Āsansol climate

Name: Āsansol
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Āsansol is warmest in April, with average highs of 37 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 11 °C. July is the wettest month (293 mm) and December the driest (8.3 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Āsansol averages 1,300 mm of rain and 317 days above 25 °C.

India · population 504,271 · 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 April 37 °C
Coldest month January 11 °C
Driest month December 8 mm
Wettest month July 293 mm
Least cloud February 19 % cloud
Hottest on record May 45 °C
Coldest on record January 6.1 °C

What to expectĀsansol through the year

Āsansol has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 24 °C in January to 37 °C in April, a swing of 14 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 317 days a year reach 25 °C, 205 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 8 mm in December — 35 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	23.7 °C	13 mm	20 %
February	27.6 °C	20 mm	19 %
March	33.1 °C	20 mm	20 %
April	36.9 °C	34 mm	26 %
May	36.8 °C	103 mm	38 %
June	34.1 °C	233 mm	76 %
July	31.3 °C	293 mm	93 %
August	30.9 °C	256 mm	92 %
September	30.6 °C	220 mm	78 %
October	30.0 °C	92 mm	39 %
November	27.8 °C	9 mm	22 %
December	24.6 °C	8 mm	19 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	23.7 °C	11.0 °C	17.2 °C	30.6 °C	6.1 °C	8	0
February	27.6 °C	14.1 °C	20.9 °C	36.1 °C	7.1 °C	23	5
March	33.1 °C	18.7 °C	26.0 °C	41.6 °C	11.8 °C	31	26
April	36.9 °C	23.1 °C	29.9 °C	44.3 °C	16.7 °C	30	29
May	36.8 °C	25.7 °C	30.9 °C	44.9 °C	20.6 °C	31	30
June	34.1 °C	26.5 °C	29.8 °C	44.5 °C	23.2 °C	30	27
July	31.3 °C	25.6 °C	27.9 °C	37.1 °C	23.8 °C	31	24
August	30.9 °C	25.3 °C	27.5 °C	34.4 °C	23.5 °C	31	23
September	30.6 °C	24.5 °C	27.1 °C	34.0 °C	18.9 °C	30	21
October	30.0 °C	21.5 °C	25.5 °C	33.7 °C	14.9 °C	30	16
November	27.8 °C	16.6 °C	22.0 °C	32.1 °C	10.1 °C	29	2
December	24.6 °C	12.3 °C	18.3 °C	30.2 °C	7.4 °C	13	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	13 mm	2	11 h/day	20 %	68 %	11 km/h
February	20 mm	2	11 h/day	19 %	61 %	11 km/h
March	20 mm	2	12 h/day	20 %	51 %	13 km/h
April	34 mm	7	13 h/day	26 %	53 %	15 km/h
May	103 mm	12	13 h/day	38 %	64 %	15 km/h
June	233 mm	21	14 h/day	76 %	77 %	14 km/h
July	293 mm	27	13 h/day	93 %	85 %	14 km/h
August	256 mm	27	13 h/day	92 %	86 %	13 km/h
September	220 mm	21	12 h/day	78 %	86 %	12 km/h
October	92 mm	9	12 h/day	39 %	80 %	9.6 km/h
November	9 mm	1	11 h/day	22 %	70 %	9.5 km/h
December	8 mm	1	11 h/day	19 %	68 %	9.8 km/h

How Āsansol 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
Āsansol	37 °C	11 °C	1,300 mm	317
Kulti · India	37 °C	11 °C	1,278 mm	313
Durgapur · India	37 °C	11 °C	1,370 mm	320
Dhanbad · India	37 °C	10 °C	1,237 mm	309
Bokāro · India	38 °C	10.0 °C	1,233 mm	314
Deoghar · India	36 °C	10 °C	1,235 mm	291
Barddhamān · India	36 °C	12 °C	1,440 mm	327

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Āsansol’s climate

When is the best time to visit Āsansol?

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

How hot does Āsansol get?

In April, the warmest month, daily highs average 37 °C. About 205 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 11 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Āsansol?

July, averaging 293 mm over 27 days with rain. The driest month is December with 8 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,300 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 Āsansol 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: 23.683°, 86.983° (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.