Rājbirāj weather in August

In August, Rājbirāj sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 345 mm of rain across 29.1 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 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% 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 Rājbirāj's 11th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Rājbirāj's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
5th warmest
Overnight low
26°
12th coldest
Rainfall
345 mm
29.1 wet days
Daylight
12 h 54 min
5:34 AM – 6:30 PM
Cloud cover
86%
11th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
3.93 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.2
out of 10

Rājbirāj is municipality in Saptari District, Nepal.

Density
1,255/km²
people per km²
Founded
1950

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 Rājbirāj 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 30°C and 34°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 Rājbirāj

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.

Rājbirāj 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° / 11°121.610.58.9
Feb27° / 14°141.911.18.2
Mar33° / 19°162.711.84.8
Apr36° / 23°406.812.62.4
May35° / 25°12113.913.32.3
Jun33° / 26°29523.313.62.3
Jul32° / 26°42729.113.52.2
Aug32° / 26°34529.112.92.2
Sep32° / 26°30823.812.22.8
Oct31° / 22°766.911.45.1
Nov29° / 17°30.510.77.5
Dec25° / 13°40.510.49.1

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% 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 90%. 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

Rājbirāj gets around 345 mm of rain over 29.1 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 93% and peaks near 95% 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 99% 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 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 5:26 AM to 5:41 AM, and sunset from 6:42 PM to 6:15 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.35:266:42
213.25:276:41
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413.25:286:40
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1213.05:326:34
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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 3.93 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.71 kWh/m² to a high of 6.31 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 3.93 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Rājbirāj

In seasonPeak

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

Rājbirāj'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 Rājbirāj?

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

2.2
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
3.5
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Rājbirāj.

What to pack for Rājbirāj in August

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

In August, Rājbirāj sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 29 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Rājbirāj 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 Rājbirāj peaks around July 19 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 20 at about 4 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateVery highVery highModerateJul 19UV 11Jan 20UV 4
UV index (midday)Level
Jan4Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar8Very high
Apr7High
May8Very high
Jun7High
Jul11Extreme
Aug9Very high
Sep10Very high
Oct6High
Nov4Moderate
Dec4Moderate

Air quality in Rājbirāj 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 Rājbirāj is worst in January — around 243 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 5.3× the cleanest month (July, 46 µg/m³).

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

0306090120150180210240270JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery unhealthyUnhealthyPoorUnhealthyVery unhealthyJan 12241 µg/m³Jul 1747 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan243Very unhealthy
Feb196Very unhealthy
Mar138Unhealthy
Apr97Unhealthy
May75Unhealthy
Jun62Unhealthy
Jul46Poor
Aug58Unhealthy
Sep73Unhealthy
Oct124Unhealthy
Nov191Very unhealthy
Dec231Very unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Rājbirāj?

Rājbirāj sits at 26.5°N, 86.7°E, 89 m above sea level, in Nepal. The nearest listed city is Triyuga, 28 km away.

BiratnagarĪṭahari̇̄SirahaDharānDhankutā

Topography around Rājbirāj

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Rājbirāj has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 27 m around an average of 83 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 378 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,952 m.

The land around Rājbirāj is covered by cropland (69%) within 3 km, cropland (67%) and trees (20%) within 16 km, and cropland (56%) and trees (38%) within 80 km.

3 km
27 m
16 km
378 m
80 km
2,952 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Triyuga 28 km · Lahān 33 km · Inaruwa 40 km · Biratnagar 53 km · Īṭahari̇̄ 54 km · Siraha 55 km · Dharān 61 km · Dhankutā 76 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 Rājbirāj (26.5397°, 86.748°, 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).