Climate averages 1991–2020
Gorakhpur weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the 5th 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 Gorakhpur: daytime highs average 31.4°C and nights cool to about 25.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 275 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 13 h 05 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Deoria (50 km away). In August its highs average 31.5°C, about as warm as Gorakhpur, with 301 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Gorakhpur ranks joint 215th of 692 for the warmest August highs and joint 484th of 692 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 692 cities is 30.2°C; Gorakhpur is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 30.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 275 mm to 195 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
Gorakhpur climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21.3°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 19 | 2.3 | 10.711 h |
| February | 25.0°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 23 | 2.8 | 11.211 h |
| March | 31.3°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 16 | 2.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 36.7°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 11 | 2.8 | 12.813 h |
| May | 37.5°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 29 | 5.5 | 13.413 h |
| June | 35.4°C26.9°C | 26.9°C | 179 | 15.3 | 13.814 h |
| July | 31.7°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 334 | 26.7 | 13.614 h |
| August, selected | 31.4°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 275 | 26.7 | 13.113 h |
| September | 30.8°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 195 | 19.1 | 12.312 h |
| October | 30.2°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 40 | 3.5 | 11.512 h |
| November | 27.6°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 2.9 | 0.4 | 10.911 h |
| December | 23.3°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 8.4 | 0.8 | 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
- Deoria in AugustIndia · 50 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 26.0°C · 301 mm rain
- Kushinagar in AugustIndia · 52 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.9°C · 310 mm rain
- Bastī in AugustIndia · 65 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 26.0°C · 277 mm rain
- Tāndā in AugustIndia · 75 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 26.0°C · 274 mm rain
- Azamgarh in AugustIndia · 80 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 26.0°C · 275 mm rain
- Bagaha (Bihar, 27.10°N 84.09°E), India in AugustIndia · 81 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 25.8°C · 358 mm rain
- Mau in AugustIndia · 94 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 26.0°C · 284 mm rain
- Butwāl in AugustNepal · 103 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 25.8°C · 516 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 Gorakhpur) is explained once on the Gorakhpur year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.