Bengaluru climate

Name: Bengaluru
Address: IN

Bengaluru is warmest in April, with average highs of 33 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 15 °C. October is the wettest month (140 mm) and January the driest (5.1 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Bengaluru averages 913 mm of rain and 326 days above 25 °C.

India · 920 m elevation · population 8,495,492 · 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 33 °C
Coldest month January 15 °C
Driest month January 5 mm
Wettest month October 140 mm
Least cloud February 29 % cloud
Hottest on record May 37 °C
Coldest on record January 8.7 °C

What to expectBengaluru through the year

Bengaluru has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 27 °C in January to 33 °C in April, a swing of 6.6 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 326 days a year reach 25 °C, 92 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C, in May.

Rain is strongly seasonal. October averages 140 mm against 5 mm in January — 28 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	27.2 °C	5 mm	38 %
February	29.6 °C	6 mm	29 %
March	32.2 °C	15 mm	30 %
April	32.7 °C	44 mm	45 %
May	31.4 °C	117 mm	64 %
June	27.7 °C	120 mm	88 %
July	26.4 °C	130 mm	94 %
August	26.1 °C	123 mm	92 %
September	26.7 °C	127 mm	84 %
October	26.3 °C	140 mm	75 %
November	25.6 °C	62 mm	66 %
December	25.6 °C	23 mm	53 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	27.2 °C	14.7 °C	20.7 °C	31.1 °C	8.7 °C	29	0
February	29.6 °C	16.2 °C	22.8 °C	33.9 °C	10.2 °C	28	11
March	32.2 °C	18.6 °C	25.4 °C	36.0 °C	11.9 °C	31	28
April	32.7 °C	20.7 °C	26.5 °C	36.8 °C	15.4 °C	30	27
May	31.4 °C	21.0 °C	25.7 °C	37.1 °C	17.9 °C	31	23
June	27.7 °C	20.2 °C	23.3 °C	35.3 °C	17.7 °C	28	3
July	26.4 °C	19.7 °C	22.4 °C	31.4 °C	17.7 °C	26	0
August	26.1 °C	19.3 °C	22.2 °C	31.0 °C	17.4 °C	26	0
September	26.7 °C	18.9 °C	22.3 °C	29.8 °C	15.6 °C	28	0
October	26.3 °C	18.4 °C	21.9 °C	30.8 °C	12.7 °C	27	0
November	25.6 °C	16.8 °C	20.9 °C	31.1 °C	9.8 °C	21	0
December	25.6 °C	15.0 °C	19.9 °C	29.4 °C	8.9 °C	21	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	5 mm	1	11 h/day	38 %	62 %	14 km/h
February	6 mm	1	12 h/day	29 %	53 %	14 km/h
March	15 mm	2	12 h/day	30 %	47 %	14 km/h
April	44 mm	7	12 h/day	45 %	56 %	12 km/h
May	117 mm	15	13 h/day	64 %	68 %	14 km/h
June	120 mm	18	13 h/day	88 %	78 %	21 km/h
July	130 mm	20	13 h/day	94 %	79 %	23 km/h
August	123 mm	19	13 h/day	92 %	80 %	21 km/h
September	127 mm	17	12 h/day	84 %	80 %	16 km/h
October	140 mm	16	12 h/day	75 %	80 %	13 km/h
November	62 mm	9	12 h/day	66 %	77 %	15 km/h
December	23 mm	3	11 h/day	53 %	71 %	15 km/h

How Bengaluru 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
Bengaluru	33 °C	15 °C	913 mm	326
Hosūr · India	33 °C	15 °C	868 mm	335
Tumkūr · India	34 °C	16 °C	944 mm	346
Robertsonpet · India	33 °C	15 °C	797 mm	328
Hindupur · India	36 °C	16 °C	710 mm	356

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Bengaluru’s climate

When is the best time to visit Bengaluru?

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

How hot does Bengaluru get?

In April, the warmest month, daily highs average 33 °C. About 92 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 15 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Bengaluru?

October, averaging 140 mm over 16 days with rain. The driest month is January with 5 mm. The year as a whole averages 913 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 Bengaluru 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: 12.972°, 77.594° , 920 m above sea level (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.