Climate averages 1991–2020
Ranchi 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 Ranchi: daytime highs average 28.1°C and nights cool to about 22.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 310 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 57 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saunda (36 km away). In August its highs average 29.3°C, 1.2°C warmer than Ranchi, with 221 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Ranchi ranks joint 552nd of 692 for the warmest August highs and joint 564th of 692 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 692 cities is 30.2°C; Ranchi is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs stay level at 28.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 310 mm to 204 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
Ranchi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.4°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 16 | 3.0 | 10.911 h |
| February | 26.2°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 19 | 3.4 | 11.411 h |
| March | 31.0°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 23 | 4.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 35.5°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 24 | 5.4 | 12.713 h |
| May | 36.5°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 53 | 9.0 | 13.313 h |
| June | 32.6°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 242 | 20.6 | 13.514 h |
| July | 28.6°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 337 | 28.2 | 13.413 h |
| August, selected | 28.1°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 310 | 28.1 | 12.913 h |
| September | 28.1°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 204 | 21.9 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.5°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 69 | 9.3 | 11.612 h |
| November | 25.2°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 11 | 1.5 | 11.011 h |
| December | 22.6°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 9.5 | 1.5 | 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
- Saunda in AugustIndia · 36 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.0°C · 221 mm rain
- Rāmgarh in AugustIndia · 39 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.3°C · 252 mm rain
- Hazāribāgh in AugustIndia · 72 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 22.9°C · 278 mm rain
- Phusro in AugustIndia · 85 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.8°C · 269 mm rain
- Bokāro in AugustIndia · 93 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.8°C · 267 mm rain
- Chas in AugustIndia · 93 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 24.8°C · 267 mm rain
- Bhetia in AugustIndia · 105 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 25.0°C · 280 mm rain
- Puruliya in AugustIndia · 108 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.6°C · 301 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 Ranchi) is explained once on the Ranchi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.