Climate averages 1991–2020
Kharagpur 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 Kharagpur: daytime highs average 31.0°C and nights cool to about 25.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 299 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 54 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Medinīpur (9 km away). In August its highs average 30.9°C, about as warm as Kharagpur, with 285 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Kharagpur ranks joint 299th of 692 for the warmest August highs and joint 540th of 692 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 692 cities is 30.2°C; Kharagpur is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 30.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 299 mm to 226 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
Kharagpur climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.2°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 14 | 1.8 | 10.911 h |
| February | 29.1°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 20 | 2.3 | 11.411 h |
| March | 34.0°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 24 | 4.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 36.8°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 49 | 9.4 | 12.713 h |
| May | 36.7°C27.0°C | 27.0°C | 105 | 11.6 | 13.213 h |
| June | 33.8°C27.1°C | 27.1°C | 237 | 20.6 | 13.513 h |
| July | 31.3°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 313 | 27.8 | 13.413 h |
| August, selected | 31.0°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 299 | 28.5 | 12.913 h |
| September | 30.9°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 226 | 23.4 | 12.312 h |
| October | 30.2°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 115 | 11.8 | 11.712 h |
| November | 28.3°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 25 | 1.8 | 11.111 h |
| December | 25.7°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 11 | 1.1 | 10.811 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
- Medinīpur in AugustIndia · 9 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 25.6°C · 285 mm rain
- Contai in AugustIndia · 76 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 26.3°C · 338 mm rain
- Baripāda in AugustIndia · 76 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 25.2°C · 318 mm rain
- Uluberiya in AugustIndia · 81 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 25.9°C · 290 mm rain
- Haldia in AugustIndia · 87 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 26.2°C · 327 mm rain
- Budge Budge in AugustIndia · 89 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 25.9°C · 308 mm rain
- Maheshtala in AugustIndia · 97 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 25.9°C · 308 mm rain
- Balasore in AugustIndia · 102 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 25.9°C · 332 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 Kharagpur) is explained once on the Kharagpur year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.