Jaipur weather in August

In August, Jaipur sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 165 mm of rain across 18 wet days and about 13 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 2nd-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 17% 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 Jaipur's 12th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Jaipur's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
7th warmest
Overnight low
26°
9th coldest
Rainfall
165 mm
18 wet days
Daylight
13 hours
6:02 AM – 7:00 PM
Cloud cover
74%
12th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
4.32 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.2
out of 10

Jaipur is capital of Rajasthan, India.

Air quality
Very high
PM10 140.9 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
6,523/km²
people per km²
Founded
1727

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 Jaipur reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 2°C cooler than July and about 1°C cooler than September.

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How August really feels in Jaipur

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
heat index over the day's high
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.

Jaipur weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 7th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan21° / 91.410.58.6
Feb25° / 12°81.6118.8
Mar31° / 18°81.711.85.8
Apr37° / 23°61.912.62.1
May40° / 27°123.513.30.1
Jun38° / 28°568.513.70.8
Jul34° / 27°16817.813.52.4
Aug32° / 26°16518133.2
Sep33° / 24°588.312.23.7
Oct33° / 20°111.811.44.7
Nov28° / 15°80.910.77.9
Dec23° / 10°30.810.39.1

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 73%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11882
21783
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132179
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304753
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Jaipur gets around 165 mm of rain over 18 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 58% and peaks near 65% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 55% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 99% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
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8033661
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10033760
11033859
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Wind in August

Winds average 10 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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

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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 5:54 AM to 6:09 AM, and sunset from 7:11 PM to 6:44 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.35:547:11
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413.25:567:09
513.25:577:09
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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 4.32 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.07 kWh/m² to a high of 7.38 kWh/m² in May across the year — August's 4.32 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Jaipur

In seasonPeak

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

Jaipur's rainy season runs July–August, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

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

Is August a good time to visit Jaipur?

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

3.2
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
5.1
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Jaipur.

What to pack for Jaipur in August

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

In August, Jaipur sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 18 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Jaipur 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 Jaipur peaks around June 14 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 12 at about 4 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highExtremeVery highModerateJun 14UV 11Jan 12UV 4
UV index (midday)Level
Jan4Moderate
Feb6High
Mar8Very high
Apr10Very high
May10Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul9Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep9Very high
Oct7Very high
Nov5Moderate
Dec5Moderate

Air quality in Jaipur 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 Jaipur is worst in December — around 153 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 2.3× the cleanest month (August, 66 µg/m³).

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

0306090120150180JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyVery unhealthyDec 16152 µg/m³Aug 1967 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan147Unhealthy
Feb116Unhealthy
Mar85Unhealthy
Apr70Unhealthy
May73Unhealthy
Jun81Unhealthy
Jul75Unhealthy
Aug66Unhealthy
Sep70Unhealthy
Oct98Unhealthy
Nov148Unhealthy
Dec153Very unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Jaipur?

Jaipur sits at 26.9°N, 75.8°E, 435 m above sea level, in India. The nearest listed city is Pushkar, 132 km away.

Fatehpur SikriAgraDelhiJodhpurUdaipurRishikeshKhajuraho

Topography around Jaipur

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Jaipur has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 176 m around an average of 436 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 308 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 540 m.

The land around Jaipur is covered by artificial surfaces (80%) within 3 km, artificial surfaces (37%), cropland (25%) and grassland (21%) within 16 km, and cropland (72%) within 80 km.

3 km
176 m
16 km
308 m
80 km
540 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Pushkar 132 km · Fatehpur Sikri 186 km · Agra 223 km · Delhi 239 km · Jodhpur 286 km · Udaipur 332 km · Rishikesh 431 km · Khajuraho 474 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 Jaipur (26.9196°, 75.7878°, elevation 435 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).