Climate averages 1991–2020
Kishanganj weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 4th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Kishanganj: daytime highs average 31.1°C and nights cool to about 25.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 359 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 03 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Arāria (44 km away). In August its highs average 31.1°C, about as warm as Kishanganj, with 455 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Kishanganj ranks joint 285th of 692 for the warmest August highs and joint 618th of 692 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 692 cities is 30.2°C; Kishanganj is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 30.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 359 mm to 309 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
Kishanganj climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.0°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 13 | 1.7 | 10.711 h |
| February | 26.2°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 15 | 2.1 | 11.311 h |
| March | 31.7°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 20 | 3.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 33.5°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 67 | 9.2 | 12.813 h |
| May | 31.8°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 215 | 19.1 | 13.413 h |
| June | 31.1°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 386 | 26.6 | 13.714 h |
| July | 30.9°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 411 | 29.6 | 13.614 h |
| August, selected | 31.1°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 359 | 28.9 | 13.113 h |
| September | 30.4°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 309 | 24.9 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.7°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 104 | 9.9 | 11.612 h |
| November | 27.8°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 5.5 | 0.8 | 10.911 h |
| December | 24.7°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 5.9 | 0.7 | 10.511 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
- Arāria in AugustIndia · 44 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 25.5°C · 455 mm rain
- Thākurgaon in AugustBangladesh · 52 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 25.4°C · 371 mm rain
- Rāiganj in AugustIndia · 57 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.7°C · 318 mm rain
- Purnia in AugustIndia · 60 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 25.7°C · 338 mm rain
- Katihar in AugustIndia · 74 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.9°C · 289 mm rain
- Biratnagar in AugustNepal · 79 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 25.4°C · 346 mm rain
- Siliguri in AugustIndia · 82 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.5°C · 576 mm rain
- Dinajpur in AugustBangladesh · 86 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 25.6°C · 376 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 Kishanganj) is explained once on the Kishanganj year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.