Barisal weather in August

In August, Barisal sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 27°C, with 320 mm of rain across 29.2 wet days and about 12.8 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 0% of the time in August, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 06 min at the start of August to 12 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Barisal's 11th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Barisal's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 31°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 27°; 10th coldest
Rainfall: 320 mm; 29.2 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 48 min; 5:39 AM – 6:26 PM
Cloud cover: 93%; 11th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 3.91 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.3; out of 10

Barisal is city in Bangladesh.

Air quality: Elevated; PM2.5 21.8 µg/m³ · 2018
Founded: 2001

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month.

A typical August day in Barisal reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 27°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and on par with September.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31
Avg low (°C)	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	26

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	27
2	31	27
3	31	27
4	31	27
5	31	27
6	31	27
7	31	27
8	31	27
9	31	27
10	31	27
11	31	27
12	31	27
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22	31	27
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24	31	27
25	31	27
26	31	27
27	31	26
28	31	26
29	31	26
30	31	26
31	31	26

How August really feels in Barisal

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

31 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in August is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Barisal weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 6th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	25° / 14°	7	1.1	10.8	9.1
Feb	28° / 17°	18	2.7	11.2	7.5
Mar	32° / 22°	40	5	11.8	4.7
Apr	34° / 25°	127	11.1	12.5	3.2
May	33° / 26°	227	17.2	13.1	2.9
Jun	32° / 27°	361	25.6	13.4	2.4
Jul	31° / 27°	366	29.9	13.3	2.3
Aug	31° / 27°	320	29.2	12.8	2.3
Sep	31° / 26°	262	26.3	12.1	2.5
Oct	31° / 25°	153	14.6	11.5	4.2
Nov	29° / 20°	45	2.3	10.9	7.2
Dec	26° / 16°	8	1	10.6	8.8

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 0% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 2% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 98%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5
Cloudier (%)	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	97	97	97	97	96	96	96	96	96	96	95

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	1	99
2	1	99
3	1	99
4	1	99
5	1	99
6	1	99
7	1	99
8	1	99
9	1	99
10	1	99
11	1	99
12	1	99
13	1	99
14	1	99
15	1	99
16	1	99
17	1	99
18	2	98
19	2	98
20	2	98
21	3	97
22	3	97
23	3	97
24	3	97
25	4	96
26	4	96
27	4	96
28	4	96
29	4	96
30	4	96
31	5	95

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Barisal gets around 320 mm of rain over 29.2 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 94% and peaks near 96% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	95	95	95	95	95	94	94	94	94	94	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93

	Rain chance (%)
1	96
2	96
3	96
4	96
5	96
6	96
7	96
8	96
9	96
10	95
11	95
12	95
13	95
14	95
15	94
16	94
17	94
18	94
19	94
20	93
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27	93
28	93
29	93
30	93
31	93

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels miserable — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the miserable band about 100% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Miserable (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Miserable (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
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17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in August

Winds average 11 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	12	calm
2	12	calm
3	12	calm
4	12	calm
5	12	calm
6	12	calm
7	12	calm
8	12	calm
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11	12	calm
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15	12	calm
16	12	calm
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30	11	calm
31	11	calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 06 min at the start of August to 12 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 36 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:33 AM to 5:44 AM, and sunset from 6:36 PM to 6:13 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	13.1	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5
Sunrise (AM)	5:33	5:33	5:34	5:34	5:35	5:35	5:35	5:36	5:36	5:37	5:37	5:37	5:38	5:38	5:39	5:39	5:39	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:44	5:44
Sunset (PM)	6:36	6:36	6:35	6:35	6:34	6:33	6:33	6:32	6:31	6:31	6:30	6:29	6:29	6:28	6:27	6:26	6:26	6:25	6:24	6:23	6:22	6:21	6:20	6:20	6:19	6:18	6:17	6:16	6:15	6:14	6:13

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.1	5:33	6:36
2	13.0	5:33	6:36
3	13.0	5:34	6:35
4	13.0	5:34	6:35
5	13.0	5:35	6:34
6	13.0	5:35	6:33
7	13.0	5:35	6:33
8	12.9	5:36	6:32
9	12.9	5:36	6:31
10	12.9	5:37	6:31
11	12.9	5:37	6:30
12	12.9	5:37	6:29
13	12.8	5:38	6:29
14	12.8	5:38	6:28
15	12.8	5:39	6:27
16	12.8	5:39	6:26
17	12.8	5:39	6:26
18	12.8	5:40	6:25
19	12.7	5:40	6:24
20	12.7	5:40	6:23
21	12.7	5:41	6:22
22	12.7	5:41	6:21
23	12.7	5:41	6:20
24	12.6	5:42	6:20
25	12.6	5:42	6:19
26	12.6	5:42	6:18
27	12.6	5:43	6:17
28	12.5	5:43	6:16
29	12.5	5:43	6:15
30	12.5	5:44	6:14
31	12.5	5:44	6:13

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 3.91 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.84 kWh/m² to a high of 5.87 kWh/m² in March across the year — August's 3.91 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.9	Moderate
2	3.9	Moderate
3	3.9	Moderate
4	3.9	Moderate
5	3.9	Moderate
6	3.9	Moderate
7	3.9	Moderate
8	3.9	Moderate
9	3.9	Moderate
10	3.8	Moderate
11	3.8	Moderate
12	3.8	Moderate
13	3.8	Moderate
14	3.8	Moderate
15	3.8	Moderate
16	3.9	Moderate
17	3.9	Moderate
18	3.9	Moderate
19	3.9	Moderate
20	3.9	Moderate
21	3.9	Moderate
22	3.9	Moderate
23	3.9	Moderate
24	4.0	Moderate
25	4.0	Moderate
26	4.0	Moderate
27	4.0	Moderate
28	4.0	Moderate
29	4.0	Moderate
30	4.0	Moderate
31	4.0	Moderate

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Barisal

In seasonPeak

In August, Barisal sits inside its monsoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Barisal sits in the North Indian Ocean cyclone zone; the season peaks May and October–November.

Barisal's monsoon runs May–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Cyclone

Monsoon

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is August a good time to visit Barisal?

Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

2.3

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

3.5

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Barisal.

What to pack for Barisal in August

From August's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In August, Barisal sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 27°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 29 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Barisal in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Barisal peaks around July 20 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 15 at about 5 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	5	5	9	7	10	8	13	11	9	6	5	5
Level	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	5	Moderate
Feb	5	High
Mar	9	Very high
Apr	7	Very high
May	10	Very high
Jun	8	Very high
Jul	13	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	6	High
Nov	5	Moderate
Dec	5	Moderate

Air quality in Barisal in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where August falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Barisal is worst in January — around 47 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 6.1× the cleanest month (July, 8 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Barisal's WHO annual average of 21.8 µg/m³.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	47	33	22	14	11	10	8	10	10	19	34	43
Level	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	47	Poor
Feb	33	Moderate
Mar	22	Moderate
Apr	14	Moderate
May	11	Good
Jun	10	Good
Jul	8	Good
Aug	10	Good
Sep	10	Good
Oct	19	Moderate
Nov	34	Moderate
Dec	43	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Barisal?

Barisal sits at 22.7°N, 90.4°E, 10 m above sea level, in Bangladesh. The nearest listed city is Bagerhat, 60 km away.

Topography around Barisal

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Barisal.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Barisal has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 15 m around an average of 5 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 20 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 27 m.

The land around Barisal is covered by trees (49%) and artificial surfaces (24%) within 3 km, trees (49%) and cropland (35%) within 16 km, and cropland (43%) and trees (38%) within 80 km.

3 km

15 m

trees 49%

16 km

20 m

trees 49%

80 km

27 m

cropland 43%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwatermangroves

← July Barisal year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: Bagerhat 60 km · Khulna 83 km · Dhaka 112 km · Jessore 129 km · Chittagong 156 km · Kolkata 207 km · Cox's Bazar 220 km · Mymensingh 228 km

Bangladesh travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 3; Reconsider Travel
Power plugs: Type A / C / D / G; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 25% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $2,597; 2025
Happiness: 4.3 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 59%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 2.3; per 100k, 2018
Road deaths: 15.3; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; World Bank
English: Moderate; EF EPI 506
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Barisal (22.705°, 90.3701°, elevation 10 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	27
2	31	27
3	31	27
4	31	27
5	31	27
6	31	27
7	31	27
8	31	27
9	31	27
10	31	27
11	31	27
12	31	27
13	31	27
14	31	27
15	31	27
16	31	27
17	31	27
18	31	27
19	31	27
20	31	27
21	31	27
22	31	27
23	31	27
24	31	27
25	31	27
26	31	27
27	31	26
28	31	26
29	31	26
30	31	26
31	31	26

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	1	99
2	1	99
3	1	99
4	1	99
5	1	99
6	1	99
7	1	99
8	1	99
9	1	99
10	1	99
11	1	99
12	1	99
13	1	99
14	1	99
15	1	99
16	1	99
17	1	99
18	2	98
19	2	98
20	2	98
21	3	97
22	3	97
23	3	97
24	3	97
25	4	96
26	4	96
27	4	96
28	4	96
29	4	96
30	4	96
31	5	95

	Rain chance (%)
1	96
2	96
3	96
4	96
5	96
6	96
7	96
8	96
9	96
10	95
11	95
12	95
13	95
14	95
15	94
16	94
17	94
18	94
19	94
20	93
21	93
22	93
23	93
24	93
25	93
26	93
27	93
28	93
29	93
30	93
31	93

	Miserable (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	27
2	31	27
3	31	27
4	31	27
5	31	27
6	31	27
7	31	27
8	31	27
9	31	27
10	31	27
11	31	27
12	31	27
13	31	27
14	31	27
15	31	27
16	31	27
17	31	27
18	31	27
19	31	27
20	31	27
21	31	27
22	31	27
23	31	27
24	31	27
25	31	27
26	31	27
27	31	26
28	31	26
29	31	26
30	31	26
31	31	26

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	1	99
2	1	99
3	1	99
4	1	99
5	1	99
6	1	99
7	1	99
8	1	99
9	1	99
10	1	99
11	1	99
12	1	99
13	1	99
14	1	99
15	1	99
16	1	99
17	1	99
18	2	98
19	2	98
20	2	98
21	3	97
22	3	97
23	3	97
24	3	97
25	4	96
26	4	96
27	4	96
28	4	96
29	4	96
30	4	96
31	5	95

	Rain chance (%)
1	96
2	96
3	96
4	96
5	96
6	96
7	96
8	96
9	96
10	95
11	95
12	95
13	95
14	95
15	94
16	94
17	94
18	94
19	94
20	93
21	93
22	93
23	93
24	93
25	93
26	93
27	93
28	93
29	93
30	93
31	93

	Miserable (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	27
2	31	27
3	31	27
4	31	27
5	31	27
6	31	27
7	31	27
8	31	27
9	31	27
10	31	27
11	31	27
12	31	27
13	31	27
14	31	27
15	31	27
16	31	27
17	31	27
18	31	27
19	31	27
20	31	27
21	31	27
22	31	27
23	31	27
24	31	27
25	31	27
26	31	27
27	31	26
28	31	26
29	31	26
30	31	26
31	31	26

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	1	99
2	1	99
3	1	99
4	1	99
5	1	99
6	1	99
7	1	99
8	1	99
9	1	99
10	1	99
11	1	99
12	1	99
13	1	99
14	1	99
15	1	99
16	1	99
17	1	99
18	2	98
19	2	98
20	2	98
21	3	97
22	3	97
23	3	97
24	3	97
25	4	96
26	4	96
27	4	96
28	4	96
29	4	96
30	4	96
31	5	95

	Rain chance (%)
1	96
2	96
3	96
4	96
5	96
6	96
7	96
8	96
9	96
10	95
11	95
12	95
13	95
14	95
15	94
16	94
17	94
18	94
19	94
20	93
21	93
22	93
23	93
24	93
25	93
26	93
27	93
28	93
29	93
30	93
31	93

	Miserable (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100