Dhaka weather in August

In August, Dhaka sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 27°C, with 264 mm of rain across 28.3 wet days and about 12.8 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% 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 Dhaka's 11th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Dhaka's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 32°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 27°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 264 mm; 28.3 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 48 min; 5:38 AM – 6:27 PM
Cloud cover: 92%; 11th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 3.97 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.2; out of 10

Dhaka is capital and largest city of Bangladesh.

Air quality: Severe; PM2.5 86.5 µg/m³ · 2019
Density: 28,143/km²; people per km²

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 32°C through the month.

A typical August day in Dhaka reaches about 32°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)	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32
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	27	27	27	27	27

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	27
2	32	27
3	32	27
4	32	27
5	32	27
6	32	27
7	32	27
8	32	27
9	32	27
10	32	27
11	32	27
12	32	27
13	32	27
14	32	27
15	32	27
16	32	27
17	32	27
18	32	27
19	32	27
20	32	27
21	32	27
22	32	27
23	32	27
24	32	27
25	32	27
26	32	27
27	32	27
28	32	27
29	32	27
30	32	27
31	32	27

How August really feels in Dhaka

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.

Dhaka weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 5th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	25° / 13°	6	1.2	10.7	9.1
Feb	28° / 16°	19	3	11.2	7.6
Mar	32° / 21°	65	6	11.8	4.9
Apr	33° / 24°	167	14.3	12.5	3.3
May	33° / 25°	316	22.3	13.1	2.7
Jun	32° / 27°	363	26.7	13.4	2.3
Jul	32° / 27°	343	28.8	13.3	2.2
Aug	32° / 27°	264	28.3	12.8	2.2
Sep	32° / 26°	263	25.2	12.1	2.5
Oct	31° / 24°	144	14.8	11.4	4.1
Nov	29° / 19°	25	2.2	10.9	7.0
Dec	26° / 15°	11	1	10.6	8.8

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 3% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 96%.

	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	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	6	6	6	6	7	8	8
Cloudier (%)	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	98	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	95	94	94	94	94	94	93	92	92

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	1	99
2	1	99
3	1	99
4	1	99
5	1	99
6	1	99
7	1	99
8	2	98
9	3	97
10	3	97
11	3	97
12	3	97
13	3	97
14	3	97
15	3	97
16	4	96
17	4	96
18	4	96
19	4	96
20	4	96
21	4	96
22	4	96
23	5	95
24	6	94
25	6	94
26	6	94
27	6	94
28	6	94
29	7	93
30	8	92
31	8	92

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Dhaka gets around 264 mm of rain over 28.3 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 91% and peaks near 92% 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 (%)	92	92	92	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	90	90	90	89	89

	Rain chance (%)
1	92
2	92
3	92
4	91
5	91
6	91
7	91
8	91
9	91
10	91
11	91
12	91
13	91
14	91
15	91
16	91
17	91
18	91
19	91
20	91
21	91
22	91
23	91
24	91
25	91
26	91
27	90
28	90
29	90
30	89
31	89

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
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

Wind in August

Winds average 11 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 10 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	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	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	light breeze
2	12	light breeze
3	12	light breeze
4	12	light breeze
5	12	calm
6	12	calm
7	12	calm
8	12	calm
9	12	calm
10	12	calm
11	12	calm
12	12	calm
13	12	calm
14	12	calm
15	12	calm
16	12	calm
17	12	calm
18	11	calm
19	11	calm
20	11	calm
21	11	calm
22	11	calm
23	11	calm
24	11	calm
25	11	calm
26	11	calm
27	11	calm
28	11	calm
29	10	calm
30	10	calm
31	10	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 5:31 AM to 5:43 AM, and sunset from 6:38 PM to 6:14 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	13.1	13.1	13.1	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	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.5	12.5
Sunrise (AM)	5:31	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:33	5:33	5:34	5:34	5:35	5:35	5:36	5:36	5:36	5:37	5:37	5:38	5:38	5:38	5:39	5:39	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:42	5:42	5:43	5:43	5:43
Sunset (PM)	6:38	6:37	6:37	6:36	6:35	6:35	6:34	6:33	6:33	6:32	6:31	6:30	6:30	6:29	6:28	6:27	6:27	6:26	6:25	6:24	6:23	6:22	6:21	6:20	6:19	6:18	6:18	6:17	6:16	6:15	6:14

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

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 3.97 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.82 kWh/m² to a high of 5.77 kWh/m² in March across the year — August's 3.97 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)	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	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	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	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

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

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Dhaka

In seasonPeak

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

Dhaka's monsoon runs April–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is August a good time to visit Dhaka?

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

2.2

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

3.6

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Dhaka.

What to pack for Dhaka in August

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

In August, Dhaka sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 27°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 28 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Dhaka 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 Dhaka peaks around July 20 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 17 at about 4 (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)	4	5	8	7	9	7	13	11	10	6	5	5
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	4	Moderate
Feb	5	Moderate
Mar	8	Very high
Apr	7	High
May	9	Very high
Jun	7	Very high
Jul	13	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	10	Very high
Oct	6	High
Nov	5	Moderate
Dec	5	Moderate

Air quality in Dhaka 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 Dhaka is worst in January — around 165 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 6.5× the cleanest month (July, 25 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Dhaka's WHO annual average of 86.5 µg/m³.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	165	142	100	66	52	35	25	34	47	82	131	157
Level	Very unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Very unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	165	Very unhealthy
Feb	142	Unhealthy
Mar	100	Unhealthy
Apr	66	Unhealthy
May	52	Poor
Jun	35	Poor
Jul	25	Moderate
Aug	34	Moderate
Sep	47	Poor
Oct	82	Unhealthy
Nov	131	Unhealthy
Dec	157	Very unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Dhaka?

Dhaka sits at 23.7°N, 90.4°E, 23 m above sea level, in Bangladesh. The nearest listed city is Barisal, 112 km away.

Topography around Dhaka

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Dhaka has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 27 m around an average of 11 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 31 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 65 m.

The land around Dhaka is covered by artificial surfaces (79%) within 3 km, cropland (32%), artificial surfaces (30%) and trees (23%) within 16 km, and cropland (51%) and trees (38%) within 80 km.

3 km

27 m

artificial surfaces 79%

16 km

31 m

cropland 32%

80 km

65 m

cropland 51%

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

August weather nearby: Barisal 112 km · Mymensingh 116 km · Khulna 132 km · Bagerhat 133 km · Jessore 136 km · Rajshahi 198 km · Sylhet 199 km · Paharpur 206 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 Dhaka (23.7104°, 90.4074°, elevation 23 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. 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	32	27
2	32	27
3	32	27
4	32	27
5	32	27
6	32	27
7	32	27
8	32	27
9	32	27
10	32	27
11	32	27
12	32	27
13	32	27
14	32	27
15	32	27
16	32	27
17	32	27
18	32	27
19	32	27
20	32	27
21	32	27
22	32	27
23	32	27
24	32	27
25	32	27
26	32	27
27	32	27
28	32	27
29	32	27
30	32	27
31	32	27

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	1	99
2	1	99
3	1	99
4	1	99
5	1	99
6	1	99
7	1	99
8	2	98
9	3	97
10	3	97
11	3	97
12	3	97
13	3	97
14	3	97
15	3	97
16	4	96
17	4	96
18	4	96
19	4	96
20	4	96
21	4	96
22	4	96
23	5	95
24	6	94
25	6	94
26	6	94
27	6	94
28	6	94
29	7	93
30	8	92
31	8	92

	Rain chance (%)
1	92
2	92
3	92
4	91
5	91
6	91
7	91
8	91
9	91
10	91
11	91
12	91
13	91
14	91
15	91
16	91
17	91
18	91
19	91
20	91
21	91
22	91
23	91
24	91
25	91
26	91
27	90
28	90
29	90
30	89
31	89

	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	32	27
2	32	27
3	32	27
4	32	27
5	32	27
6	32	27
7	32	27
8	32	27
9	32	27
10	32	27
11	32	27
12	32	27
13	32	27
14	32	27
15	32	27
16	32	27
17	32	27
18	32	27
19	32	27
20	32	27
21	32	27
22	32	27
23	32	27
24	32	27
25	32	27
26	32	27
27	32	27
28	32	27
29	32	27
30	32	27
31	32	27

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	1	99
2	1	99
3	1	99
4	1	99
5	1	99
6	1	99
7	1	99
8	2	98
9	3	97
10	3	97
11	3	97
12	3	97
13	3	97
14	3	97
15	3	97
16	4	96
17	4	96
18	4	96
19	4	96
20	4	96
21	4	96
22	4	96
23	5	95
24	6	94
25	6	94
26	6	94
27	6	94
28	6	94
29	7	93
30	8	92
31	8	92

	Rain chance (%)
1	92
2	92
3	92
4	91
5	91
6	91
7	91
8	91
9	91
10	91
11	91
12	91
13	91
14	91
15	91
16	91
17	91
18	91
19	91
20	91
21	91
22	91
23	91
24	91
25	91
26	91
27	90
28	90
29	90
30	89
31	89

	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	32	27
2	32	27
3	32	27
4	32	27
5	32	27
6	32	27
7	32	27
8	32	27
9	32	27
10	32	27
11	32	27
12	32	27
13	32	27
14	32	27
15	32	27
16	32	27
17	32	27
18	32	27
19	32	27
20	32	27
21	32	27
22	32	27
23	32	27
24	32	27
25	32	27
26	32	27
27	32	27
28	32	27
29	32	27
30	32	27
31	32	27

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	1	99
2	1	99
3	1	99
4	1	99
5	1	99
6	1	99
7	1	99
8	2	98
9	3	97
10	3	97
11	3	97
12	3	97
13	3	97
14	3	97
15	3	97
16	4	96
17	4	96
18	4	96
19	4	96
20	4	96
21	4	96
22	4	96
23	5	95
24	6	94
25	6	94
26	6	94
27	6	94
28	6	94
29	7	93
30	8	92
31	8	92

	Rain chance (%)
1	92
2	92
3	92
4	91
5	91
6	91
7	91
8	91
9	91
10	91
11	91
12	91
13	91
14	91
15	91
16	91
17	91
18	91
19	91
20	91
21	91
22	91
23	91
24	91
25	91
26	91
27	90
28	90
29	90
30	89
31	89

	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