Climate averages 1991–2020
Gaya 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 Gaya: daytime highs average 31.5°C and nights cool to about 25.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 245 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 13 h 00 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bagaha (Bihar, 24.53°N 85.06°E), India (30 km away). In August its highs average 30.8°C, 0.7°C cooler than Gaya, with 243 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Gaya ranks joint 189th of 692 for the warmest August highs and joint 382nd of 692 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 692 cities is 30.2°C; Gaya is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 30.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 245 mm to 184 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
Gaya climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.5°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 16 | 2.2 | 10.811 h |
| February | 26.7°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 15 | 2.5 | 11.311 h |
| March | 32.9°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 13 | 2.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 38.3°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 8.8 | 3.2 | 12.713 h |
| May | 39.4°C26.9°C | 26.9°C | 24 | 5.5 | 13.313 h |
| June | 36.5°C27.8°C | 27.8°C | 167 | 15.6 | 13.614 h |
| July | 32.0°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 280 | 24.8 | 13.514 h |
| August, selected | 31.5°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 245 | 25.0 | 13.013 h |
| September | 30.9°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 184 | 19.6 | 12.312 h |
| October | 30.0°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 53 | 6.4 | 11.612 h |
| November | 27.3°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 7.2 | 0.9 | 11.011 h |
| December | 23.7°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 7.4 | 0.8 | 10.611 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
- Bagaha (Bihar, 24.53°N 85.06°E), India in AugustIndia · 30 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 25.4°C · 243 mm rain
- Jahānābād in AugustIndia · 46 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 26.0°C · 273 mm rain
- Nawāda in AugustIndia · 55 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 25.8°C · 255 mm rain
- Aurangābād in AugustIndia · 64 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.7°C · 264 mm rain
- Jhumri Telaiya in AugustIndia · 67 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.2°C · 242 mm rain
- Bihār Sharīf in AugustIndia · 69 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 26.0°C · 259 mm rain
- Madhurampur Dehri in AugustIndia · 84 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 25.9°C · 274 mm rain
- Patna in AugustIndia · 90 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 26.3°C · 268 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 Gaya) is explained once on the Gaya year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.