Alwar climate

Name: Alwar
Address: IN

Alwar is warmest in May, with average highs of 40 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 8.2 °C. August is the wettest month (203 mm) and December the driest (5.1 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Alwar averages 628 mm of rain and 290 days above 25 °C.

India · population 322,568 · 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 8.2 °C
Driest month December 5 mm
Wettest month August 203 mm
Least cloud October 12 % cloud
Hottest on record May 47 °C
Coldest on record January 1.9 °C

What to expectAlwar through the year

Alwar has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 21 °C in January to 40 °C in May, a swing of 19 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 290 days a year reach 25 °C, 222 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 47 °C, in May.

Rain is strongly seasonal. August averages 203 mm against 5 mm in December — 40 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	20.9 °C	14 mm	24 %
February	24.8 °C	14 mm	24 %
March	30.9 °C	12 mm	26 %
April	37.1 °C	11 mm	25 %
May	40.5 °C	17 mm	20 %
June	38.9 °C	64 mm	35 %
July	33.8 °C	183 mm	74 %
August	31.9 °C	203 mm	74 %
September	32.8 °C	85 mm	37 %
October	32.6 °C	13 mm	12 %
November	27.8 °C	6 mm	14 %
December	22.9 °C	5 mm	18 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	20.9 °C	8.2 °C	14.3 °C	31.7 °C	1.9 °C	2	0
February	24.8 °C	11.1 °C	17.8 °C	34.8 °C	3.4 °C	12	2
March	30.9 °C	16.2 °C	23.6 °C	40.6 °C	8.5 °C	29	19
April	37.1 °C	21.7 °C	29.7 °C	44.3 °C	12.7 °C	30	29
May	40.5 °C	26.3 °C	33.6 °C	46.9 °C	18.7 °C	31	31
June	38.9 °C	28.3 °C	33.6 °C	46.1 °C	21.9 °C	30	30
July	33.8 °C	26.8 °C	30.0 °C	43.1 °C	23.8 °C	31	28
August	31.9 °C	25.6 °C	28.4 °C	39.3 °C	23.3 °C	31	26
September	32.8 °C	24.2 °C	28.2 °C	39.4 °C	18.2 °C	30	26
October	32.6 °C	19.9 °C	26.2 °C	39.5 °C	13.8 °C	31	26
November	27.8 °C	14.7 °C	21.1 °C	35.8 °C	7.4 °C	26	6
December	22.9 °C	10.0 °C	16.1 °C	29.3 °C	2.7 °C	7	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	14 mm	2	11 h/day	24 %	63 %	11 km/h
February	14 mm	2	11 h/day	24 %	55 %	12 km/h
March	12 mm	2	12 h/day	26 %	43 %	14 km/h
April	11 mm	3	13 h/day	25 %	30 %	15 km/h
May	17 mm	5	14 h/day	20 %	31 %	17 km/h
June	64 mm	9	14 h/day	35 %	48 %	17 km/h
July	183 mm	19	14 h/day	74 %	72 %	15 km/h
August	203 mm	19	13 h/day	74 %	78 %	14 km/h
September	85 mm	9	12 h/day	37 %	69 %	13 km/h
October	13 mm	2	12 h/day	12 %	50 %	11 km/h
November	6 mm	1	11 h/day	14 %	52 %	10 km/h
December	5 mm	1	10 h/day	18 %	59 %	11 km/h

How Alwar 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
Alwar	40 °C	8.2 °C	628 mm	290
Bharatpur · India	41 °C	7.7 °C	669 mm	290
Mathura · India	40 °C	7.8 °C	712 mm	286
Jaipur · India	40 °C	8.0 °C	527 mm	292

Where Alwar ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Asia in December	13thof 50	96/100
Places with the best weather in the world in December	24thof 50	96/100
Places with the best weather in Asia in February	43rdof 50	95/100
The warmest places in Asia in May	47thof 50	40 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Alwar’s climate

When is the best time to visit Alwar?

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

How hot does Alwar get?

In May, the warmest month, daily highs average 40 °C. About 222 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 8.2 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Alwar?

August, averaging 203 mm over 19 days with rain. The driest month is December with 5 mm. The year as a whole averages 628 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 Alwar 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.