Climate averages 1991–2020
Rāiganj weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the 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 Rāiganj: daytime highs average 31.4°C and nights cool to about 25.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 318 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 02 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dinajpur (51 km away). In August its highs average 31.2°C, about as warm as Rāiganj, with 376 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Rāiganj ranks joint 215th of 692 for the warmest August highs and joint 575th of 692 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 692 cities is 30.2°C; Rāiganj is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 30.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 318 mm to 286 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
Rāiganj climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.8°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 15 | 1.9 | 10.711 h |
| February | 26.3°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 18 | 2.1 | 11.311 h |
| March | 31.6°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 20 | 2.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 33.9°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 60 | 8.2 | 12.713 h |
| May | 32.6°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 176 | 17.8 | 13.413 h |
| June | 31.7°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 338 | 24.4 | 13.714 h |
| July | 31.3°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 359 | 28.9 | 13.614 h |
| August, selected | 31.4°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 318 | 28.0 | 13.013 h |
| September | 30.7°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 286 | 24.8 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.8°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 109 | 9.9 | 11.612 h |
| November | 27.8°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 5.7 | 0.6 | 10.911 h |
| December | 24.5°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 5.6 | 0.6 | 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
- Dinajpur in AugustBangladesh · 51 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 25.6°C · 376 mm rain
- Katihar in AugustIndia · 56 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.9°C · 289 mm rain
- Kishanganj in AugustIndia · 57 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 25.5°C · 359 mm rain
- Thākurgaon in AugustBangladesh · 58 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 25.4°C · 371 mm rain
- Sāhibganj in AugustIndia · 64 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 26.0°C · 287 mm rain
- Malda in AugustIndia · 68 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 25.9°C · 297 mm rain
- Purnia in AugustIndia · 68 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 25.7°C · 338 mm rain
- Bālurghāt in AugustIndia · 79 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 25.7°C · 303 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 Rāiganj) is explained once on the Rāiganj year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.