Climate averages 1991–2020
Prayagraj weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 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 Prayagraj: daytime highs average 31.3°C and nights cool to about 26.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 265 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 02 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bela (55 km away). In August its highs average 31.4°C, about as warm as Prayagraj, with 257 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Prayagraj ranks joint 249th of 692 for the warmest August highs and joint 444th of 692 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 692 cities is 30.2°C; Prayagraj is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 31.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 265 mm to 176 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
Prayagraj climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.1°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 19 | 2.3 | 10.711 h |
| February | 26.2°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 17 | 2.3 | 11.311 h |
| March | 32.4°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 12 | 1.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 38.4°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 6.5 | 2.2 | 12.713 h |
| May | 40.4°C27.1°C | 27.1°C | 8.8 | 2.9 | 13.413 h |
| June | 37.8°C28.5°C | 28.5°C | 137 | 12.0 | 13.714 h |
| July | 32.5°C26.7°C | 26.7°C | 320 | 24.5 | 13.614 h |
| August, selected | 31.3°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 265 | 24.6 | 13.013 h |
| September | 31.3°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 176 | 16.6 | 12.312 h |
| October | 31.1°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 33 | 3.1 | 11.612 h |
| November | 27.9°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 4.5 | 0.6 | 10.911 h |
| December | 23.6°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 6.3 | 0.9 | 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
- Bela in AugustIndia · 55 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 26.0°C · 257 mm rain
- Gyānpur in AugustIndia · 64 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 26.0°C · 248 mm rain
- Bhadohi in AugustIndia · 73 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 26.0°C · 249 mm rain
- Mirzāpur in AugustIndia · 80 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 26.1°C · 248 mm rain
- Gauriganj in AugustIndia · 86 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.9°C · 253 mm rain
- Jaunpur in AugustIndia · 91 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 26.0°C · 260 mm rain
- Sultānpur in AugustIndia · 93 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.9°C · 263 mm rain
- Raebareli in AugustIndia · 107 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.9°C · 248 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 Prayagraj) is explained once on the Prayagraj year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.