Bāndarban climate
Bāndarban is warmest in April, with average highs of 34 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 14 °C. July is the wettest month (432 mm) and January the driest (7.2 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Bāndarban averages 2,072 mm of rain and 343 days above 25 °C.
Bangladesh · population 495,272 · 1991–2020 normals
Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month
- Warmest month April 34 °C
- Coldest month January 14 °C
- Driest month January 7 mm
- Wettest month July 432 mm
- Least cloud January 17 % cloud
- Hottest on record April 40 °C
- Coldest on record January 8.9 °C
What to expectBāndarban through the year
Bāndarban has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 26 °C in January to 34 °C in April, a swing of 8.5 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 343 days a year reach 25 °C, 181 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C, in April.
Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 432 mm against 7 mm in January — 60 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.9 °C | 7 mm | 17 % |
| February | 29.2 °C | 12 mm | 18 % |
| March | 32.7 °C | 42 mm | 24 % |
| April | 33.7 °C | 65 mm | 35 % |
| May | 32.5 °C | 228 mm | 55 % |
| June | 30.3 °C | 419 mm | 88 % |
| July | 29.3 °C | 432 mm | 94 % |
| August | 29.7 °C | 335 mm | 94 % |
| September | 30.0 °C | 290 mm | 88 % |
| October | 29.9 °C | 186 mm | 61 % |
| November | 28.5 °C | 43 mm | 37 % |
| December | 26.2 °C | 14 mm | 27 % |
Temperature month by month
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Mean | Record high | Record low | Days above 25 °C | Days above 30 °C | Days below 0 °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.9 °C | 13.8 °C | 19.4 °C | 30.9 °C | 8.9 °C | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| February | 29.2 °C | 16.3 °C | 22.3 °C | 35.5 °C | 9.1 °C | 27 | 11 | 0 |
| March | 32.7 °C | 20.2 °C | 26.0 °C | 39.3 °C | 13.1 °C | 31 | 28 | 0 |
| April | 33.7 °C | 23.3 °C | 27.8 °C | 40.3 °C | 18.0 °C | 30 | 28 | 0 |
| May | 32.5 °C | 24.7 °C | 27.9 °C | 39.4 °C | 21.0 °C | 31 | 27 | 0 |
| June | 30.3 °C | 24.8 °C | 26.9 °C | 36.3 °C | 22.6 °C | 30 | 18 | 0 |
| July | 29.3 °C | 24.5 °C | 26.3 °C | 33.8 °C | 22.2 °C | 30 | 14 | 0 |
| August | 29.7 °C | 24.5 °C | 26.4 °C | 34.0 °C | 22.7 °C | 31 | 15 | 0 |
| September | 30.0 °C | 24.2 °C | 26.4 °C | 35.0 °C | 22.4 °C | 30 | 18 | 0 |
| October | 29.9 °C | 22.9 °C | 25.9 °C | 34.5 °C | 17.4 °C | 30 | 17 | 0 |
| November | 28.5 °C | 19.2 °C | 23.5 °C | 33.0 °C | 12.8 °C | 29 | 5 | 0 |
| December | 26.2 °C | 15.3 °C | 20.4 °C | 31.7 °C | 8.9 °C | 24 | 0 | 0 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7 mm | 1 | 11 h/day | 17 % | 71 % | 8.8 km/h |
| February | 12 mm | 2 | 11 h/day | 18 % | 64 % | 11 km/h |
| March | 42 mm | 3 | 12 h/day | 24 % | 65 % | 13 km/h |
| April | 65 mm | 9 | 13 h/day | 35 % | 74 % | 13 km/h |
| May | 228 mm | 19 | 13 h/day | 55 % | 81 % | 13 km/h |
| June | 419 mm | 27 | 13 h/day | 88 % | 89 % | 13 km/h |
| July | 432 mm | 30 | 13 h/day | 94 % | 91 % | 14 km/h |
| August | 335 mm | 30 | 13 h/day | 94 % | 90 % | 12 km/h |
| September | 290 mm | 27 | 12 h/day | 88 % | 90 % | 9.9 km/h |
| October | 186 mm | 19 | 12 h/day | 61 % | 88 % | 7.6 km/h |
| November | 43 mm | 5 | 11 h/day | 37 % | 81 % | 7.2 km/h |
| December | 14 mm | 1 | 11 h/day | 27 % | 77 % | 7.9 km/h |
How Bāndarban compares
The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.
| Destination | Summer high | Winter low | Rain per year | Days above 25 °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bāndarban | 34 °C | 14 °C | 2,072 mm | 343 |
| Chattogram · Bangladesh | 31 °C | 15 °C | 2,608 mm | 316 |
| Hāthazāri · Bangladesh | 31 °C | 15 °C | 2,622 mm | 326 |
| Karnaphuli · Bangladesh | 33 °C | 14 °C | 1,929 mm | 326 |
| Cox’s Bāzār · Bangladesh | 31 °C | 16 °C | 2,645 mm | 323 |
| Comilla · Bangladesh | 32 °C | 12 °C | 2,128 mm | 333 |
| Aizawl · India | 27 °C | 5.1 °C | 1,761 mm | 118 |
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QuestionsCommon questions about Bāndarban’s climate
When is the best time to visit Bāndarban?
That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. January, February, December sit closest to 20 °C on average, April is the warmest month and January the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does Bāndarban get?
In April, the warmest month, daily highs average 34 °C. About 181 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average 14 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.
Which month is wettest in Bāndarban?
July, averaging 432 mm over 30 days with rain. The driest month is January with 7 mm. The year as a whole averages 2,072 mm.
Are these figures a forecast?
No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Bāndarban rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.
Data sources and method
- ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
- Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
- NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
- GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0
- Normal period
- 1991–2020
- Dataset version
- era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
- Last processed
Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.
Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.