Climate averages 1991–2020
Dhanbad weather
in August.
A hot, very 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 hot month in Dhanbad: daytime highs average 30.1°C and nights cool to about 24.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 257 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 58 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jharia (7 km away). In August its highs average 30.4°C, about as warm as Dhanbad, with 257 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Dhanbad ranks joint 412th of 692 for the warmest August highs and joint 415th of 692 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 692 cities is 30.2°C; Dhanbad is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 257 mm to 211 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
Dhanbad climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.3°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 13 | 2.3 | 10.811 h |
| February | 27.3°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 18 | 2.4 | 11.311 h |
| March | 32.7°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 19 | 2.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 37.0°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 22 | 5.3 | 12.713 h |
| May | 37.3°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 72 | 11.2 | 13.313 h |
| June | 34.1°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 216 | 20.8 | 13.614 h |
| July | 30.6°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 288 | 27.3 | 13.513 h |
| August, selected | 30.1°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 257 | 27.2 | 13.013 h |
| September | 29.9°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 211 | 21.3 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.2°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 67 | 7.7 | 11.612 h |
| November | 27.1°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 8.8 | 1.1 | 11.011 h |
| December | 24.0°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 8.5 | 1.2 | 10.711 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
- Jharia in AugustIndia · 7 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 24.8°C · 257 mm rain
- Bokāro in AugustIndia · 32 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.8°C · 267 mm rain
- Chas in AugustIndia · 32 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 24.8°C · 267 mm rain
- Kulti in AugustIndia · 43 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 25.2°C · 259 mm rain
- Phusro in AugustIndia · 43 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.8°C · 269 mm rain
- Giridih in AugustIndia · 45 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.4°C · 254 mm rain
- Puruliya in AugustIndia · 52 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.6°C · 301 mm rain
- Āsansol in AugustIndia · 58 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 25.3°C · 247 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 Dhanbad) is explained once on the Dhanbad year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Jharia lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.