Dhāka Weather in August
Dhāka in August
The short of it: Dhāka in August averages a high of 33 °C (91 °F) and a low of 26 °C (78 °F), with 332 mm (13.1 in) of rain and about 13 h 4 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are January and December. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 33° · low 26° · rain 332 mm · daylight 13 h 4 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: January & December
Thirty years of records give Dhāka an average August high of 33°, a low of 26° and some 332 mm of rain. Days run hot, near 33° in the afternoon; ride early and rest at noon. Wet spells are common — about 332 mm, the 2nd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 4 min in mid-August, 35 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates August 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are January and December.
Against its neighbours, Dhāka runs about middling and wetter than most in August. Bairāgnia, 13 km to the NE, sees much the same highs.
August in Dhāka, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 32 mm less rain
- Versus September
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 7°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 4 min
- Average wind
- 5 km/h