Climate averages 1991–2020
Lahān 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 Lahān: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 25.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 279 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 05 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Triyuga (23 km away). In August its highs average 29.9°C, about as warm as Lahān, with 291 mm of rain.
Among the 16 cities listed in Nepal, Lahān ranks joint 7th of 16 for the warmest August highs and 3rd of 16 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 16 cities is 29.3°C; Lahān is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 279 mm to 239 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
Lahān climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21.4°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 11 | 1.7 | 10.711 h |
| February | 24.9°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 12 | 2.1 | 11.211 h |
| March | 30.7°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 12 | 2.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 34.1°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 31 | 5.7 | 12.813 h |
| May | 33.6°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 97 | 13.6 | 13.413 h |
| June | 31.6°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 253 | 23.0 | 13.814 h |
| July | 29.9°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 412 | 27.5 | 13.614 h |
| August, selected | 30.0°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 279 | 27.2 | 13.113 h |
| September | 29.5°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 239 | 22.9 | 12.312 h |
| October | 28.8°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 57 | 6.8 | 11.512 h |
| November | 26.5°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 3.8 | 0.5 | 10.911 h |
| December | 23.1°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 4.0 | 0.8 | 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
- Triyuga in AugustNepal · 23 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 25.2°C · 291 mm rain
- Janakpur in AugustNepal · 55 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 25.6°C · 270 mm rain
- Madhubani in AugustIndia · 58 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.7°C · 306 mm rain
- Inaruwa in AugustNepal · 67 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 25.1°C · 346 mm rain
- Dharān in AugustNepal · 80 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 24.1°C · 371 mm rain
- Benipur in AugustIndia · 81 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 25.9°C · 309 mm rain
- Biratnagar in AugustNepal · 84 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 25.4°C · 346 mm rain
- Darbhanga in AugustIndia · 86 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 25.8°C · 306 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 Lahān) is explained once on the Lahān year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.