Climate averages 1991–2020
Roorkee weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the 5th 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 Roorkee: daytime highs average 30.9°C and nights cool to about 24.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 249 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 13 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Haridwar (27 km away). In August its highs average 30.3°C, 0.6°C cooler than Roorkee, with 337 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Roorkee ranks joint 316th of 692 for the warmest August highs and joint 394th of 692 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 692 cities is 30.2°C; Roorkee is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 30.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 249 mm to 135 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
Roorkee climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.1°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 39 | 3.9 | 10.510 h |
| February | 22.3°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 50 | 4.8 | 11.111 h |
| March | 27.8°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 35 | 4.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 34.2°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 21 | 4.5 | 12.913 h |
| May | 37.5°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 23 | 5.8 | 13.614 h |
| June | 36.1°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 94 | 9.9 | 14.014 h |
| July | 31.8°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 277 | 23.4 | 13.914 h |
| August, selected | 30.9°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 249 | 23.2 | 13.213 h |
| September | 30.5°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 135 | 12.3 | 12.412 h |
| October | 29.4°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 11 | 1.7 | 11.511 h |
| November | 25.5°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 3.2 | 0.8 | 10.711 h |
| December | 21.0°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 16 | 1.6 | 10.310 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
- Haridwar in AugustIndia · 27 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.6°C · 337 mm rain
- Deoband in AugustIndia · 28 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 25.2°C · 262 mm rain
- Sahāranpur in AugustIndia · 35 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.1°C · 297 mm rain
- Muzaffarnagar in AugustIndia · 48 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.3°C · 254 mm rain
- Najībābād in AugustIndia · 52 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.9°C · 273 mm rain
- Dehradun in AugustIndia · 53 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 22.4°C · 414 mm rain
- Bijnor in AugustIndia · 60 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 25.3°C · 278 mm rain
- Yamuna Nagar in AugustIndia · 65 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.1°C · 315 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 Roorkee) is explained once on the Roorkee year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.