Climate averages 1991–2020
Silchar weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: one of the warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Silchar: daytime highs average 30.3°C and nights cool to about 25.0°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 390 mm of rain on roughly 30 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 00 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sylhet (94 km away). In August its highs average 30.4°C, about as warm as Silchar, with 733 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Silchar ranks joint 394th of 692 for the warmest August highs and joint 645th of 692 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 692 cities is 30.2°C; Silchar is level with that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 30.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 390 mm to 293 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
Silchar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.8°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 12 | 2.0 | 10.811 h |
| February | 26.1°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 51 | 5.2 | 11.311 h |
| March | 29.1°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 171 | 10.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 30.1°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 252 | 17.9 | 12.713 h |
| May | 30.3°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 417 | 25.6 | 13.313 h |
| June | 30.3°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 510 | 29.0 | 13.714 h |
| July | 30.1°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 492 | 30.3 | 13.514 h |
| August, selected | 30.3°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 390 | 29.9 | 13.013 h |
| September | 30.1°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 293 | 26.4 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.5°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 168 | 16.3 | 11.612 h |
| November | 27.4°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 30 | 3.7 | 11.011 h |
| December | 24.8°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 14 | 1.3 | 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
- Sylhet in AugustBangladesh · 94 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 25.1°C · 733 mm rain
- Imphal in AugustIndia · 116 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 21.3°C · 203 mm rain
- Aizawl in AugustIndia · 122 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 18.7°C · 303 mm rain
- Shillong in AugustIndia · 124 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 18.9°C · 558 mm rain
- Sunāmganj in AugustBangladesh · 143 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.6°C · 723 mm rain
- Habiganj in AugustBangladesh · 149 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 25.4°C · 341 mm rain
- Dimāpur in AugustIndia · 152 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.4°C · 227 mm rain
- Kohima in AugustIndia · 162 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 18.5°C · 501 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 Silchar) is explained once on the Silchar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.