Rangpur weather in August

In August, Rangpur sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 27°C, with 365 mm of rain across 28.6 wet days and about 12.9 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-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 2% 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 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Rangpur's 11th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Rangpur's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
27°
12th coldest
Rainfall
365 mm
28.6 wet days
Daylight
12 h 54 min
5:40 AM – 6:34 PM
Cloud cover
91%
11th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
3.83 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.1
out of 10

Rangpur is city in Bangladesh.

Founded
1769

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

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 Rangpur 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.

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How August really feels in Rangpur

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
31 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

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

Rangpur weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan24° / 12°131.810.68.9
Feb27° / 15°162.811.17.8
Mar32° / 19°385.811.85.0
Apr33° / 22°16215.712.63.3
May32° / 24°40325.113.22.7
Jun32° / 26°51428.413.62.2
Jul32° / 26°43229.313.42.1
Aug32° / 27°36528.612.92.1
Sep32° / 26°33426.412.22.5
Oct31° / 23°15413.111.44.5
Nov29° / 18°91.310.77.3
Dec26° / 14°50.710.48.8

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 4% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 94%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1397
2397
3397
4397
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Rangpur gets around 365 mm of rain over 28.6 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 92% and peaks near 92% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
192
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2992
3092
3192

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.

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Miserable (%)
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Wind in August

Winds average 8 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
19calm
29calm
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 12 min at the start of August to 12 h 36 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 5:32 AM to 5:46 AM, and sunset from 6:46 PM to 6:20 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.25:326:46
213.25:336:45
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1213.05:386:38
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Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 3.83 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.65 kWh/m² to a high of 5.7 kWh/m² in March across the year — August's 3.83 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.0Moderate
24.0Moderate
33.9Moderate
43.9Moderate
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Rangpur

In seasonPeak

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

Rangpur'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 Rangpur?

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

2.1
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 Rangpur.

What to pack for Rangpur in August

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

In August, Rangpur sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 27°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 29 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Rangpur 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 Rangpur peaks around July 22 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 14 at about 4 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateVery highHighHighExtremeModerateJul 22UV 11Jan 14UV 4
UV index (midday)Level
Jan4Moderate
Feb5Moderate
Mar8Very high
Apr6High
May7Very high
Jun6High
Jul11Extreme
Aug10Extreme
Sep10Extreme
Oct6High
Nov4Moderate
Dec4Moderate

Air quality in Rangpur 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 Rangpur is worst in January — around 178 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 4.8× the cleanest month (July, 37 µg/m³).

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

0306090120150180JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery unhealthyUnhealthyPoorUnhealthyJan 17176 µg/m³Jul 1839 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan178Very unhealthy
Feb161Very unhealthy
Mar121Unhealthy
Apr83Unhealthy
May65Unhealthy
Jun53Poor
Jul37Poor
Aug47Poor
Sep56Unhealthy
Oct87Unhealthy
Nov128Unhealthy
Dec155Very unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Rangpur?

Rangpur sits at 25.7°N, 89.3°E, 36 m above sea level, in Bangladesh. The nearest listed city is Paharpur, 85 km away.

PaharpurPhuentsholingBhadrapurMymensinghRajshahiIlām

Topography around Rangpur

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Rangpur has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 16 m around an average of 34 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 174 m.

The land around Rangpur is covered by trees (43%), artificial surfaces (32%) and cropland (23%) within 3 km, cropland (62%) and trees (33%) within 16 km, and cropland (68%) and trees (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
16 m
16 km
23 m
80 km
174 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Paharpur 85 km · Phuentsholing 124 km · Bhadrapur 146 km · Mymensingh 160 km · Rajshahi 166 km · Tsirang 166 km · Darjeeling 173 km · Ilām 185 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
Muslim 91%Hindu 8%other 1%

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 Rangpur (25.7466°, 89.2517°, elevation 36 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).