Climate averages 1991–2020
Puri weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the 7th 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 Puri: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 26.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 332 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 48 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bhubaneswar (53 km away). In August its highs average 30.4°C, about as warm as Puri, with 369 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Puri ranks joint 403rd of 692 for the warmest August highs and joint 594th of 692 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 692 cities is 30.2°C; Puri is level with that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 30.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 332 mm to 255 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
Puri climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.2°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 11 | 1.7 | 11.111 h |
| February | 29.9°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 14 | 2.3 | 11.511 h |
| March | 33.0°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 10 | 2.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 34.0°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 12 | 1.7 | 12.613 h |
| May | 34.6°C27.9°C | 27.9°C | 44 | 3.1 | 13.113 h |
| June | 32.7°C27.9°C | 27.9°C | 205 | 15.6 | 13.313 h |
| July | 30.6°C26.9°C | 26.9°C | 345 | 24.2 | 13.213 h |
| August, selected | 30.2°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 332 | 25.6 | 12.813 h |
| September | 30.5°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 255 | 23.1 | 12.312 h |
| October | 30.1°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 183 | 15.3 | 11.712 h |
| November | 28.8°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 55 | 4.0 | 11.211 h |
| December | 27.1°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 17 | 1.4 | 11.011 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
- Bhubaneswar in AugustIndia · 53 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 25.6°C · 369 mm rain
- Cuttack in AugustIndia · 74 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 25.7°C · 379 mm rain
- Parādīp Garh in AugustIndia · 100 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 26.5°C · 356 mm rain
- Brahmapur in AugustIndia · 121 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 26.0°C · 258 mm rain
- Bhadrak in AugustIndia · 157 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 25.6°C · 341 mm rain
- Paralakhemundi in AugustIndia · 214 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.8°C · 315 mm rain
- Balasore in AugustIndia · 221 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 25.9°C · 332 mm rain
- Baripāda in AugustIndia · 255 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 25.2°C · 318 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 Puri) is explained once on the Puri year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.