Paharpur weather in August

In August, Paharpur sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 27°C, with 290 mm of rain across 28.2 wet days and about 12.9 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 3rd-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 12 min at the start of August to 12 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Paharpur's 11th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Paharpur's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 32°; 4th warmest
Overnight low: 27°; 11th coldest
Rainfall: 290 mm; 28.2 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 54 min; 5:42 AM – 6:35 PM
Cloud cover: 91%; 11th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 3.96 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.1; out of 10

Paharpur is Buddhist Monastery.

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 Paharpur reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 27°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 34°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)	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	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	26

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	33	27
2	33	27
3	33	27
4	33	27
5	33	27
6	33	27
7	33	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	26

How August really feels in Paharpur

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.

Paharpur weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 4th-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	24° / 12°	12	1.9	10.6	9.1
Feb	28° / 15°	20	2.5	11.1	7.9
Mar	32° / 19°	31	4.7	11.8	5.0
Apr	34° / 23°	115	13.3	12.6	3.0
May	34° / 25°	276	21.8	13.2	2.4
Jun	33° / 26°	381	25.9	13.5	2.1
Jul	32° / 27°	356	28.4	13.4	2.1
Aug	32° / 27°	290	28.2	12.9	2.1
Sep	32° / 26°	271	24.5	12.2	2.5
Oct	31° / 23°	138	11.7	11.4	4.5
Nov	29° / 18°	13	1	10.8	7.2
Dec	26° / 14°	5	0.7	10.5	8.9

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 5% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 94%.

	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 (%)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	6	6	7	7	7	9	9	9	10	11	11	12	12
Cloudier (%)	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	97	97	97	97	97	96	96	96	95	94	94	93	93	93	91	91	91	90	89	89	88	88

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	2	98
2	2	98
3	2	98
4	2	98
5	2	98
6	2	98
7	2	98
8	2	98
9	2	98
10	3	97
11	3	97
12	3	97
13	3	97
14	3	97
15	4	96
16	4	96
17	4	96
18	5	95
19	6	94
20	6	94
21	7	93
22	7	93
23	7	93
24	9	91
25	9	91
26	9	91
27	10	90
28	11	89
29	11	89
30	12	88
31	12	88

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Paharpur gets around 290 mm of rain over 28.2 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 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 (%)	89	89	89	90	90	90	90	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	91	91	91	91	90	90	90	89	89	89

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

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 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)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
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	10	calm
2	10	calm
3	10	calm
4	10	calm
5	10	calm
6	10	calm
7	10	calm
8	10	calm
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10	10	calm
11	10	calm
12	10	calm
13	10	calm
14	10	calm
15	9	calm
16	9	calm
17	9	calm
18	9	calm
19	9	calm
20	9	calm
21	9	calm
22	9	calm
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29	9	calm
30	9	calm
31	9	calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 12 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 42 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:35 AM to 5:48 AM, and sunset from 6:46 PM to 6:20 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)	13.2	13.2	13.1	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	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.5
Sunrise (AM)	5:35	5:35	5:36	5:36	5:37	5:37	5:38	5:38	5:39	5:39	5:39	5:40	5:40	5:41	5:41	5:42	5:42	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:44	5:44	5:45	5:45	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:47	5:47	5:48	5:48
Sunset (PM)	6:46	6:45	6:44	6:44	6:43	6:42	6:42	6:41	6:40	6:39	6:39	6:38	6:37	6:36	6:35	6:35	6:34	6:33	6:32	6:31	6:30	6:29	6:28	6:27	6:26	6:25	6:24	6:23	6:22	6:21	6:20

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.2	5:35	6:46
2	13.2	5:35	6:45
3	13.1	5:36	6:44
4	13.1	5:36	6:44
5	13.1	5:37	6:43
6	13.1	5:37	6:42
7	13.1	5:38	6:42
8	13.0	5:38	6:41
9	13.0	5:39	6:40
10	13.0	5:39	6:39
11	13.0	5:39	6:39
12	13.0	5:40	6:38
13	12.9	5:40	6:37
14	12.9	5:41	6:36
15	12.9	5:41	6:35
16	12.9	5:42	6:35
17	12.9	5:42	6:34
18	12.8	5:43	6:33
19	12.8	5:43	6:32
20	12.8	5:43	6:31
21	12.8	5:44	6:30
22	12.7	5:44	6:29
23	12.7	5:45	6:28
24	12.7	5:45	6:27
25	12.7	5:46	6:26
26	12.7	5:46	6:25
27	12.6	5:46	6:24
28	12.6	5:47	6:23
29	12.6	5:47	6:22
30	12.6	5:48	6:21
31	12.5	5:48	6:20

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 3.96 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.87 kWh/m² to a high of 5.88 kWh/m² in March across the year — August's 3.96 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	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)	4.1	4.1	4.1	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	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	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	4.1	Bright
2	4.1	Bright
3	4.1	Bright
4	4.0	Bright
5	4.0	Bright
6	4.0	Bright
7	4.0	Moderate
8	4.0	Moderate
9	4.0	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	3.9	Moderate
21	3.9	Moderate
22	3.9	Moderate
23	3.9	Moderate
24	3.9	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 Paharpur

In seasonPeak

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

Paharpur's monsoon runs May–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 Paharpur?

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

2.1

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

3.6

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Paharpur.

What to pack for Paharpur in August

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

In August, Paharpur 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 Paharpur in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Paharpur peaks around July 21 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 20 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	6	8	7	11	10	10	6	4	4
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	High	Very high	High	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

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

Air quality in Paharpur 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 Paharpur is worst in January — around 184 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 4.7× the cleanest month (July, 39 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	184	162	113	82	69	55	39	50	59	90	133	162
Level	Very unhealthy	Very unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Very unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	184	Very unhealthy
Feb	162	Very unhealthy
Mar	113	Unhealthy
Apr	82	Unhealthy
May	69	Unhealthy
Jun	55	Poor
Jul	39	Poor
Aug	50	Poor
Sep	59	Unhealthy
Oct	90	Unhealthy
Nov	133	Unhealthy
Dec	162	Very unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Paharpur?

Paharpur sits at 25.0°N, 89.0°E, 0 m above sea level, in Bangladesh. The nearest listed city is Rajshahi, 82 km away.

Topography around Paharpur

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Paharpur has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 12 m around an average of 20 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 24 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 48 m.

The land around Paharpur is covered by cropland (62%) and trees (34%) within 3 km, cropland (71%) and trees (26%) within 16 km, and cropland (74%) and trees (21%) within 80 km.

3 km

12 m

cropland 62%

16 km

24 m

cropland 71%

80 km

48 m

cropland 74%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland

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

August weather nearby: Rajshahi 82 km · Rangpur 85 km · Mymensingh 147 km · Bhadrapur 190 km · Dhaka 206 km · Phuentsholing 207 km · Jessore 208 km · Biratnagar 233 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 Paharpur (25.0269°, 88.9759°, elevation 0 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	33	27
2	33	27
3	33	27
4	33	27
5	33	27
6	33	27
7	33	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	26

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	2	98
2	2	98
3	2	98
4	2	98
5	2	98
6	2	98
7	2	98
8	2	98
9	2	98
10	3	97
11	3	97
12	3	97
13	3	97
14	3	97
15	4	96
16	4	96
17	4	96
18	5	95
19	6	94
20	6	94
21	7	93
22	7	93
23	7	93
24	9	91
25	9	91
26	9	91
27	10	90
28	11	89
29	11	89
30	12	88
31	12	88

	Rain chance (%)
1	89
2	89
3	89
4	90
5	90
6	90
7	90
8	91
9	91
10	91
11	91
12	91
13	91
14	91
15	92
16	92
17	92
18	92
19	92
20	92
21	92
22	91
23	91
24	91
25	91
26	90
27	90
28	90
29	89
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	33	27
2	33	27
3	33	27
4	33	27
5	33	27
6	33	27
7	33	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	26

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	2	98
2	2	98
3	2	98
4	2	98
5	2	98
6	2	98
7	2	98
8	2	98
9	2	98
10	3	97
11	3	97
12	3	97
13	3	97
14	3	97
15	4	96
16	4	96
17	4	96
18	5	95
19	6	94
20	6	94
21	7	93
22	7	93
23	7	93
24	9	91
25	9	91
26	9	91
27	10	90
28	11	89
29	11	89
30	12	88
31	12	88

	Rain chance (%)
1	89
2	89
3	89
4	90
5	90
6	90
7	90
8	91
9	91
10	91
11	91
12	91
13	91
14	91
15	92
16	92
17	92
18	92
19	92
20	92
21	92
22	91
23	91
24	91
25	91
26	90
27	90
28	90
29	89
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	33	27
2	33	27
3	33	27
4	33	27
5	33	27
6	33	27
7	33	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	26

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	2	98
2	2	98
3	2	98
4	2	98
5	2	98
6	2	98
7	2	98
8	2	98
9	2	98
10	3	97
11	3	97
12	3	97
13	3	97
14	3	97
15	4	96
16	4	96
17	4	96
18	5	95
19	6	94
20	6	94
21	7	93
22	7	93
23	7	93
24	9	91
25	9	91
26	9	91
27	10	90
28	11	89
29	11	89
30	12	88
31	12	88

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