Climate averages 1991–2020
Malda weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 5th 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 Malda: daytime highs average 31.3°C and nights cool to about 25.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 297 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 01 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mohammadpur (40 km away). In August its highs average 31.4°C, about as warm as Malda, with 286 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Malda ranks joint 249th of 692 for the warmest August highs and joint 538th of 692 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 692 cities is 30.2°C; Malda 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 297 mm to 273 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
Malda climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.9°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 16 | 1.8 | 10.811 h |
| February | 26.4°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 18 | 2.3 | 11.311 h |
| March | 31.7°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 23 | 3.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 34.5°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 61 | 8.5 | 12.713 h |
| May | 33.7°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 171 | 17.2 | 13.313 h |
| June | 32.4°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 318 | 24.2 | 13.714 h |
| July | 31.3°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 337 | 28.5 | 13.514 h |
| August, selected | 31.3°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 297 | 27.9 | 13.013 h |
| September | 30.8°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 273 | 24.2 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.9°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 110 | 10.1 | 11.612 h |
| November | 27.7°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 9.3 | 0.7 | 11.011 h |
| December | 24.4°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 5.6 | 0.8 | 10.611 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
- Mohammadpur in AugustBangladesh · 40 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.8°C · 286 mm rain
- Dhuliān in AugustIndia · 41 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 25.9°C · 277 mm rain
- Nawābganj, Bangladesh in AugustBangladesh · 48 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 26.0°C · 269 mm rain
- Sāhibganj in AugustIndia · 58 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 26.0°C · 287 mm rain
- Jangipur in AugustIndia · 60 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 25.9°C · 269 mm rain
- Rāiganj in AugustIndia · 68 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.7°C · 318 mm rain
- Bālurghāt in AugustIndia · 68 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 25.7°C · 303 mm rain
- Katihar in AugustIndia · 83 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.9°C · 289 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 Malda) is explained once on the Malda year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.