Climate averages 1991–2020
Saunda 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 Saunda: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 24.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 221 mm of rain on roughly 25 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 Rāmgarh (20 km away). In August its highs average 29.6°C, about as warm as Saunda, with 252 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Saunda ranks joint 469th of 692 for the warmest August highs and joint 324th of 692 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 692 cities is 30.2°C; Saunda is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 221 mm to 148 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
Saunda climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.6°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 16 | 2.4 | 10.911 h |
| February | 26.7°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 17 | 2.7 | 11.311 h |
| March | 31.8°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 17 | 3.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 36.8°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 12 | 3.2 | 12.713 h |
| May | 38.1°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 25 | 5.1 | 13.313 h |
| June | 34.4°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 151 | 15.7 | 13.614 h |
| July | 29.9°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 244 | 24.7 | 13.413 h |
| August, selected | 29.3°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 221 | 24.8 | 13.013 h |
| September | 29.3°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 148 | 18.3 | 12.312 h |
| October | 28.7°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 52 | 6.9 | 11.612 h |
| November | 26.1°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 9.1 | 1.2 | 11.011 h |
| December | 23.1°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 8.5 | 1.2 | 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
- Rāmgarh in AugustIndia · 20 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.3°C · 252 mm rain
- Ranchi in AugustIndia · 36 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 22.9°C · 310 mm rain
- Hazāribāgh in AugustIndia · 37 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 22.9°C · 278 mm rain
- Phusro in AugustIndia · 70 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.8°C · 269 mm rain
- Bokāro in AugustIndia · 84 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.8°C · 267 mm rain
- Chas in AugustIndia · 86 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 24.8°C · 267 mm rain
- Jhumri Telaiya in AugustIndia · 88 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.2°C · 242 mm rain
- Bagaha (Bihar, 24.53°N 85.06°E), India in AugustIndia · 100 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 25.4°C · 243 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 Saunda) is explained once on the Saunda year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.