Ambāla climate

Name: Ambāla
Address: IN

Ambāla is warmest in May, with average highs of 39 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 7.2 °C. July is the wettest month (255 mm) and November the driest (8.2 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Ambāla averages 984 mm of rain and 265 days above 25 °C.

India · population 195,153 · 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 39 °C
Coldest month January 7.2 °C
Driest month November 8 mm
Wettest month July 255 mm
Least cloud October 9 % cloud
Hottest on record June 46 °C
Coldest on record January 1.9 °C

What to expectAmbāla through the year

Ambāla has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 19 °C in January to 39 °C in May, a swing of 19 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 265 days a year reach 25 °C, 196 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 46 °C, in June.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 255 mm against 8 mm in November — 31 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	18.6 °C	51 mm	37 %
February	21.9 °C	58 mm	36 %
March	27.7 °C	53 mm	33 %
April	34.6 °C	30 mm	31 %
May	38.5 °C	31 mm	25 %
June	37.4 °C	95 mm	29 %
July	33.0 °C	255 mm	62 %
August	31.8 °C	241 mm	63 %
September	31.7 °C	123 mm	29 %
October	30.9 °C	21 mm	9 %
November	26.3 °C	8 mm	15 %
December	21.1 °C	18 mm	24 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	18.6 °C	7.2 °C	12.5 °C	27.5 °C	1.9 °C	0	0
February	21.9 °C	9.6 °C	15.5 °C	31.5 °C	2.8 °C	5	0
March	27.7 °C	13.9 °C	20.8 °C	37.2 °C	7.1 °C	24	8
April	34.6 °C	19.2 °C	27.2 °C	43.2 °C	9.7 °C	30	26
May	38.5 °C	23.8 °C	31.5 °C	45.4 °C	16.6 °C	31	31
June	37.4 °C	26.2 °C	31.9 °C	45.9 °C	20.2 °C	30	29
July	33.0 °C	25.8 °C	29.1 °C	41.4 °C	22.9 °C	31	27
August	31.8 °C	25.1 °C	28.1 °C	37.9 °C	21.9 °C	31	26
September	31.7 °C	23.0 °C	27.2 °C	36.4 °C	16.5 °C	30	26
October	30.9 °C	17.5 °C	24.1 °C	36.3 °C	11.8 °C	31	21
November	26.3 °C	12.8 °C	19.1 °C	33.2 °C	6.8 °C	21	1
December	21.1 °C	8.6 °C	14.3 °C	27.1 °C	3.0 °C	1	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	51 mm	5	10 h/day	37 %	75 %	14 km/h
February	58 mm	5	11 h/day	36 %	69 %	16 km/h
March	53 mm	5	12 h/day	33 %	56 %	17 km/h
April	30 mm	6	13 h/day	31 %	37 %	18 km/h
May	31 mm	6	14 h/day	25 %	34 %	19 km/h
June	95 mm	11	14 h/day	29 %	51 %	17 km/h
July	255 mm	23	14 h/day	62 %	77 %	15 km/h
August	241 mm	23	13 h/day	63 %	82 %	13 km/h
September	123 mm	11	12 h/day	29 %	76 %	13 km/h
October	21 mm	2	11 h/day	9 %	58 %	13 km/h
November	8 mm	1	11 h/day	15 %	60 %	13 km/h
December	18 mm	2	10 h/day	24 %	69 %	13 km/h

How Ambāla 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
Ambāla	39 °C	7.2 °C	984 mm	265
Patiāla · India	39 °C	6.8 °C	883 mm	262
Chandigarh · India	38 °C	6.2 °C	764 mm	257
Yamuna Nagar · India	38 °C	6.5 °C	1,178 mm	264
Karnāl · India	39 °C	7.3 °C	800 mm	265
Sahāranpur · India	38 °C	6.6 °C	1,158 mm	265

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Ambāla’s climate

When is the best time to visit Ambāla?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. March, October, 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 Ambāla get?

In May, the warmest month, daily highs average 39 °C. About 196 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 46 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 7.2 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Ambāla?

July, averaging 255 mm over 23 days with rain. The driest month is November with 8 mm. The year as a whole averages 984 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 Ambāla 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
Data point: 30.361°, 76.798° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
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.