Climate averages 1991–2020

Bhimdatta weather
in August.

A hot, very wet month: the 5th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 29.7°C Daytime mean, August
Average low 24.4°C Night-time mean, August
Rainfall 476 mm 27 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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August is a hot month in Bhimdatta: daytime highs average 29.7°C and nights cool to about 24.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 476 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 13 h 11 min on an average August day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Dhangaḍhi̇̄ (50 km away). In August its highs average 29.8°C, about as warm as Bhimdatta, with 424 mm of rain.

Among the 16 cities listed in Nepal, Bhimdatta ranks 11th of 16 for the warmest August highs and 10th of 16 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 16 cities is 29.3°C; Bhimdatta is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.

From August to September, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 476 mm to 198 mm.

The annual picture

August in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 510152025303540 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 6000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Bhimdatta climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Bhimdatta, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 19.8°C7.2°C7.2°C303.210.511 h
February 22.9°C9.4°C9.4°C403.811.111 h
March 28.4°C13.1°C13.1°C233.112.012 h
April 33.9°C17.9°C17.9°C173.912.813 h
May 35.7°C21.7°C21.7°C407.513.614 h
June 33.8°C24.2°C24.2°C24316.214.014 h
July 30.0°C24.7°C24.7°C57928.413.814 h
August, selected 29.7°C24.4°C24.4°C47627.313.213 h
September 29.6°C22.6°C22.6°C19817.912.412 h
October 28.7°C17.2°C17.2°C262.811.511 h
November 25.4°C12.5°C12.5°C2.50.410.711 h
December 21.5°C8.8°C8.8°C121.110.310 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

Distance from Bhimdatta

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Bhimdatta) is explained once on the Bhimdatta year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.