Akola climate

Name: Akola
Address: IN

Akola is warmest in May, with average highs of 41 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 15 °C. July is the wettest month (293 mm) and April the driest (2.7 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Akola averages 948 mm of rain and 356 days above 25 °C.

India · population 428,857 · 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 May 41 °C
Coldest month January 15 °C
Driest month April 3 mm
Wettest month July 293 mm
Least cloud February 15 % cloud
Hottest on record May 45 °C
Coldest on record January 7.8 °C

What to expectAkola through the year

Akola has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 28 °C in January to 41 °C in May, a swing of 13 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 356 days a year reach 25 °C, 221 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 45 °C, in May.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 293 mm against 3 mm in April — 107 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	28.1 °C	6 mm	19 %
February	31.2 °C	5 mm	15 %
March	35.4 °C	11 mm	15 %
April	39.4 °C	3 mm	16 %
May	40.8 °C	5 mm	18 %
June	35.4 °C	147 mm	67 %
July	30.0 °C	293 mm	92 %
August	28.7 °C	259 mm	91 %
September	30.1 °C	156 mm	72 %
October	31.3 °C	45 mm	36 %
November	29.7 °C	12 mm	24 %
December	27.8 °C	6 mm	22 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	28.1 °C	14.6 °C	21.2 °C	34.6 °C	7.8 °C	28	6
February	31.2 °C	17.1 °C	24.2 °C	37.0 °C	10.3 °C	28	19
March	35.4 °C	20.8 °C	28.2 °C	41.4 °C	12.9 °C	31	30
April	39.4 °C	25.3 °C	32.6 °C	44.2 °C	19.3 °C	30	30
May	40.8 °C	28.3 °C	34.6 °C	45.3 °C	23.8 °C	31	31
June	35.4 °C	26.7 °C	30.8 °C	44.4 °C	22.4 °C	30	27
July	30.0 °C	24.5 °C	26.9 °C	38.1 °C	22.0 °C	30	16
August	28.7 °C	23.7 °C	25.9 °C	33.2 °C	20.7 °C	30	8
September	30.1 °C	23.2 °C	26.3 °C	35.1 °C	18.6 °C	30	15
October	31.3 °C	21.1 °C	26.1 °C	35.7 °C	15.5 °C	31	24
November	29.7 °C	17.7 °C	23.6 °C	33.2 °C	12.3 °C	30	12
December	27.8 °C	14.7 °C	21.1 °C	32.7 °C	7.8 °C	29	3

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	6 mm	1	11 h/day	19 %	53 %	9.5 km/h
February	5 mm	1	11 h/day	15 %	44 %	11 km/h
March	11 mm	2	12 h/day	15 %	34 %	11 km/h
April	3 mm	1	13 h/day	16 %	26 %	13 km/h
May	5 mm	1	13 h/day	18 %	31 %	17 km/h
June	147 mm	12	13 h/day	67 %	58 %	18 km/h
July	293 mm	21	13 h/day	92 %	77 %	18 km/h
August	259 mm	20	13 h/day	91 %	81 %	17 km/h
September	156 mm	14	12 h/day	72 %	79 %	13 km/h
October	45 mm	6	12 h/day	36 %	66 %	9.6 km/h
November	12 mm	2	11 h/day	24 %	60 %	8.7 km/h
December	6 mm	1	11 h/day	22 %	57 %	8.7 km/h

How Akola 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
Akola	41 °C	15 °C	948 mm	356
Amravati · India	41 °C	14 °C	1,002 mm	354
Burhānpur · India	41 °C	15 °C	959 mm	356
Bhusawal · India	41 °C	15 °C	789 mm	359
Khandwa · India	41 °C	14 °C	993 mm	353

Where Akola ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in Asia in April	13thof 50	39 °C
The warmest places in the world in April	31stof 50	39 °C
The warmest places in Asia in May	32ndof 50	41 °C
The warmest places in the world in May	35thof 50	41 °C
The driest places in Asia in April	42ndof 50	2.7 mm
The warmest places in Asia in March	45thof 50	35 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Akola’s climate

When is the best time to visit Akola?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. January, November, December sit closest to 20 °C on average, May is the warmest month and April the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Akola get?

In May, the warmest month, daily highs average 41 °C. About 221 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 45 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 15 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Akola?

July, averaging 293 mm over 21 days with rain. The driest month is April with 3 mm. The year as a whole averages 948 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 Akola 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.