Climate averages 1991–2020

Gurdaspur 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.

Average high 31.6°C Daytime mean, August
Average low 25.1°C Night-time mean, August
Rainfall 220 mm 22 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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August is a hot month in Gurdaspur: daytime highs average 31.6°C and nights cool to about 25.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 220 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 19 min on an average August day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Batāla (32 km away). In August its highs average 31.8°C, about as warm as Gurdaspur, with 209 mm of rain.

Among the 692 cities listed in India, Gurdaspur ranks joint 168th of 692 for the warmest August highs and joint 321st of 692 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 692 cities is 30.2°C; Gurdaspur is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.

From August to September, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 31.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 220 mm to 90 mm.

The annual picture

August in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 0510152025303540 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 3000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Gurdaspur climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Gurdaspur, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 17.3°C6.4°C6.4°C776.710.310 h
February 20.0°C8.5°C8.5°C1097.511.011 h
March 25.4°C12.1°C12.1°C927.312.012 h
April 32.1°C16.9°C16.9°C496.312.913 h
May 37.3°C21.9°C21.9°C266.113.814 h
June 37.3°C25.5°C25.5°C898.914.214 h
July 32.8°C25.8°C25.8°C25921.814.014 h
August, selected 31.6°C25.1°C25.1°C22021.913.313 h
September 31.3°C22.8°C22.8°C909.512.412 h
October 29.9°C16.9°C16.9°C182.011.411 h
November 24.9°C12.1°C12.1°C222.310.611 h
December 19.7°C7.8°C7.8°C353.510.110 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

Distance from Gurdaspur

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Gurdaspur) is explained once on the Gurdaspur year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.