Cox's Bazar weather by month & the best time to visit

🇧🇩 Bangladesh · coastal city break · tropical monsoon climate

The best time to visit Cox's Bazar is January — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 91/100), with December and February close behind. Cox's Bazar averages about 2,418 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 23°C / 73°F and roughly 11 mm of rain in January.

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Sun hours / year

2,418

Sunniest month

January

Peak score

91/100

Rain / year

5,320 mm

Midday UV at peak

10 (very high)

Sea at warmest

32°C / 90°F

Population

495k

Elevation

Sea level

When is the best time to visit Cox's Bazar?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Cox's Bazar is January, then December and February. The dullest month is April (66/100, 185 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Cox's Bazar?

Cox's Bazar gets a moderate 2,418 hours of sunshine a year. January (91/100) is noticeably better than April (66). It ranks #2 of 8 destinations in Bangladesh for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,212 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 61% of the year's 5,320 mm falls in the three months around July.

Sunshine Score by month

Sea temperature in Cox's Bazar by month

The sea off Cox's Bazar is warmest in May at around 32°C / 90°F, and coolest in January at 24°C / 75°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly all year round. Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Chattogram (Chittagong) Bangladesh · 89 km · best in Jan · 2,518 h sun/yr
• Dhaka Bangladesh · 310 km · best in Jan · 2,130 h sun/yr
• Kolkata India · 386 km · best in Jan · 2,164 h sun/yr
• Sylhet Bangladesh · 390 km · best in Jan · 2,257 h sun/yr
• Mandalay Myanmar (Burma) · 416 km · best in Jan · 2,833 h sun/yr
• Imphal India · 417 km · best in Jan · 2,260 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Sittwe Myanmar (Burma) · 175 km · 2,440 h sun/yr · best in Feb
• Barisal Bangladesh · 227 km · 2,105 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Aizawl (Lengpui) India · 273 km · 2,357 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Kyaukpyu Myanmar (Burma) · 279 km · 2,474 h sun/yr · best in Feb
• Agartala India · 280 km · 2,352 h sun/yr · best in Jan

Head-to-head

How Cox's Bazar compares month by month: Cox's Bazar vs Kolkata · Cox's Bazar vs Dhaka · Cox's Bazar vs Chattogram (Chittagong) · Cox's Bazar vs Mandalay · all comparisons