Climate averages 1991–2020
Rajpur Sonarpur 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 Rajpur Sonarpur: daytime highs average 30.8°C and nights cool to about 25.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 307 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 54 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kolkata (16 km away). In August its highs average 30.9°C, about as warm as Rajpur Sonarpur, with 308 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Rajpur Sonarpur ranks joint 334th of 692 for the warmest August highs and joint 556th of 692 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 692 cities is 30.2°C; Rajpur Sonarpur is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 30.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 307 mm to 244 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
Rajpur Sonarpur climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.3°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 13 | 1.6 | 10.911 h |
| February | 28.8°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 22 | 2.7 | 11.411 h |
| March | 33.2°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 33 | 4.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 35.1°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 77 | 9.4 | 12.713 h |
| May | 34.8°C27.1°C | 27.1°C | 128 | 11.8 | 13.213 h |
| June | 32.6°C27.1°C | 27.1°C | 272 | 22.3 | 13.513 h |
| July | 31.0°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 352 | 29.3 | 13.413 h |
| August, selected | 30.8°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 307 | 29.1 | 12.913 h |
| September | 30.7°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 244 | 25.3 | 12.312 h |
| October | 30.2°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 133 | 12.8 | 11.612 h |
| November | 28.5°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 31 | 2.1 | 11.111 h |
| December | 25.9°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 9.8 | 1.0 | 10.811 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
- Kolkata in AugustIndia · 16 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 25.9°C · 308 mm rain
- Howrah in AugustIndia · 19 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 25.9°C · 308 mm rain
- Maheshtala in AugustIndia · 20 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 25.9°C · 308 mm rain
- Budge Budge in AugustIndia · 26 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 25.9°C · 308 mm rain
- Pānihāti in AugustIndia · 29 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 25.9°C · 289 mm rain
- Bārāsat in AugustIndia · 32 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 25.9°C · 290 mm rain
- Rishra in AugustIndia · 33 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 25.8°C · 289 mm rain
- Uluberiya in AugustIndia · 34 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 25.9°C · 290 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 Rajpur Sonarpur) is explained once on the Rajpur Sonarpur year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.