Climate averages 1991–2020
Butwāl 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.
August is a hot month in Butwāl: daytime highs average 30.9°C and nights cool to about 25.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 516 mm of rain on roughly 30 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 07 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pokhara (82 km away). In August its highs average 25.3°C, 5.7°C cooler than Butwāl, with 966 mm of rain.
Among the 16 cities listed in Nepal, Butwāl ranks joint 2nd of 16 for the warmest August highs and 12th of 16 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 16 cities is 29.3°C; Butwāl is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 30.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 516 mm to 279 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
Butwāl climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21.2°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 21 | 3.1 | 10.611 h |
| February | 24.4°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 23 | 4.3 | 11.211 h |
| March | 30.1°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 20 | 4.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 34.6°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 41 | 8.5 | 12.813 h |
| May | 34.6°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 127 | 18.3 | 13.514 h |
| June | 33.1°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 376 | 25.3 | 13.914 h |
| July | 31.0°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 574 | 30.7 | 13.714 h |
| August, selected | 30.9°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 516 | 30.1 | 13.113 h |
| September | 30.5°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 279 | 26.4 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.2°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 58 | 11.4 | 11.512 h |
| November | 26.5°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 8.5 | 1.4 | 10.811 h |
| December | 22.9°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 10 | 1.1 | 10.410 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
- Pokhara in AugustNepal · 82 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 21.5°C · 966 mm rain
- Bagaha (Bihar, 27.10°N 84.09°E), India in AugustIndia · 91 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 25.8°C · 358 mm rain
- Bharatpur, Nepal in AugustNepal · 97 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 25.1°C · 555 mm rain
- Gorakhpur in AugustIndia · 103 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.9°C · 275 mm rain
- Kushinagar in AugustIndia · 114 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.9°C · 310 mm rain
- Bastī in AugustIndia · 124 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 26.0°C · 277 mm rain
- Balrāmpur in AugustIndia · 128 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 25.8°C · 303 mm rain
- Deoria in AugustIndia · 136 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 26.0°C · 301 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 Butwāl) is explained once on the Butwāl year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.