Jodhpur weather in August

In August, Jodhpur sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 98 mm of rain across 11.9 wet days and about 12.9 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 2nd-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 16% 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 Jodhpur's 12th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Jodhpur's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
8th warmest
Overnight low
26°
9th coldest
Rainfall
98 mm
11.9 wet days
Daylight
12 h 54 min
6:14 AM – 7:10 PM
Cloud cover
72%
12th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
4.5 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.3
out of 10

Jodhpur is city in Rajasthan, India.

Air quality
Severe
PM10 239.8 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
4,533/km²
people per km²
Founded
1459

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 Jodhpur reaches about 33°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 30°C and 36°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 2°C cooler than July and about 2°C cooler than September.

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

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
21 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.

Jodhpur weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 8th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan24° / 11°30.710.59.4
Feb27° / 14°40.711.18.3
Mar33° / 19°20.611.84.7
Apr38° / 25°30.912.61.3
May41° / 29°51.113.30.0
Jun39° / 29°263.913.60.5
Jul35° / 28°1081113.52.3
Aug33° / 26°9811.912.93.3
Sep35° / 26°384.812.23.2
Oct35° / 22°8111.43.4
Nov31° / 16°20.510.76.5
Dec26° / 12°10.210.49.1

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 70%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11486
21486
31486
41585
51585
61585
71585
81684
91684
101783
111981
122080
132278
142476
152674
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213862
224060
234258
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254456
264654
274753
284852
295050
305050
315149

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Jodhpur gets around 98 mm of rain over 11.9 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 38% and peaks near 45% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
145
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1539
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1935
2035
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3132

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 52% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
1033760
2033760
3023761
4023761
5023761
6023761
7023761
8023860
9023860
10033958
11034057
12034057
13044155
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16054352
17064450
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300164242
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Wind in August

Winds average 14 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
115light breeze
215light breeze
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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 6:07 AM to 6:21 AM, and sunset from 7:21 PM to 6:55 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.26:077:21
213.26:077:21
313.26:087:20
413.26:087:20
513.26:097:19
613.16:097:18
713.16:107:17
813.16:107:17
913.16:117:16
1013.16:117:15
1113.06:127:14
1213.06:127:13
1313.06:137:13
1413.06:137:12
1513.06:147:11
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2712.76:196:59
2812.66:206:58
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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 4.5 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.22 kWh/m² to a high of 7.56 kWh/m² in May across the year — August's 4.5 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.4Bright
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284.9Bright
294.9Bright
304.9Bright
315.0Bright
Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Jodhpur

In seasonPeak

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

Jodhpur sees seasonal dust haze (April–August), heaviest in June.

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

Is August a good time to visit Jodhpur?

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

3.3
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
5.8
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Jodhpur.

What to pack for Jodhpur in August

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

In August, Jodhpur sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Jodhpur 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 Jodhpur peaks around August 17 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 5 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecHighVery highExtremeVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateAug 17UV 11Dec 20UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan5Moderate
Feb6High
Mar8Very high
Apr10Very high
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul9Very high
Aug11Extreme
Sep9Very high
Oct8Very high
Nov5High
Dec5Moderate

Air quality in Jodhpur 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 Jodhpur is worst in June — around 135 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.5× the cleanest month (October, 55 µg/m³).

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

0306090120150JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyJun 9135 µg/m³Oct 1457 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan84Unhealthy
Feb75Unhealthy
Mar69Unhealthy
Apr89Unhealthy
May134Unhealthy
Jun135Unhealthy
Jul108Unhealthy
Aug85Unhealthy
Sep68Unhealthy
Oct55Poor
Nov80Unhealthy
Dec85Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Jodhpur?

Jodhpur sits at 26.3°N, 73.0°E, 237 m above sea level, in India. The nearest listed city is Pushkar, 156 km away.

UdaipurJaisalmerJaipurMultanFatehpur SikriDelhiAgra

Topography around Jodhpur

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Jodhpur has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 101 m around an average of 244 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 209 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 502 m.

The land around Jodhpur is covered by artificial surfaces (75%) within 3 km, cropland (41%), shrubs (26%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 16 km, and cropland (72%) and shrubs (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
101 m
16 km
209 m
80 km
502 m
treesshrubscroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
August weather nearby: Pushkar 156 km · Udaipur 200 km · Jaisalmer 221 km · Jaipur 286 km · Multan 462 km · Fatehpur Sikri 471 km · Delhi 494 km · Agra 508 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 Jodhpur (26.2684°, 73.0059°, elevation 237 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).