari) is explained once on the Dhamtari year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.