Srinagar Weather in August
Srinagar in August
The short of it: Srinagar in August averages a high of 30 °C (86 °F) and a low of 18 °C (65 °F), with 59 mm (2.3 in) of rain and about 13 h 25 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are October and September. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 30° · low 18° · rain 59 mm · daylight 13 h 25 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: October & September
Thirty years of records give Srinagar an average August high of 30°, a low of 18° and some 59 mm of rain. Days run hot, near 30° in the afternoon; ride early and rest at noon. Rain is modest, about 59 mm, the 5th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 25 min in mid-August, 48 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water. The Almanac rates August 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are October and September.
Against its neighbours, Srinagar runs warmer than most and drier than most in August. Badāmibāgh, 5 km to the ESE, is 1° cooler by day.
August in Srinagar, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° colder, 4.0 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 25 min
- Average wind
- 4 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BadāmibāghJammu and Kashmir | 5 km ESE | 29° | 18° | 62 mm |
| SoyībugJammu and Kashmir | 9 km W | 29° | 18° | 56 mm |
| KrālapurJammu and Kashmir | 10 km S | 29° | 18° | 63 mm |
| BadgāmJammu and Kashmir | 11 km SW | 29° | 18° | 61 mm |
| YechagāmJammu and Kashmir | 12 km SSW | 29° | 18° | 64 mm |
| PāmpurJammu and Kashmir | 13 km SE | 30° | 18° | 60 mm |
| ChadooraJammu and Kashmir | 16 km S | 29° | 18° | 64 mm |
| GanderbalJammu and Kashmir | 16 km N | 29° | 18° | 49 mm |