Agra weather in August

In August, Agra sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 27°C, with 226 mm of rain across 21 wet days and about 13 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% of the time in August, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 18 min at the start of August to 12 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Agra's 11th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Agra's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
7th warmest
Overnight low
27°
10th coldest
Rainfall
226 mm
21 wet days
Daylight
13 hours
5:53 AM – 6:51 PM
Cloud cover
76%
11th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
4.3 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.6
out of 10

Agra is city in Uttar Pradesh, India.

Air quality
Severe
PM2.5 109.7 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
7,591/km²
people per km²

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 33°C through the month.

A typical August day in Agra reaches about 33°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 35°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 2°C cooler than July and on par with September.

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How August really feels in Agra

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.

Agra weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 7th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan21° / 162.310.58.2
Feb25° / 12°182.6118.6
Mar31° / 17°142.511.85.9
Apr37° / 23°82.212.61.9
May40° / 27°123.913.30.1
Jun39° / 29°748.313.70.6
Jul34° / 28°21320.713.52.0
Aug33° / 27°22621132.6
Sep33° / 26°10011.312.23.3
Oct33° / 21°221.911.34.7
Nov28° / 15°7110.77.9
Dec23° / 10°70.910.39.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 74%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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21882
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Agra gets around 226 mm of rain over 21 wet days in August, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 68% and peaks near 72% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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1868
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2861
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3060
3159

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 89% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
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21891
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2401387
2501486
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2701585
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2911683
3011683
3111782

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 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 18 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 42 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:45 AM to 6:00 AM, and sunset from 7:03 PM to 6:36 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.35:457:03
213.35:467:02
313.35:467:02
413.25:477:01
513.25:477:00
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913.15:496:57
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1213.15:516:55
1313.05:516:54
1413.05:526:53
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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 4.3 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.95 kWh/m² to a high of 7.33 kWh/m² in May across the year — August's 4.3 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Agra

In seasonPeak

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

Agra's monsoon runs July–August, when most of the year's rain falls.

Agra sees seasonal dust haze (May–August), heaviest in June.

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

Is August a good time to visit Agra?

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

2.6
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
4.6
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Agra.

What to pack for Agra in August

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

In August, Agra sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 27°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 21 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Agra 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 Agra peaks around August 17 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 4 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateVery highVery highHighModerateAug 17UV 10Dec 17UV 4
UV index (midday)Level
Jan4Moderate
Feb5Moderate
Mar8Very high
Apr9Very high
May9Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul7Very high
Aug11Extreme
Sep8Very high
Oct7High
Nov4Moderate
Dec4Moderate

Air quality in Agra 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 Agra is worst in December — around 186 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 3.3× the cleanest month (August, 56 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Agra's WHO annual average of 109.7 µg/m³.

0306090120150180210JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery unhealthyUnhealthyVery unhealthyDec 21186 µg/m³Aug 1056 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan183Very unhealthy
Feb143Unhealthy
Mar111Unhealthy
Apr83Unhealthy
May70Unhealthy
Jun68Unhealthy
Jul57Unhealthy
Aug56Unhealthy
Sep67Unhealthy
Oct119Unhealthy
Nov173Very unhealthy
Dec186Very unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Agra?

Agra sits at 27.2°N, 78.0°E, 166 m above sea level, in India. The nearest listed city is Fatehpur Sikri, 37 km away.

DelhiJaipurBhimdattaDhangaḍhi̇̄KhajurahoRishikeshṬikāpur

Topography around Agra

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Agra has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 38 m around an average of 165 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 40 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 236 m.

The land around Agra is covered by artificial surfaces (66%) and trees (20%) within 3 km, cropland (63%) within 16 km, and cropland (85%) within 80 km.

3 km
38 m
16 km
40 m
80 km
236 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Fatehpur Sikri 37 km · Delhi 181 km · Jaipur 223 km · Bhimdatta 290 km · Dhangaḍhi̇̄ 304 km · Khajuraho 323 km · Rishikesh 326 km · Ṭikāpur 340 km

India travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / D / M
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 23% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$2,702
2025
Happiness
4.5 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
76%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
2.8
per 100k, 2022
Road deaths
15.6
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 484
Religion
Hindu 80%Muslim 14%Christian 2%other and unspecified 2%

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 Agra (27.1833°, 78.0167°, elevation 166 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).