Rajshahi weather in August

In August, Rajshahi sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 27°C, with 254 mm of rain across 27.4 wet days and about 12.8 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-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 2% 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 Rajshahi's 11th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Rajshahi's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 32°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 27°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 254 mm; 27.4 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 54 min; 5:44 AM – 6:35 PM
Cloud cover: 90%; 11th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 4.13 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.2; out of 10

Rajshahi is metropolitan city in Western Bangladesh.

Air quality: Severe; PM2.5 72.5 µg/m³ · 2018
Founded: 1700

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

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

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

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 Rajshahi 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 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)	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 Rajshahi

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.

Rajshahi weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 5th-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°	11	2	10.7	9.0
Feb	28° / 16°	20	2.6	11.2	7.9
Mar	32° / 20°	28	3.6	11.8	4.8
Apr	35° / 24°	74	9.5	12.6	2.6
May	35° / 26°	193	18.1	13.2	2.2
Jun	33° / 27°	313	23.6	13.5	2.1
Jul	32° / 27°	307	27.6	13.4	2.2
Aug	32° / 27°	254	27.4	12.8	2.2
Sep	32° / 26°	245	23.2	12.2	2.6
Oct	31° / 24°	112	10.5	11.4	4.5
Nov	29° / 19°	15	1.3	10.8	7.3
Dec	25° / 15°	9	1	10.5	9.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% 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 93%.

	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 (%)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	8	9	9	10	10	11
Cloudier (%)	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	94	94	94	94	94	93	93	93	93	92	91	91	90	90	89

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	5	95
2	5	95
3	5	95
4	5	95
5	5	95
6	5	95
7	5	95
8	5	95
9	5	95
10	5	95
11	5	95
12	5	95
13	5	95
14	5	95
15	5	95
16	5	95
17	6	94
18	6	94
19	6	94
20	6	94
21	6	94
22	7	93
23	7	93
24	7	93
25	7	93
26	8	92
27	9	91
28	9	91
29	10	90
30	10	90
31	11	89

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Rajshahi gets around 254 mm of rain over 27.4 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 88% and peaks near 91% 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 (%)	88	88	88	88	89	89	90	90	90	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	90	90	89	88	88	87	86	85	85	84	83	83	83	82

	Rain chance (%)
1	88
2	88
3	88
4	88
5	89
6	89
7	90
8	90
9	90
10	91
11	91
12	91
13	91
14	91
15	91
16	91
17	91
18	90
19	90
20	89
21	88
22	88
23	87
24	86
25	85
26	85
27	84
28	83
29	83
30	83
31	82

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 10 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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)	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	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	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	10	calm
6	10	calm
7	10	calm
8	10	calm
9	10	calm
10	10	calm
11	10	calm
12	10	calm
13	10	calm
14	10	calm
15	10	calm
16	10	calm
17	10	calm
18	10	calm
19	10	calm
20	10	calm
21	10	calm
22	10	calm
23	10	calm
24	10	calm
25	10	calm
26	10	calm
27	10	calm
28	10	calm
29	9	calm
30	9	calm
31	9	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 5:37 AM to 5:50 AM, and sunset from 6:46 PM to 6:21 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	13.1	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	12.5
Sunrise (AM)	5:37	5:38	5:38	5:39	5:39	5:40	5:40	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:42	5:42	5:43	5:43	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:45	5:45	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:47	5:47	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:49	5:49	5:50	5:50
Sunset (PM)	6:46	6:45	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

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.1	5:37	6:46
2	13.1	5:38	6:45
3	13.1	5:38	6:45
4	13.1	5:39	6:44
5	13.1	5:39	6:44
6	13.1	5:40	6:43
7	13.0	5:40	6:42
8	13.0	5:41	6:42
9	13.0	5:41	6:41
10	13.0	5:41	6:40
11	13.0	5:42	6:39
12	12.9	5:42	6:39
13	12.9	5:43	6:38
14	12.9	5:43	6:37
15	12.9	5:44	6:36
16	12.9	5:44	6:35
17	12.8	5:44	6:35
18	12.8	5:45	6:34
19	12.8	5:45	6:33
20	12.8	5:46	6:32
21	12.7	5:46	6:31
22	12.7	5:46	6:30
23	12.7	5:47	6:29
24	12.7	5:47	6:28
25	12.7	5:48	6:27
26	12.6	5:48	6:26
27	12.6	5:48	6:25
28	12.6	5:49	6:24
29	12.6	5:49	6:23
30	12.5	5:50	6:22
31	12.5	5:50	6:21

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.13 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.01 kWh/m² to a high of 6.17 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 4.13 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)	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.2	Bright
2	4.2	Bright
3	4.2	Bright
4	4.2	Bright
5	4.2	Bright
6	4.2	Bright
7	4.1	Bright
8	4.1	Bright
9	4.1	Bright
10	4.1	Bright
11	4.1	Bright
12	4.0	Bright
13	4.0	Bright
14	4.0	Bright
15	4.0	Bright
16	4.0	Bright
17	4.0	Bright
18	4.0	Bright
19	4.0	Bright
20	4.1	Bright
21	4.1	Bright
22	4.1	Bright
23	4.1	Bright
24	4.1	Bright
25	4.1	Bright
26	4.1	Bright
27	4.1	Bright
28	4.1	Bright
29	4.1	Bright
30	4.1	Bright
31	4.1	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Rajshahi

In seasonPeak

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

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

Rajshahi'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 Rajshahi?

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

2.2

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

3.7

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Rajshahi.

What to pack for Rajshahi in August

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

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

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Rajshahi 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 Rajshahi 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	4	8	7	8	7	12	10	11	6	4	4
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	4	Moderate
Feb	4	Moderate
Mar	8	Very high
Apr	7	High
May	8	Very high
Jun	7	Very high
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	10	Extreme
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	6	High
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	4	Moderate

Air quality in Rajshahi 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 Rajshahi is worst in January — around 131 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.5× the cleanest month (July, 29 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Rajshahi's WHO annual average of 72.5 µg/m³.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	131	114	83	58	46	38	29	35	44	69	101	121
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	131	Unhealthy
Feb	114	Unhealthy
Mar	83	Unhealthy
Apr	58	Unhealthy
May	46	Poor
Jun	38	Poor
Jul	29	Moderate
Aug	35	Poor
Sep	44	Poor
Oct	69	Unhealthy
Nov	101	Unhealthy
Dec	121	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Rajshahi?

Rajshahi sits at 24.4°N, 88.6°E, 23 m above sea level, in Bangladesh. The nearest listed city is Paharpur, 82 km away.

Topography around Rajshahi

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Rajshahi has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 17 m around an average of 19 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 23 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 56 m.

The land around Rajshahi is covered by artificial surfaces (40%) and trees (28%) within 3 km, cropland (54%) and trees (29%) within 16 km, and cropland (66%) and trees (29%) within 80 km.

3 km

17 m

artificial surfaces 40%

16 km

23 m

cropland 54%

80 km

56 m

cropland 66%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland

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

August weather nearby: Paharpur 82 km · Jessore 148 km · Rangpur 166 km · Mymensingh 187 km · Dhaka 198 km · Khulna 200 km · Kolkata 203 km · Bagerhat 226 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 Rajshahi (24.374°, 88.6011°, 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. 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	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	5	95
2	5	95
3	5	95
4	5	95
5	5	95
6	5	95
7	5	95
8	5	95
9	5	95
10	5	95
11	5	95
12	5	95
13	5	95
14	5	95
15	5	95
16	5	95
17	6	94
18	6	94
19	6	94
20	6	94
21	6	94
22	7	93
23	7	93
24	7	93
25	7	93
26	8	92
27	9	91
28	9	91
29	10	90
30	10	90
31	11	89

	Rain chance (%)
1	88
2	88
3	88
4	88
5	89
6	89
7	90
8	90
9	90
10	91
11	91
12	91
13	91
14	91
15	91
16	91
17	91
18	90
19	90
20	89
21	88
22	88
23	87
24	86
25	85
26	85
27	84
28	83
29	83
30	83
31	82

	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	5	95
2	5	95
3	5	95
4	5	95
5	5	95
6	5	95
7	5	95
8	5	95
9	5	95
10	5	95
11	5	95
12	5	95
13	5	95
14	5	95
15	5	95
16	5	95
17	6	94
18	6	94
19	6	94
20	6	94
21	6	94
22	7	93
23	7	93
24	7	93
25	7	93
26	8	92
27	9	91
28	9	91
29	10	90
30	10	90
31	11	89

	Rain chance (%)
1	88
2	88
3	88
4	88
5	89
6	89
7	90
8	90
9	90
10	91
11	91
12	91
13	91
14	91
15	91
16	91
17	91
18	90
19	90
20	89
21	88
22	88
23	87
24	86
25	85
26	85
27	84
28	83
29	83
30	83
31	82

	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	5	95
2	5	95
3	5	95
4	5	95
5	5	95
6	5	95
7	5	95
8	5	95
9	5	95
10	5	95
11	5	95
12	5	95
13	5	95
14	5	95
15	5	95
16	5	95
17	6	94
18	6	94
19	6	94
20	6	94
21	6	94
22	7	93
23	7	93
24	7	93
25	7	93
26	8	92
27	9	91
28	9	91
29	10	90
30	10	90
31	11	89

	Rain chance (%)
1	88
2	88
3	88
4	88
5	89
6	89
7	90
8	90
9	90
10	91
11	91
12	91
13	91
14	91
15	91
16	91
17	91
18	90
19	90
20	89
21	88
22	88
23	87
24	86
25	85
26	85
27	84
28	83
29	83
30	83
31	82

	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