Rajshahi climate

Name: Rajshahi
Address: BD

Rajshahi is warmest in April, with average highs of 35 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 12 °C. July is the wettest month (316 mm) and December the driest (8.6 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Rajshahi averages 1,604 mm of rain and 317 days above 25 °C.

Bangladesh · population 763,580 · 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 35 °C
Coldest month January 12 °C
Driest month December 9 mm
Wettest month July 316 mm
Least cloud February 20 % cloud
Hottest on record May 44 °C
Coldest on record January 6.6 °C

What to expectRajshahi through the year

Rajshahi has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 23 °C in January to 35 °C in April, a swing of 11 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 317 days a year reach 25 °C, 202 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 44 °C, in May.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 316 mm against 9 mm in December — 37 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	23.4 °C	11 mm	21 %
February	27.0 °C	20 mm	20 %
March	32.1 °C	28 mm	22 %
April	34.7 °C	73 mm	33 %
May	33.8 °C	193 mm	49 %
June	32.5 °C	313 mm	80 %
July	31.4 °C	316 mm	93 %
August	31.3 °C	261 mm	92 %
September	31.0 °C	248 mm	79 %
October	30.2 °C	118 mm	41 %
November	28.0 °C	14 mm	23 %
December	24.8 °C	9 mm	21 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	23.4 °C	12.0 °C	17.6 °C	29.2 °C	6.6 °C	6	0
February	27.0 °C	14.8 °C	20.9 °C	36.4 °C	8.4 °C	22	3
March	32.1 °C	19.3 °C	25.7 °C	39.9 °C	12.3 °C	31	23
April	34.7 °C	23.2 °C	28.6 °C	41.8 °C	16.6 °C	30	26
May	33.8 °C	25.0 °C	29.1 °C	43.5 °C	21.2 °C	31	27
June	32.5 °C	26.0 °C	28.8 °C	41.2 °C	22.5 °C	30	26
July	31.4 °C	25.9 °C	28.1 °C	36.1 °C	23.8 °C	31	27
August	31.3 °C	25.7 °C	28.0 °C	35.9 °C	23.9 °C	31	26
September	31.0 °C	25.1 °C	27.6 °C	35.3 °C	20.9 °C	30	23
October	30.2 °C	22.6 °C	26.1 °C	33.9 °C	17.1 °C	30	18
November	28.0 °C	17.8 °C	22.7 °C	32.4 °C	12.2 °C	29	2
December	24.8 °C	13.9 °C	19.2 °C	29.0 °C	8.5 °C	16	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	11 mm	2	11 h/day	21 %	70 %	11 km/h
February	20 mm	2	11 h/day	20 %	65 %	11 km/h
March	28 mm	3	12 h/day	22 %	57 %	13 km/h
April	73 mm	9	13 h/day	33 %	65 %	15 km/h
May	193 mm	17	13 h/day	49 %	76 %	16 km/h
June	313 mm	23	14 h/day	80 %	84 %	16 km/h
July	316 mm	27	14 h/day	93 %	86 %	16 km/h
August	261 mm	27	13 h/day	92 %	86 %	15 km/h
September	248 mm	23	12 h/day	79 %	86 %	13 km/h
October	118 mm	10	12 h/day	41 %	81 %	9.6 km/h
November	14 mm	1	11 h/day	23 %	72 %	9.6 km/h
December	9 mm	1	11 h/day	21 %	70 %	10.0 km/h

How Rajshahi 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
Rajshahi	35 °C	12 °C	1,604 mm	317
Puthia · Bangladesh	34 °C	12 °C	1,683 mm	318
Natore · Bangladesh	34 °C	12 °C	1,864 mm	321
Baharampur · India	36 °C	12 °C	1,554 mm	318
Mohammadpur · Bangladesh	34 °C	12 °C	1,765 mm	310
Pār Naogaon · Bangladesh	34 °C	12 °C	1,880 mm	320
Pābna · Bangladesh	34 °C	12 °C	1,834 mm	318

Where Rajshahi ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Asia in January	36thof 50	95/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Rajshahi’s climate

When is the best time to visit Rajshahi?

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 December the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Rajshahi get?

In April, the warmest month, daily highs average 35 °C. About 202 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 44 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 12 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Rajshahi?

July, averaging 316 mm over 27 days with rain. The driest month is December with 9 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,604 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 Rajshahi 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
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.