Alīgarh climate
Alīgarh is warmest in May, with average highs of 40 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 7.8 °C. July is the wettest month (232 mm) and November the driest (5.5 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Alīgarh averages 772 mm of rain and 281 days above 25 °C.
India · population 753,207 · 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 40 °C
- Coldest month January 7.8 °C
- Driest month November 5 mm
- Wettest month July 232 mm
- Least cloud October 11 % cloud
- Hottest on record June 47 °C
- Coldest on record December 0.9 °C
What to expectAlīgarh through the year
Alīgarh has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 20 °C in January to 40 °C in May, a swing of 19 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 281 days a year reach 25 °C, 211 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 47 °C, in June.
Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 232 mm against 5 mm in November — 42 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20.2 °C | 19 mm | 27 % |
| February | 23.7 °C | 29 mm | 26 % |
| March | 29.8 °C | 17 mm | 26 % |
| April | 36.6 °C | 10 mm | 24 % |
| May | 39.7 °C | 17 mm | 19 % |
| June | 38.2 °C | 82 mm | 35 % |
| July | 33.4 °C | 232 mm | 76 % |
| August | 31.8 °C | 221 mm | 76 % |
| September | 31.9 °C | 119 mm | 39 % |
| October | 31.5 °C | 14 mm | 11 % |
| November | 27.2 °C | 5 mm | 13 % |
| December | 22.3 °C | 6 mm | 19 % |
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 | 20.2 °C | 7.8 °C | 13.7 °C | 29.8 °C | 2.3 °C | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| February | 23.7 °C | 10.6 °C | 17.0 °C | 32.2 °C | 3.5 °C | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| March | 29.8 °C | 15.4 °C | 22.6 °C | 38.8 °C | 7.8 °C | 28 | 15 | 0 |
| April | 36.6 °C | 21.1 °C | 29.1 °C | 44.4 °C | 13.3 °C | 30 | 29 | 0 |
| May | 39.7 °C | 25.6 °C | 32.8 °C | 46.0 °C | 18.1 °C | 31 | 31 | 0 |
| June | 38.2 °C | 27.7 °C | 33.0 °C | 46.5 °C | 22.1 °C | 30 | 30 | 0 |
| July | 33.4 °C | 26.5 °C | 29.7 °C | 42.1 °C | 23.8 °C | 31 | 28 | 0 |
| August | 31.8 °C | 25.7 °C | 28.4 °C | 39.7 °C | 22.4 °C | 31 | 26 | 0 |
| September | 31.9 °C | 24.0 °C | 27.7 °C | 37.9 °C | 17.9 °C | 30 | 25 | 0 |
| October | 31.5 °C | 19.0 °C | 25.1 °C | 36.6 °C | 13.6 °C | 31 | 24 | 0 |
| November | 27.2 °C | 14.0 °C | 20.3 °C | 34.5 °C | 7.0 °C | 25 | 2 | 0 |
| December | 22.3 °C | 9.3 °C | 15.5 °C | 28.3 °C | 0.9 °C | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19 mm | 2 | 11 h/day | 27 % | 71 % | 12 km/h |
| February | 29 mm | 3 | 11 h/day | 26 % | 65 % | 14 km/h |
| March | 17 mm | 3 | 12 h/day | 26 % | 52 % | 15 km/h |
| April | 10 mm | 2 | 13 h/day | 24 % | 35 % | 16 km/h |
| May | 17 mm | 4 | 14 h/day | 19 % | 36 % | 17 km/h |
| June | 82 mm | 9 | 14 h/day | 35 % | 52 % | 17 km/h |
| July | 232 mm | 21 | 14 h/day | 76 % | 76 % | 15 km/h |
| August | 221 mm | 22 | 13 h/day | 76 % | 81 % | 14 km/h |
| September | 119 mm | 11 | 12 h/day | 39 % | 77 % | 13 km/h |
| October | 14 mm | 2 | 12 h/day | 11 % | 62 % | 11 km/h |
| November | 5 mm | 1 | 11 h/day | 13 % | 60 % | 11 km/h |
| December | 6 mm | 1 | 10 h/day | 19 % | 66 % | 11 km/h |
How Alīgarh 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alīgarh | 40 °C | 7.8 °C | 772 mm | 281 |
| Mathura · India | 40 °C | 7.8 °C | 712 mm | 286 |
| Bulandshahr · India | 39 °C | 7.6 °C | 751 mm | 279 |
| Agra · India | 40 °C | 7.9 °C | 716 mm | 287 |
| Sambhal · India | 39 °C | 8.1 °C | 879 mm | 276 |
| Bharatpur · India | 41 °C | 7.7 °C | 669 mm | 290 |
Where Alīgarh ranks
| Ranking | Position | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Places with the best weather in Asia in February | 28thof 50 | 95/100 |
| Places with the best weather in the world in February | 42ndof 50 | 95/100 |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Alīgarh.
QuestionsCommon questions about Alīgarh’s climate
When is the best time to visit Alīgarh?
That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. February, March, November sit closest to 20 °C on average, May is the warmest month and November the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does Alīgarh get?
In May, the warmest month, daily highs average 40 °C. About 211 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 47 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average 7.8 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.
Which month is wettest in Alīgarh?
July, averaging 232 mm over 21 days with rain. The driest month is November with 5 mm. The year as a whole averages 772 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 Alīgarh 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.