Climate averages 1991–2020
Haridwar 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 Haridwar: daytime highs average 30.3°C and nights cool to about 24.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 337 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 14 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Roorkee (27 km away). In August its highs average 30.9°C, 0.6°C warmer than Haridwar, with 249 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Haridwar ranks joint 394th of 692 for the warmest August highs and 599th of 692 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 692 cities is 30.2°C; Haridwar is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 337 mm to 154 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
Haridwar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.1°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 42 | 4.3 | 10.510 h |
| February | 22.3°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 57 | 5.8 | 11.111 h |
| March | 27.8°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 41 | 5.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 34.1°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 27 | 5.5 | 12.913 h |
| May | 37.2°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 34 | 8.4 | 13.614 h |
| June | 35.7°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 122 | 14.5 | 14.014 h |
| July | 31.3°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 356 | 28.1 | 13.914 h |
| August, selected | 30.3°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 337 | 27.6 | 13.213 h |
| September | 30.0°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 154 | 17.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 28.9°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 13 | 2.6 | 11.511 h |
| November | 25.1°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 3.8 | 0.9 | 10.711 h |
| December | 20.8°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 16 | 1.9 | 10.310 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
- Roorkee in AugustIndia · 27 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 24.9°C · 249 mm rain
- Najībābād in AugustIndia · 41 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.9°C · 273 mm rain
- Dehradun in AugustIndia · 44 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 22.4°C · 414 mm rain
- Deoband in AugustIndia · 54 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 25.2°C · 262 mm rain
- Sahāranpur in AugustIndia · 59 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.1°C · 297 mm rain
- Nagīna in AugustIndia · 62 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 25.1°C · 266 mm rain
- Bijnor in AugustIndia · 64 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 25.3°C · 278 mm rain
- Muzaffarnagar in AugustIndia · 69 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.3°C · 254 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 Haridwar) is explained once on the Haridwar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.