Dhaka climate

Name: Dhaka
Address: BD

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

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

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.

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: 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.