Climate averages 1991–2020
Saharsa 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 Saharsa: daytime highs average 31.4°C and nights cool to about 25.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 287 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 13 h 03 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Benipur (49 km away). In August its highs average 31.6°C, about as warm as Saharsa, with 309 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Saharsa ranks joint 215th of 692 for the warmest August highs and joint 517th of 692 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 692 cities is 30.2°C; Saharsa is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 30.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 287 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
Saharsa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.4°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 15 | 2.1 | 10.711 h |
| February | 26.0°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 15 | 2.2 | 11.311 h |
| March | 32.0°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 16 | 2.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 35.7°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 25 | 4.8 | 12.813 h |
| May | 35.2°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 82 | 10.9 | 13.413 h |
| June | 33.3°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 228 | 19.9 | 13.714 h |
| July | 31.5°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 334 | 28.0 | 13.614 h |
| August, selected | 31.4°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 287 | 27.5 | 13.013 h |
| September | 30.7°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 244 | 22.3 | 12.312 h |
| October | 30.0°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 76 | 7.7 | 11.612 h |
| November | 27.9°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 5.0 | 0.6 | 10.911 h |
| December | 24.2°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 6.8 | 0.7 | 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
- Benipur in AugustIndia · 49 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 25.9°C · 309 mm rain
- Munger in AugustIndia · 57 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 26.1°C · 269 mm rain
- Jamālpur, India in AugustIndia · 63 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 26.1°C · 269 mm rain
- Begusarai in AugustIndia · 69 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 26.2°C · 274 mm rain
- Madhubani in AugustIndia · 75 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.7°C · 306 mm rain
- Darbhanga in AugustIndia · 76 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 25.8°C · 306 mm rain
- Bāruni in AugustIndia · 77 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 26.1°C · 270 mm rain
- Bhāgalpur in AugustIndia · 80 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.9°C · 261 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 Saharsa) is explained once on the Saharsa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.