Amritsar climate

Name: Amritsar
Address: IN

Amritsar is warmest in May, with average highs of 39 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 5.7 °C. July is the wettest month (191 mm) and November the driest (12 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Amritsar averages 767 mm of rain and 251 days above 25 °C.

India · population 1,159,227 · 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 5.7 °C
Driest month November 12 mm
Wettest month July 191 mm
Least cloud October 12 % cloud
Hottest on record May 47 °C
Coldest on record January 0 °C

What to expectAmritsar through the year

Amritsar has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 17 °C in January to 39 °C in May, a swing of 21 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 251 days a year reach 25 °C, 195 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 47 °C, in May.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 191 mm against 12 mm in November — 16 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	17.5 °C	41 mm	42 %
February	20.4 °C	65 mm	40 %
March	26.1 °C	54 mm	39 %
April	33.3 °C	30 mm	36 %
May	38.7 °C	22 mm	29 %
June	38.4 °C	80 mm	26 %
July	33.8 °C	191 mm	49 %
August	32.5 °C	173 mm	49 %
September	32.4 °C	67 mm	23 %
October	30.9 °C	14 mm	12 %
November	25.6 °C	12 mm	20 %
December	20.1 °C	17 mm	29 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	17.5 °C	5.7 °C	11.3 °C	25.8 °C	0.0 °C	0	0
February	20.4 °C	8.1 °C	14.1 °C	29.1 °C	1.4 °C	2	0
March	26.1 °C	12.6 °C	19.3 °C	37.4 °C	4.7 °C	18	5
April	33.3 °C	17.9 °C	25.7 °C	43.3 °C	8.6 °C	29	23
May	38.7 °C	23.0 °C	31.2 °C	46.6 °C	15.6 °C	31	31
June	38.4 °C	26.3 °C	32.5 °C	46.6 °C	19.4 °C	30	30
July	33.8 °C	26.0 °C	29.8 °C	42.4 °C	22.2 °C	31	29
August	32.5 °C	25.3 °C	28.7 °C	37.5 °C	22.1 °C	31	28
September	32.4 °C	23.2 °C	27.6 °C	38.1 °C	16.3 °C	30	27
October	30.9 °C	17.7 °C	24.1 °C	36.5 °C	11.6 °C	30	21
November	25.6 °C	12.1 °C	18.4 °C	32.3 °C	5.2 °C	18	1
December	20.1 °C	7.3 °C	13.3 °C	25.7 °C	1.3 °C	0	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	41 mm	5	10 h/day	42 %	76 %	10.0 km/h
February	65 mm	6	11 h/day	40 %	73 %	12 km/h
March	54 mm	6	12 h/day	39 %	65 %	12 km/h
April	30 mm	5	13 h/day	36 %	47 %	13 km/h
May	22 mm	6	14 h/day	29 %	36 %	14 km/h
June	80 mm	10	14 h/day	26 %	50 %	13 km/h
July	191 mm	20	14 h/day	49 %	77 %	12 km/h
August	173 mm	20	13 h/day	49 %	82 %	10 km/h
September	67 mm	9	12 h/day	23 %	76 %	9.5 km/h
October	14 mm	2	11 h/day	12 %	62 %	9.9 km/h
November	12 mm	2	11 h/day	20 %	64 %	10.0 km/h
December	17 mm	2	10 h/day	29 %	70 %	9.7 km/h

How Amritsar 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
Amritsar	39 °C	5.7 °C	767 mm	251
Batāla · India	38 °C	5.5 °C	938 mm	246
Lahore · Pakistan	39 °C	6.1 °C	608 mm	257
Muridke · Pakistan	39 °C	5.9 °C	706 mm	254
Kasur · Pakistan	39 °C	6.0 °C	549 mm	263
Kamoke · Pakistan	39 °C	5.7 °C	826 mm	250
Jalandhar · India	38 °C	5.7 °C	892 mm	253

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Amritsar’s climate

When is the best time to visit Amritsar?

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 Amritsar get?

In May, the warmest month, daily highs average 39 °C. About 195 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 5.7 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Amritsar?

July, averaging 191 mm over 20 days with rain. The driest month is November with 12 mm. The year as a whole averages 767 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 Amritsar 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.