Climate averages 1991–2020
Puruliya 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 Puruliya: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 24.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 301 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 56 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chas (39 km away). In August its highs average 30.4°C, about as warm as Puruliya, with 267 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Puruliya ranks joint 403rd of 692 for the warmest August highs and joint 544th of 692 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 692 cities is 30.2°C; Puruliya is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 301 mm to 216 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
Puruliya climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.8°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 14 | 2.5 | 10.911 h |
| February | 27.8°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 18 | 2.7 | 11.411 h |
| March | 33.1°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 21 | 3.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 37.2°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 30 | 7.5 | 12.713 h |
| May | 37.3°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 82 | 12.7 | 13.313 h |
| June | 33.9°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 256 | 21.6 | 13.514 h |
| July | 30.6°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 326 | 28.0 | 13.413 h |
| August, selected | 30.2°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 301 | 28.1 | 12.913 h |
| September | 30.0°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 216 | 22.1 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.4°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 82 | 9.8 | 11.612 h |
| November | 27.3°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 10 | 1.5 | 11.011 h |
| December | 24.3°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 9.4 | 1.4 | 10.711 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
- Chas in AugustIndia · 39 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 24.8°C · 267 mm rain
- Bokāro in AugustIndia · 43 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.8°C · 267 mm rain
- Jharia in AugustIndia · 46 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 24.8°C · 257 mm rain
- Dhanbad in AugustIndia · 52 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 24.7°C · 257 mm rain
- Phusro in AugustIndia · 60 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.8°C · 269 mm rain
- Jamshedpur in AugustIndia · 61 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.9°C · 280 mm rain
- Bhetia in AugustIndia · 64 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 25.0°C · 280 mm rain
- Kulti in AugustIndia · 66 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 25.2°C · 259 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 Puruliya) is explained once on the Puruliya year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.