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CHITTAGONG, BANGLADESH


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Elevation: 20 feet     Latitude: 22 16N     Longitude: 091 49E
K�ppen Classification: Tropical Monsoon Climate

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Tropical monsoon climate, occasionally also known as a tropical wet climate or tropical monsoon and trade-wind littoral climate in climate classification, is a relatively rare type of climate. Tropical monsoon climates have monthly mean temperatures above 18�C (64�F) in every month of the year and feature wet and dry seasons, as Tropical savanna climates do. Unlike tropical savanna climates however, a tropical monsoon climate's driest month sees less than 60 mm (2.36 in) of precipitation. Also a tropical monsoon climate tends to see less variance in temperatures during the course of the year than a tropical savanna climate. This climate has a driest month which nearly always occurs at or soon after the "winter" solstice for that side of the equator.

The K�ppen Climate Classification subtype for this climate is "Am". (Tropical Monsoon Climate).

The average temperature for the year in Chittagong is 78.6°F (25.9°C). The warmest month, on average, is May with an average temperature of 83.3°F (28.5°C). The coolest month on average is January, with an average temperature of 67.9°F (19.9°C).

The highest recorded temperature in Chittagong is 97.0°F (36.1°C), which was recorded in August. The lowest recorded temperature in Chittagong is 52.0°F (11.1°C), which was recorded in November.

The average amount of precipitation for the year in Chittagong is 114.9" (2918.5 mm). The month with the most precipitation on average is July with 28.6" (726.4 mm) of precipitation. The month with the least precipitation on average is January with an average of 0.2" (5.1 mm). In terms of liquid precipitation, there are an average of 104.0 days of rain, with the most rain occurring in July with 19.0 days of rain, and the least rain occurring in January with 1.0 days of rain.



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