Dhaka climate

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Dhaka is warmest in April, with average highs of 33 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 13 °C. June is the wettest month (357 mm) and January the driest (6.7 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Dhaka averages 1,988 mm of rain and 323 days above 25 °C.

Bangladesh · population 10,356,500 · 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 33 °C
Coldest month January 13 °C
Driest month January 7 mm
Wettest month June 357 mm
Least cloud January 21 % cloud
Hottest on record April 39 °C
Coldest on record January 8.1 °C

What to expectDhaka through the year

Dhaka has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 24 °C in January to 33 °C in April, a swing of 9.9 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 323 days a year reach 25 °C, 181 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C, in April.

Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 357 mm against 7 mm in January — 54 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	24.1 °C	7 mm	21 %
February	27.3 °C	19 mm	22 %
March	31.5 °C	66 mm	28 %
April	32.6 °C	162 mm	43 %
May	32.0 °C	316 mm	58 %
June	31.1 °C	357 mm	85 %
July	30.4 °C	346 mm	94 %
August	30.6 °C	271 mm	93 %
September	30.6 °C	264 mm	84 %
October	30.1 °C	146 mm	48 %
November	28.0 °C	25 mm	28 %
December	25.1 °C	9 mm	24 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	24.1 °C	12.9 °C	18.4 °C	28.2 °C	8.1 °C	9	0
February	27.3 °C	15.8 °C	21.5 °C	35.1 °C	9.8 °C	23	3
March	31.5 °C	20.3 °C	25.8 °C	37.3 °C	12.4 °C	31	22
April	32.6 °C	23.7 °C	27.8 °C	38.8 °C	17.6 °C	30	24
May	32.0 °C	25.1 °C	28.2 °C	37.9 °C	21.1 °C	31	26
June	31.1 °C	25.9 °C	28.1 °C	35.6 °C	23.7 °C	30	22
July	30.4 °C	25.7 °C	27.6 °C	35.2 °C	23.4 °C	31	20
August	30.6 °C	25.6 °C	27.6 °C	34.8 °C	24.0 °C	31	22
September	30.6 °C	25.1 °C	27.4 °C	34.7 °C	21.6 °C	30	21
October	30.1 °C	23.1 °C	26.3 °C	34.0 °C	17.4 °C	31	17
November	28.0 °C	18.6 °C	23.2 °C	32.4 °C	13.1 °C	29	3
December	25.1 °C	14.6 °C	19.6 °C	28.7 °C	9.1 °C	17	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	7 mm	1	11 h/day	21 %	71 %	10 km/h
February	19 mm	3	11 h/day	22 %	67 %	11 km/h
March	66 mm	6	12 h/day	28 %	66 %	13 km/h
April	162 mm	14	13 h/day	43 %	76 %	15 km/h
May	316 mm	22	13 h/day	58 %	83 %	16 km/h
June	357 mm	27	14 h/day	85 %	86 %	17 km/h
July	346 mm	29	13 h/day	94 %	87 %	18 km/h
August	271 mm	28	13 h/day	93 %	86 %	16 km/h
September	264 mm	26	12 h/day	84 %	86 %	13 km/h
October	146 mm	15	12 h/day	48 %	83 %	9.4 km/h
November	25 mm	2	11 h/day	28 %	76 %	8.8 km/h
December	9 mm	1	11 h/day	24 %	74 %	9.2 km/h

How Dhaka 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
Dhaka	33 °C	13 °C	1,988 mm	323
Kafrul · Bangladesh	33 °C	13 °C	1,912 mm	326
Narayanganj · Bangladesh	32 °C	13 °C	1,962 mm	323
Gazipur · Bangladesh	33 °C	12 °C	2,121 mm	328
Narsingdi · Bangladesh	32 °C	13 °C	2,196 mm	327
Chāndpur · Bangladesh	32 °C	14 °C	1,975 mm	325
Nagar Naluākot · Bangladesh	32 °C	13 °C	2,317 mm	328

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Dhaka.

QuestionsCommon questions about Dhaka’s climate

When is the best time to visit Dhaka?

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 Dhaka get?

In April, the warmest month, daily highs average 33 °C. About 181 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 13 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Dhaka?

June, averaging 357 mm over 27 days with rain. The driest month is January with 7 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,988 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 Dhaka 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
Data point: 23.710°, 90.407° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

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.