Climate averages 1991–2020
Sambalpur weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the 9th 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 Sambalpur: daytime highs average 29.7°C and nights cool to about 25.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 384 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 52 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Brajarajnagar (40 km away). In August its highs average 29.5°C, about as warm as Sambalpur, with 358 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Sambalpur ranks joint 440th of 692 for the warmest August highs and joint 637th of 692 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 692 cities is 30.2°C; Sambalpur is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 30.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 384 mm to 237 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
Sambalpur climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.0°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 17 | 2.0 | 11.011 h |
| February | 30.8°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 13 | 2.0 | 11.411 h |
| March | 35.5°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 15 | 2.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 39.0°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 17 | 4.0 | 12.613 h |
| May | 40.2°C28.1°C | 28.1°C | 27 | 4.4 | 13.113 h |
| June | 34.9°C27.4°C | 27.4°C | 249 | 18.1 | 13.413 h |
| July | 30.2°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 418 | 26.9 | 13.313 h |
| August, selected | 29.7°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 384 | 26.6 | 12.913 h |
| September | 30.4°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 237 | 21.1 | 12.312 h |
| October | 30.5°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 69 | 8.6 | 11.712 h |
| November | 29.0°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 11 | 1.7 | 11.111 h |
| December | 26.9°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 9.4 | 1.2 | 10.911 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
- Brajarajnagar in AugustIndia · 40 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.7°C · 358 mm rain
- Bargarh in AugustIndia · 40 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.8°C · 418 mm rain
- Jharsuguda in AugustIndia · 43 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.5°C · 358 mm rain
- Raigarh in AugustIndia · 77 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.6°C · 393 mm rain
- Balāngīr in AugustIndia · 98 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.6°C · 385 mm rain
- Rourkela in AugustIndia · 125 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 24.5°C · 314 mm rain
- Korba in AugustIndia · 164 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.2°C · 416 mm rain
- Bilāspur in AugustIndia · 200 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 24.4°C · 400 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 Sambalpur) is explained once on the Sambalpur year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.