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Sundarbans in August

avoid · not the best time to go · the wettest month of the year

The year in Sundarbans

Tap a month for its page

  1. Sundarbans in January: ok, busy
  2. Sundarbans in February: sweet spot
  3. Sundarbans in March: ok
  4. Sundarbans in April: avoid
  5. Sundarbans in May: avoid
  6. Sundarbans in June: avoid
  7. Sundarbans in July: avoid
  8. Sundarbans in August: avoid
  9. Sundarbans in September: avoid
  10. Sundarbans in October: avoid
  11. Sundarbans in November: good, busy
  12. Sundarbans in December: ok, busy
  • Sweet spot
  • Good
  • OK
  • Avoid
  • Busy
August is ruled out at Sundarbans: closed: the Forest Department closes the reserve to visitors from mid-June to mid-September.

The numbers

Daily high31°C
Nightly low26°C
Feels like, afternoon37°C
Rainy days, 1 mm or more22 · 413 mm
Humidity87%
Sunshine7.6 h/day
Daylight12.9 h/day
Days over 35°C0
Crowds80 / 100, higher is quieter

Ten-year averages for this calendar month. A rainy day is one with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts it. The model these figures come from drizzles more than a rain gauge, the more so the warmer the month, so its days count from 2 mm, rising to 5 mm in the hottest.

Weather read at Pakhiralay, by the lodges: ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.

How busy it gets

August: quieter than usual. Busiest in January, June and December; quietest in April and May.

Public holidays in August

Holidays crowd a place out; they count toward the crowd score above.

Sundarbans in pictures

What to pack

  • Summer clothes by day, highs around 31°C.
  • Rain gear you will actually use: about 22 rainy days and 413 mm.
  • Humidity averages 87%; breathable fabrics dry faster.

Each line is a threshold over the ten-year figures above, not advice from anywhere else.

Before you go

Type C and D plugs at 230 V. Drives on the left. The currency is the Indian rupee. UK Foreign Office: avoid all travel to parts. Everything for India: cost of living, languages, emergency numbers and health.

On arrival in Sundarbans: the apps, paying, getting around, tipping and the emergency numbers.

August elsewhere

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The other months at Sundarbans

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