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Punakha in August

Warm and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Punakha is warm: highs near 81°F, lows near 64°F. Rain falls on almost every day, and the days shorten by 41 minutes from the first week to the last.August in Punakha is warm: highs near 27°C, lows near 18°C. Rain falls on almost every day, and the days shorten by 41 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
81°F27°Caverage
Low
64°F18°Caverage
Wet days
7a week · 99% of days
Daylight
13h 05mon average

Is August a good time to visit Punakha?

Yes. August is one of Punakha's best months (July to October).

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How August sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 81°F in August, against 61°F to 81°F through the year.Highs near 27°C in August, against 16°C to 27°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

99% of days in August, against 77% to 100% through the year.

Cloud cover

82% cover in August, against 19% to 82% through the year.

Daylight

13h 05m in August, against 10h 25m to 13h 51m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with August shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

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  1. July80°27°low 65°low 18°7 wet days a weekRain on almost every day.
  2. August81°27°low 64°low 18°7 wet days a weekRain on almost every day.
  3. September80°27°low 62°low 17°7 wet days a weekRain on almost every day.

Where Punakha sits, in August

Asia/Thimphu
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
5:31 AMsets 6:40 PM
Above the sea
1,240 mupland
Latitude
27.6°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Thimphu26 km south-west

The land around Punakha, shaded by its typical high in August, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Bhutan in August

high · low · wet days
See August on the planning mapThe whole year in Punakha

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Punakha. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (1,240 m) against the climate model's (1,872 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (1,240 m) against the climate model's (1,872 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.