Climate averages 1991–2020
Dharān weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the 4th 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 Dharān: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 24.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 371 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 05 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Inaruwa (27 km away). In August its highs average 30.0°C, 1.4°C warmer than Dharān, with 346 mm of rain.
Among the 16 cities listed in Nepal, Dharān ranks 12th of 16 for the warmest August highs and 8th of 16 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 16 cities is 29.3°C; Dharān is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 28.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 371 mm to 276 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
Dharān climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.9°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 9.5 | 1.9 | 10.711 h |
| February | 22.4°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 13 | 2.5 | 11.211 h |
| March | 27.5°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 15 | 3.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 30.4°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 44 | 8.5 | 12.813 h |
| May | 29.9°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 127 | 18.4 | 13.413 h |
| June | 29.1°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 319 | 26.6 | 13.814 h |
| July | 28.4°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 480 | 29.8 | 13.714 h |
| August, selected | 28.6°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 371 | 29.7 | 13.113 h |
| September | 28.0°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 276 | 24.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.1°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 73 | 8.1 | 11.512 h |
| November | 24.4°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 7.4 | 1.1 | 10.911 h |
| December | 21.4°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 4.6 | 1.0 | 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
- Inaruwa in AugustNepal · 27 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 25.1°C · 346 mm rain
- Biratnagar in AugustNepal · 40 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 25.4°C · 346 mm rain
- Triyuga in AugustNepal · 58 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 25.2°C · 291 mm rain
- Arāria in AugustIndia · 78 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 25.5°C · 455 mm rain
- Lahān in AugustNepal · 80 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 25.1°C · 279 mm rain
- Dārjiling in AugustIndia · 101 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 15.8°C · 548 mm rain
- Kishanganj in AugustIndia · 104 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 25.5°C · 359 mm rain
- Siliguri in AugustIndia · 115 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.5°C · 576 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 Dharān) is explained once on the Dharān year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.