The climate of Dhaka (Bangladesh)
Dhaka is the largest city of Bangladesh with a population of over 10
million people. Dhaka is the capital of Bangladesh. Dhaka is centrally
situated in Bangladesh on a fork of the River Dhaleswari. The city was
founded in the 10th century AD, but didn’t become the capital of
Bangladesh until 1971. Dhaka has several historical sites. Among them
are: the Dhakeswari temple, the Aurangabad fortress and the Bara Katra
palace. Dhaka has a tropical monsoon climate (type Am) with dry and
warm winters and hot, clammy and very wet summers. The monsoon period
is from June till the second half of September. About 1,500
millimeters of rain falls during this period. This is about three
quarters of the annual amount of 2,121 millimeters. It is always warm
in Dhaka; January has maximum temperatures of 26 degrees Celsius on
average. After this temperatures rapidly rise to 36 degrees in April
which is the warmest month. From May average temperatures drop with 1
degree Celsius each month caused by the large amount of rain and the
lack of sunshine. When the rainy season ends in the second part of
October temperatures drop more rapidly because of the influence of
relatively cold air coming from the north; the total hours of sunshine
per day increase rapidly.
Climate information
The figures below are based on long term weather and climate records.
They are an average for Dhaka:
More climate information
Climate figures are very useful but don’t present a general impression
of the climate and the eventual weather circumstances within a certain
period. The figures don’t always reflect the chance of wintry weather,
extreme heat or hurricanes. That is why we offer useful extra climate
information for each month of the year:
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