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New Delhi in August

Hot and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in New Delhi is hot: highs near 93°F, lows near 79°F. Rain falls on about five days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 43 minutes from the first week to the last.August in New Delhi is hot: highs near 34°C, lows near 26°C. Rain falls on about five days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 43 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
93°F34°Caverage
Low
79°F26°Caverage
Wet days
5a week · 69% of days
Daylight
13h 07mon average

Is August a good time to visit New Delhi?

August sits outside New Delhi's best months, which run from December to February. Expect hot days and rain on about five days a week.

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 93°F in August, against 70°F to 106°F through the year.Highs near 34°C in August, against 21°C to 41°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

69% of days in August, against 4% to 69% through the year.

Cloud cover

58% cover in August, against 9% to 58% through the year.

Daylight

13h 07m in August, against 10h 21m to 13h 56m 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.

Either side

  1. July97°36°low 80°low 27°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  2. August93°34°low 79°low 26°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  3. September93°34°low 76°low 24°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where New Delhi sits, in August

Asia/Kolkata
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
5:50 AMsets 7:02 PM
Above the sea
210 mlow-lying
Latitude
28.6°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Agra178 km south-east

The land around New Delhi, 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 India in August

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

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest New Delhi. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. 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.