Konark weather in August

In August, Konark sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 27°C, with 370 mm of rain across 27.8 wet days and about 12.7 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°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 12 h 54 min at the start of August to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Konark's 11th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Konark's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
7th warmest
Overnight low
27°
9th coldest
Rainfall
370 mm
27.8 wet days
Daylight
12 h 42 min
5:29 AM – 6:10 PM
Cloud cover
90%
11th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
3.94 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.6
out of 10

Konark is town and site of the 13th-century Sun Temple.

Air quality
Very high
PM2.5 36 µg/m³ · 2017

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 31°C through the month.

A typical August day in Konark reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 27°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 32°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 Konark

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.

Konark 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
Jan27° / 18°111.710.98.5
Feb29° / 21°182.611.36.8
Mar32° / 25°16311.95.0
Apr33° / 27°183.212.44.1
May34° / 28°564.312.93.6
Jun33° / 28°22217.813.22.8
Jul31° / 27°37427.213.12.6
Aug31° / 27°37027.812.72.6
Sep31° / 27°28325.312.12.9
Oct30° / 25°19315.711.54.3
Nov29° / 22°504.211.16.8
Dec27° / 18°141.410.88.5

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 6% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 92%.

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

Any precipitation

Konark gets around 370 mm of rain over 27.8 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 90% and peaks near 91% on the wettest days.

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

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
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Wind in August

Winds average 13 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
114light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 54 min at the start of August to 12 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 30 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:24 AM to 5:33 AM, and sunset from 6:19 PM to 5:58 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.95:246:19
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512.95:266:17
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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 3.94 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.94 kWh/m² to a high of 6.63 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 3.94 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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244.0Bright
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284.0Bright
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304.1Bright
314.1Bright
Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Konark

In seasonPeak

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

Konark sits in the North Indian Ocean cyclone zone; the season peaks May and October–November.

Konark's monsoon runs June–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Is August a good time to visit Konark?

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

2.6
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
3.8
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Konark.

What to pack for Konark in August

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

In August, Konark sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 27°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 28 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

Sea temperature near Konark in August

The nearest coast averages about 29°C in August — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in October at about 30°C and coldest in January near 25°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

24°26°28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan25Warm
Feb26Warm
Mar27Warm
Apr28Tropical
May29Tropical
Jun29Tropical
Jul29Tropical
Aug29Tropical
Sep29Tropical
Oct30Tropical
Nov28Warm
Dec26Warm

UV index in Konark in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Konark peaks around July 22 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 13 at about 5 (moderate).

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

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan5Moderate
Feb8Very high
Mar8Very high
Apr10Very high
May12Extreme
Jun8Very high
Jul13Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep10Very high
Oct9Very high
Nov5High
Dec6High

Air quality in Konark 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 Konark is worst in January — around 67 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 3.3× the cleanest month (July, 20 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Konark's WHO annual average of 36 µg/m³.

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyJan 1066 µg/m³Jul 1621 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan67Unhealthy
Feb46Poor
Mar34Moderate
Apr25Moderate
May21Moderate
Jun23Moderate
Jul20Moderate
Aug23Moderate
Sep21Moderate
Oct33Moderate
Nov54Poor
Dec64Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Konark?

Konark sits at 19.9°N, 86.1°E, 10 m above sea level, in India. The nearest listed city is Kolkata, 379 km away.

KolkataKhulnaJessoreBagerhatBarisalBodh GayaRajshahiDhaka

Topography around Konark

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Konark has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 18 m around an average of 7 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 23 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 376 m.

The land around Konark is covered by trees (60%) and cropland (20%) within 3 km, water (40%) and cropland (36%) within 16 km, and water (41%) and cropland (38%) within 80 km.

3 km
18 m
16 km
23 m
80 km
376 m
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August weather nearby: Kolkata 379 km · Khulna 484 km · Jessore 487 km · Bagerhat 491 km · Barisal 542 km · Bodh Gaya 547 km · Rajshahi 561 km · Dhaka 615 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 Konark (19.8902°, 86.0976°, elevation 10 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. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).