Gangtok climate

Gangtok Weather in August

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Gangtok, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 18°C on August 1 to 17°C on August 31, and lows from 10°C to 9°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 211 mm over about 28 wet days.

August day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Gangtok, in °C, with the record for each date.510152025151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

August at a glance

Average high
17°C
Average low
10°C
Precipitation
211 mm
Reanalysis high
21°CAug 1, 1994
Reanalysis low
7°CAug 14, 1995
Daylight
13 h 25 min to 12 h 43 min
Cloud cover
87%
Humidity
89%
Dew point
11°C
Wind
9.7 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
Aug 118°C10°C21°C 19948°C 199593%
Aug 218°C10°C20°C 19948°C 201093%
Aug 318°C10°C20°C 19979°C 201093%
Aug 418°C10°C20°C 20018°C 200693%
Aug 518°C10°C20°C 19968°C 200193%
Aug 618°C10°C20°C 20039°C 201093%
Aug 718°C10°C20°C 20038°C 199293%
Aug 818°C10°C20°C 19948°C 201194%
Aug 918°C10°C19°C 20077°C 199294%
Aug 1018°C10°C20°C 20158°C 201194%
Aug 1118°C10°C20°C 20068°C 199193%
Aug 1218°C10°C19°C 20019°C 199693%
Aug 1318°C10°C20°C 19928°C 201392%
Aug 1417°C10°C20°C 20057°C 199592%
Aug 1517°C10°C19°C 20048°C 200491%
Aug 1617°C10°C19°C 20019°C 199391%
Aug 1717°C10°C20°C 20207°C 201191%
Aug 1817°C10°C19°C 20208°C 199791%
Aug 1917°C10°C19°C 20008°C 199791%
Aug 2017°C10°C19°C 19948°C 200790%
Aug 2117°C10°C19°C 19948°C 200290%
Aug 2217°C10°C19°C 20038°C 199689%
Aug 2317°C10°C19°C 20068°C 199589%
Aug 2417°C10°C19°C 20138°C 199689%
Aug 2517°C10°C19°C 20138°C 199988%
Aug 2617°C10°C19°C 20038°C 199788%
Aug 2717°C10°C19°C 19948°C 200888%
Aug 2817°C10°C19°C 20127°C 199988%
Aug 2917°C9°C19°C 19948°C 199988%
Aug 3017°C9°C19°C 20198°C 199187%
Aug 3117°C9°C19°C 19958°C 199386%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Gangtok, in percent.0204060801001102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+5:30).

August 1
sunrise 4:59 AM, sunset 6:24 PM
August 31
sunrise 5:14 AM, sunset 5:57 PM

Every day of August: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.