Climate averages 1991–2020
Siliguri weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Siliguri: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 24.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 576 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 05 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jalpāiguri (37 km away). In August its highs average 30.3°C, 0.9°C warmer than Siliguri, with 669 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Siliguri ranks joint 465th of 692 for the warmest August highs and 682nd of 692 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 692 cities is 30.2°C; Siliguri is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 576 mm to 411 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
Siliguri climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21.5°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 19 | 4.4 | 10.711 h |
| February | 24.1°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 21 | 4.4 | 11.211 h |
| March | 29.2°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 30 | 5.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 30.9°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 73 | 13.9 | 12.813 h |
| May | 29.8°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 231 | 23.8 | 13.413 h |
| June | 29.3°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 616 | 28.1 | 13.814 h |
| July | 29.0°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 850 | 29.8 | 13.614 h |
| August, selected | 29.4°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 576 | 28.7 | 13.113 h |
| September | 29.0°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 411 | 24.7 | 12.312 h |
| October | 28.4°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 116 | 10.6 | 11.512 h |
| November | 26.2°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 8.8 | 2.0 | 10.911 h |
| December | 23.3°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 8.8 | 2.7 | 10.510 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
- Jalpāiguri in AugustIndia · 37 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 25.0°C · 669 mm rain
- Dārjiling in AugustIndia · 39 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 15.8°C · 548 mm rain
- Gangtok in AugustIndia · 71 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 16.1°C · 908 mm rain
- Thākurgaon in AugustBangladesh · 76 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 25.4°C · 371 mm rain
- Kishanganj in AugustIndia · 82 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 25.5°C · 359 mm rain
- Jaigaon in AugustIndia · 95 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 24.3°C · 657 mm rain
- Koch Bihār in AugustIndia · 110 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 25.5°C · 590 mm rain
- Arāria in AugustIndia · 110 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 25.5°C · 455 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 Siliguri) is explained once on the Siliguri year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.