Begusarai climate

Name: Begusarai
Address: IN

Begusarai is warmest in May, with average highs of 37 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 11 °C. July is the wettest month (317 mm) and November the driest (5.0 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Begusarai averages 1,260 mm of rain and 299 days above 25 °C.

India · population 252,008 · 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 37 °C
Coldest month January 11 °C
Driest month November 5 mm
Wettest month July 317 mm
Least cloud November 16 % cloud
Hottest on record May 45 °C
Coldest on record January 5.9 °C

What to expectBegusarai through the year

Begusarai has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 22 °C in January to 37 °C in May, a swing of 15 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 299 days a year reach 25 °C, 211 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 45 °C, in May.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 317 mm against 5 mm in November — 64 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	21.9 °C	16 mm	21 %
February	25.8 °C	16 mm	19 %
March	32.1 °C	17 mm	19 %
April	36.7 °C	19 mm	23 %
May	37.1 °C	64 mm	32 %
June	35.0 °C	205 mm	66 %
July	32.0 °C	317 mm	90 %
August	31.7 °C	275 mm	89 %
September	31.1 °C	248 mm	71 %
October	30.3 °C	71 mm	32 %
November	27.7 °C	5 mm	16 %
December	23.7 °C	7 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	21.9 °C	10.8 °C	16.2 °C	28.2 °C	5.9 °C	2	0
February	25.8 °C	13.6 °C	19.7 °C	35.4 °C	7.5 °C	17	2
March	32.1 °C	18.5 °C	25.4 °C	40.6 °C	10.9 °C	31	23
April	36.7 °C	23.1 °C	29.9 °C	43.2 °C	16.1 °C	30	29
May	37.1 °C	25.5 °C	31.2 °C	44.9 °C	20.3 °C	31	30
June	35.0 °C	26.6 °C	30.5 °C	44.4 °C	22.6 °C	30	28
July	32.0 °C	26.2 °C	28.7 °C	39.3 °C	24.2 °C	31	27
August	31.7 °C	26.0 °C	28.5 °C	36.4 °C	24.2 °C	31	27
September	31.1 °C	25.2 °C	27.8 °C	34.7 °C	20.1 °C	30	24
October	30.3 °C	22.0 °C	26.0 °C	33.8 °C	16.4 °C	31	18
November	27.7 °C	16.8 °C	22.1 °C	32.5 °C	10.4 °C	29	2
December	23.7 °C	12.4 °C	17.8 °C	29.9 °C	7.0 °C	8	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	16 mm	2	11 h/day	21 %	73 %	12 km/h
February	16 mm	2	11 h/day	19 %	65 %	14 km/h
March	17 mm	2	12 h/day	19 %	50 %	17 km/h
April	19 mm	4	13 h/day	23 %	47 %	19 km/h
May	64 mm	9	13 h/day	32 %	59 %	19 km/h
June	205 mm	19	14 h/day	66 %	73 %	18 km/h
July	317 mm	27	14 h/day	90 %	83 %	17 km/h
August	275 mm	27	13 h/day	89 %	84 %	15 km/h
September	248 mm	22	12 h/day	71 %	84 %	14 km/h
October	71 mm	7	12 h/day	32 %	78 %	10.0 km/h
November	5 mm	1	11 h/day	16 %	69 %	10 km/h
December	7 mm	1	11 h/day	18 %	71 %	11 km/h

How Begusarai 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
Begusarai	37 °C	11 °C	1,260 mm	299
Munger · India	36 °C	11 °C	1,256 mm	299
Bihār Sharīf · India	38 °C	9.9 °C	1,085 mm	301
Saharsa · India	36 °C	11 °C	1,369 mm	304
Darbhanga · India	36 °C	10 °C	1,362 mm	302
Bhāgalpur · India	36 °C	11 °C	1,292 mm	300

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Begusarai’s climate

When is the best time to visit Begusarai?

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, May is the warmest month and November the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Begusarai get?

In May, the warmest month, daily highs average 37 °C. About 211 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 Begusarai?

July, averaging 317 mm over 27 days with rain. The driest month is November with 5 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,260 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 Begusarai 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.