Climate averages 1991–2020

Rāyagada weather
in August.

A hot, very wet month: the joint 8th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 29.7°C Daytime mean, August
Average low 24.4°C Night-time mean, August
Rainfall 318 mm 26 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Rāyagada · average highYear overview

August is a hot month in Rāyagada: daytime highs average 29.7°C and nights cool to about 24.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 318 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 47 min on an average August day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Paralakhemundi (84 km away). In August its highs average 30.2°C, 0.5°C warmer than Rāyagada, with 315 mm of rain.

Among the 692 cities listed in India, Rāyagada ranks joint 440th 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; Rāyagada is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.

From August to September, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 30.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 318 mm to 232 mm.

The annual picture

August in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 10152025303540 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 4000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Rāyagada climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Rāyagada, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 28.0°C16.0°C16.0°C162.311.111 h
February 31.3°C18.5°C18.5°C152.411.512 h
March 35.2°C22.0°C22.0°C285.312.012 h
April 36.6°C24.4°C24.4°C4912.412.613 h
May 37.6°C26.2°C26.2°C7412.613.013 h
June 33.4°C26.1°C26.1°C22121.413.313 h
July 30.1°C24.8°C24.8°C35125.513.213 h
August, selected 29.7°C24.4°C24.4°C31825.912.813 h
September 30.2°C23.8°C23.8°C23221.812.312 h
October 29.7°C21.9°C21.9°C11712.411.712 h
November 28.3°C18.6°C18.6°C374.011.211 h
December 27.1°C15.6°C15.6°C151.811.011 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

Distance from Rāyagada

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Rāyagada) is explained once on the Rāyagada year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.