Malaṅgawā weather in August

In August, Malaṅgawā sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 27°C, with 322 mm of rain across 27.4 wet days and about 12.9 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-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 4% 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 Malaṅgawā's 11th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Malaṅgawā's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
5th warmest
Overnight low
27°
11th coldest
Rainfall
322 mm
27.4 wet days
Daylight
13 hours
5:38 AM – 6:36 PM
Cloud cover
85%
11th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
4.18 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.1
out of 10

Malaṅgawā is municipality in Province No. 2, Nepal.

Density
666/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 Malaṅgawā 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 on par with July and on par with September.

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How August really feels in Malaṅgawā

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.

Malaṅgawā weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 5th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan23° / 10°132.110.58.8
Feb27° / 13°162.211.18.2
Mar33° / 18°142.611.84.7
Apr37° / 23°295.412.61.9
May37° / 26°9012.213.31.6
Jun35° / 27°22421.113.71.8
Jul33° / 27°43827.913.52.0
Aug33° / 27°32227.412.92.1
Sep32° / 26°24622.912.22.7
Oct32° / 22°536.311.44.9
Nov29° / 16°40.510.77.4
Dec25° / 12°60.710.39.2

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 7% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 89%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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

Any precipitation

Malaṅgawā gets around 322 mm of rain over 27.4 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 88% and peaks near 89% 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 10 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 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

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 5:30 AM to 5:45 AM, and sunset from 6:47 PM to 6:20 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.35:306:47
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1113.15:366:40
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1313.05:376:38
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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 4.18 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.86 kWh/m² to a high of 6.71 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 4.18 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Malaṅgawā

In seasonPeak

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

Malaṅgawā's monsoon runs June–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Is August a good time to visit Malaṅgawā?

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

2.1
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
3.7
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Malaṅgawā.

What to pack for Malaṅgawā in August

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

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

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Malaṅgawā in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Malaṅgawā peaks around July 20 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 22 at about 3 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateVery highVery highModerateJul 20UV 10Nov 22UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan4Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar8Very high
Apr8Very high
May8Very high
Jun7High
Jul10Extreme
Aug9Very high
Sep9Very high
Oct6High
Nov3Moderate
Dec4Moderate

Air quality in Malaṅgawā 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 Malaṅgawā is worst in January — around 247 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 5.0× the cleanest month (July, 49 µg/m³).

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

0306090120150180210240270JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery unhealthyUnhealthyUnhealthyVery unhealthyJan 12245 µg/m³Jul 1951 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan247Very unhealthy
Feb200Very unhealthy
Mar153Very unhealthy
Apr115Unhealthy
May88Unhealthy
Jun74Unhealthy
Jul49Poor
Aug62Unhealthy
Sep80Unhealthy
Oct134Unhealthy
Nov196Very unhealthy
Dec236Very unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Malaṅgawā?

Malaṅgawā sits at 26.9°N, 85.6°E, 89 m above sea level, in Nepal. The nearest listed city is Gaur, 30 km away.

SirahaBirgañjPanautiHetaudaDhulikhel

Topography around Malaṅgawā

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Malaṅgawā has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 16 m around an average of 82 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 72 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,855 m.

The land around Malaṅgawā is covered by cropland (70%) within 3 km, cropland (74%) and trees (20%) within 16 km, and cropland (54%) and trees (40%) within 80 km.

3 km
16 m
16 km
72 m
80 km
2,855 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
August weather nearby: Gaur 30 km · Jaleshwar 33 km · Janakpur 39 km · Siraha 68 km · Birgañj 70 km · Panauti 81 km · Hetauda 82 km · Dhulikhel 85 km

Nepal travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / D / M
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 24% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$1,536
2025
Happiness
5.1 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
16%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
2.1
per 100k, 2020
Road deaths
16.3
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
Moderate
EF EPI 514
Religion
Hindu 81%Buddhist 8%Muslim 5%Kirat 3%

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 Malaṅgawā (26.8562°, 85.5603°, elevation 89 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).