Rangpur climate
Rangpur is warmest in April, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 12 °C. June is the wettest month (506 mm) and December the driest (5.1 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Rangpur averages 2,443 mm of rain and 314 days above 25 °C.
Bangladesh · population 1,031,388 · 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 32 °C
- Coldest month January 12 °C
- Driest month December 5 mm
- Wettest month June 506 mm
- Least cloud November 21 % cloud
- Hottest on record April 43 °C
- Coldest on record January 6.6 °C
What to expectRangpur through the year
Rangpur has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 23 °C in January to 32 °C in April, a swing of 10 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 314 days a year reach 25 °C, 161 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 43 °C, in April.
Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 506 mm against 5 mm in December — 99 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 | 12 mm | 25 % |
| February | 26.4 °C | 15 mm | 24 % |
| March | 31.0 °C | 39 mm | 27 % |
| April | 31.7 °C | 158 mm | 45 % |
| May | 30.7 °C | 406 mm | 63 % |
| June | 30.9 °C | 506 mm | 85 % |
| July | 31.1 °C | 450 mm | 94 % |
| August | 31.1 °C | 364 mm | 92 % |
| September | 30.4 °C | 330 mm | 79 % |
| October | 29.5 °C | 148 mm | 40 % |
| November | 27.6 °C | 9 mm | 21 % |
| December | 24.8 °C | 5 mm | 23 % |
Temperature month by month
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Mean | Record high | Record low | Days above 25 °C | Days above 30 °C | Days below 0 °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.4 °C | 11.7 °C | 17.4 °C | 27.8 °C | 6.6 °C | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| February | 26.4 °C | 14.1 °C | 20.2 °C | 33.8 °C | 8.4 °C | 20 | 2 | 0 |
| March | 31.0 °C | 18.4 °C | 24.7 °C | 38.5 °C | 9.9 °C | 30 | 19 | 0 |
| April | 31.7 °C | 21.5 °C | 26.3 °C | 42.6 °C | 15.5 °C | 29 | 19 | 0 |
| May | 30.7 °C | 23.2 °C | 26.5 °C | 41.0 °C | 18.9 °C | 31 | 19 | 0 |
| June | 30.9 °C | 24.9 °C | 27.4 °C | 36.8 °C | 22.3 °C | 30 | 21 | 0 |
| July | 31.1 °C | 25.5 °C | 27.8 °C | 37.0 °C | 23.5 °C | 31 | 24 | 0 |
| August | 31.1 °C | 25.5 °C | 27.8 °C | 36.5 °C | 23.8 °C | 31 | 24 | 0 |
| September | 30.4 °C | 24.7 °C | 27.1 °C | 35.2 °C | 20.8 °C | 30 | 20 | 0 |
| October | 29.5 °C | 21.8 °C | 25.4 °C | 33.5 °C | 16.2 °C | 30 | 12 | 0 |
| November | 27.6 °C | 17.1 °C | 22.2 °C | 32.1 °C | 11.5 °C | 29 | 1 | 0 |
| December | 24.8 °C | 13.3 °C | 18.9 °C | 28.7 °C | 7.7 °C | 16 | 0 | 0 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12 mm | 2 | 11 h/day | 25 % | 71 % | 9.6 km/h |
| February | 15 mm | 3 | 11 h/day | 24 % | 65 % | 11 km/h |
| March | 39 mm | 6 | 12 h/day | 27 % | 56 % | 14 km/h |
| April | 158 mm | 15 | 13 h/day | 45 % | 72 % | 15 km/h |
| May | 406 mm | 25 | 13 h/day | 63 % | 84 % | 14 km/h |
| June | 506 mm | 28 | 14 h/day | 85 % | 88 % | 14 km/h |
| July | 450 mm | 29 | 14 h/day | 94 % | 86 % | 14 km/h |
| August | 364 mm | 29 | 13 h/day | 92 % | 86 % | 13 km/h |
| September | 330 mm | 26 | 12 h/day | 79 % | 88 % | 11 km/h |
| October | 148 mm | 12 | 12 h/day | 40 % | 84 % | 9.1 km/h |
| November | 9 mm | 1 | 11 h/day | 21 % | 74 % | 9.1 km/h |
| December | 5 mm | 1 | 11 h/day | 23 % | 71 % | 8.7 km/h |
How Rangpur 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rangpur | 32 °C | 12 °C | 2,443 mm | 314 |
| Saidpur · Bangladesh | 32 °C | 11 °C | 2,361 mm | 312 |
| Dinajpur · Bangladesh | 33 °C | 11 °C | 2,238 mm | 309 |
| Bālurghāt · India | 33 °C | 12 °C | 1,935 mm | 309 |
| Shibganj · Bangladesh | 33 °C | 12 °C | 2,050 mm | 316 |
| Bogra · Bangladesh | 33 °C | 12 °C | 1,996 mm | 318 |
| Pār Naogaon · Bangladesh | 34 °C | 12 °C | 1,880 mm | 320 |
Where Rangpur ranks
| Ranking | Position | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Places with the best weather in Asia in January | 46thof 50 | 95/100 |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Rangpur.
QuestionsCommon questions about Rangpur’s climate
When is the best time to visit Rangpur?
That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. February, November, 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 Rangpur get?
In April, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 161 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 43 °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 Rangpur?
June, averaging 506 mm over 28 days with rain. The driest month is December with 5 mm. The year as a whole averages 2,443 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 Rangpur 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
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.