Bengaluru weather in August

In August, Bengaluru sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 122 mm of rain across 18.9 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 0% of the time in August, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 36 min at the start of August to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Bengaluru's 11th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bengaluru's year-round climate.

Daytime high
27°
10th warmest
Overnight low
20°
8th coldest
Rainfall
122 mm
18.9 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
6:11 AM – 6:37 PM
Cloud cover
93%
11th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
4.27 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.7
out of 10

Bengaluru is capital city of Karnataka state in India.

Density
11,465/km²
people per km²
Founded
1537

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 27°C through the month.

A typical August day in Bengaluru reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and on par with September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How August really feels in Bengaluru

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 0 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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

August sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Bengaluru weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 10th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan28° / 16°41.111.37.8
Feb30° / 18°61.111.66.4
Mar32° / 20°152.311.94.7
Apr33° / 22°447.512.33.7
May32° / 22°12315.912.63.5
Jun29° / 21°12018.612.74.2
Jul27° / 21°12920.612.74.5
Aug27° / 20°12218.912.44.7
Sep28° / 20°12116.712.15.0
Oct27° / 20°13816.911.75.2
Nov27° / 18°629.111.46.6
Dec26° / 17°233.211.37.7

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 0% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 2% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 97%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1199
2199
3199
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5199
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7199
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Bengaluru gets around 122 mm of rain over 18.9 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 62% and peaks near 65% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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1562
1662
1762
1862
1961
2061
2161
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2660
2760
2860
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3060
3160

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels muggy — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the muggy band about 91% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 93% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
18911
28911
37930
47930
57930
67930
77930
86940
96931
106931
116931
125941
135941
145941
155932
166922
176922
186922
196922
207912
217912
227912
238902
248902
259892
269892
279883
2810873
2910873
3010873
3110873

Wind in August

Winds average 15 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 17 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
117light breeze
217light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 36 min at the start of August to 12 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 18 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:08 AM to 6:12 AM, and sunset from 6:43 PM to 6:28 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.66:086:43
212.66:086:43
312.66:096:42
412.66:096:42
512.56:096:42
612.56:096:41
712.56:096:41
812.56:106:41
912.56:106:40
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1112.56:106:39
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1312.56:106:38
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1512.46:116:37
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2212.46:116:33
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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 4.27 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.24 kWh/m² to a high of 6.8 kWh/m² in March across the year — August's 4.27 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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294.5Bright
304.6Bright
314.6Bright
Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Bengaluru

In seasonPeak

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

Bengaluru's rainy season runs May–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Is August a good time to visit Bengaluru?

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

4.7
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
4.9
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Bengaluru for sightseeing.

What to pack for Bengaluru in August

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

In August, Bengaluru sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 19 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Bengaluru in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bengaluru peaks around July 22 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 8 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highJul 22UV 13Dec 21UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar11Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Bengaluru 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 Bengaluru is worst in January — around 63 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.8× the cleanest month (July, 22 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModerateUnhealthyJan 1362 µg/m³Jul 1823 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan63Unhealthy
Feb57Unhealthy
Mar57Unhealthy
Apr51Poor
May48Poor
Jun27Moderate
Jul22Moderate
Aug26Moderate
Sep33Moderate
Oct61Unhealthy
Nov58Unhealthy
Dec60Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Bengaluru?

Bengaluru sits at 13.0°N, 77.6°E, 920 m above sea level, in India. The nearest listed city is Mysore, 128 km away.

IrimbiliyamHampiManaliChennaiThaikattusseryMunnarMadurai

Topography around Bengaluru

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bengaluru has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 63 m around an average of 910 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 204 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,116 m.

The land around Bengaluru is covered by artificial surfaces (71%) and trees (25%) within 3 km, artificial surfaces (60%) within 16 km, and cropland (54%) within 80 km.

3 km
63 m
16 km
204 m
80 km
1,116 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Mysore 128 km · Irimbiliyam 286 km · Hampi 290 km · Manali 290 km · Chennai 291 km · Thaikattussery 316 km · Munnar 326 km · Madurai 344 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 Bengaluru (12.9719°, 77.5937°, elevation 920 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).