Climate averages 1991–2020
Sopur weather
in August.
A warm, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Sopur: daytime highs average 24.6°C and nights cool to about 16.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 158 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes August a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 26 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bāramūla (15 km away). In August its highs average 25.6°C, 1.0°C warmer than Sopur, with 156 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Sopur ranks 681st of 692 for the warmest August highs and 172nd of 692 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 692 cities is 30.2°C; Sopur is 5.6°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 22.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 158 mm to 68 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
Sopur climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.7°C-4.9°C | -4.9°C | 137 | 11.0 | 10.110 h |
| February | 4.4°C-2.4°C | -2.4°C | 180 | 12.6 | 10.911 h |
| March | 9.1°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 177 | 13.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.7°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 132 | 11.7 | 13.013 h |
| May | 20.9°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 65 | 8.9 | 13.914 h |
| June | 24.4°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 46 | 7.2 | 14.414 h |
| July | 25.3°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 166 | 16.5 | 14.214 h |
| August, selected | 24.6°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 158 | 16.3 | 13.413 h |
| September | 22.7°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 68 | 6.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 18.1°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 30 | 3.7 | 11.411 h |
| November | 12.6°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 57 | 5.4 | 10.410 h |
| December | 6.5°C-2.6°C | -2.6°C | 77 | 7.1 | 9.910 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
- Bāramūla in AugustIndia · 15 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 16.6°C · 156 mm rain
- Dhirkot in AugustPakistan · 87 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 16.3°C · 215 mm rain
- Anantnag in AugustIndia · 88 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 15.7°C · 129 mm rain
- Muzaffarābād in AugustPakistan · 92 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 20.9°C · 156 mm rain
- Abbottabad in AugustPakistan · 117 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 19.7°C · 198 mm rain
- Battagram in AugustPakistan · 140 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 19.4°C · 157 mm rain
- New Mirpur City in AugustPakistan · 143 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 23.8°C · 260 mm rain
- Islamabad in AugustPakistan · 146 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.6°C · 164 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 Sopur) is explained once on the Sopur year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.