Climate averages 1991–2020
Nepalgunj 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 Nepalgunj: daytime highs average 30.4°C and nights cool to about 25.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 268 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 08 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bahraigh (53 km away). In August its highs average 31.3°C, 0.9°C warmer than Nepalgunj, with 280 mm of rain.
Among the 16 cities listed in Nepal, Nepalgunj ranks 5th of 16 for the warmest August highs and 1st of 16 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 16 cities is 29.3°C; Nepalgunj is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 30.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 268 mm to 154 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
Nepalgunj climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20.2°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 27 | 3.0 | 10.611 h |
| February | 23.8°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 35 | 3.5 | 11.211 h |
| March | 29.6°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 21 | 2.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 35.3°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 16 | 3.2 | 12.813 h |
| May | 36.7°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 32 | 6.6 | 13.514 h |
| June | 34.8°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 175 | 14.7 | 13.914 h |
| July | 30.7°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 355 | 25.2 | 13.714 h |
| August, selected | 30.4°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 268 | 24.8 | 13.113 h |
| September | 30.2°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 154 | 17.2 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.3°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 29 | 2.9 | 11.512 h |
| November | 25.9°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 3.8 | 0.5 | 10.811 h |
| December | 21.8°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 12 | 0.9 | 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
- Bahraigh in AugustIndia · 53 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 25.8°C · 280 mm rain
- Birendranagar in AugustNepal · 61 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 23.1°C · 554 mm rain
- Lakhīmpur in AugustIndia · 83 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 25.7°C · 304 mm rain
- Balrāmpur in AugustIndia · 89 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 25.8°C · 303 mm rain
- Sītāpur in AugustIndia · 107 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 25.8°C · 264 mm rain
- Gondā City in AugustIndia · 107 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 25.8°C · 295 mm rain
- Dhangaḍhi̇̄ in AugustNepal · 124 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 24.6°C · 424 mm rain
- Nawābganj, India in AugustIndia · 131 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.8°C · 257 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 Nepalgunj) is explained once on the Nepalgunj year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.