Bhavnagar climate

Name: Bhavnagar
Address: IN

Bhavnagar is warmest in May, with average highs of 36 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 17 °C. July is the wettest month (212 mm) and February the driest (0.4 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Bhavnagar averages 674 mm of rain and 357 days above 25 °C.

India · population 605,882 · 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 36 °C
Coldest month January 17 °C
Driest month February 0 mm
Wettest month July 212 mm
Least cloud February 10 % cloud
Hottest on record April 43 °C
Coldest on record January 11 °C
Warmest sea June 30 °C

What to expectBhavnagar through the year

Bhavnagar has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 26 °C in January to 36 °C in May, a swing of 10.0 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 357 days a year reach 25 °C, 225 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 43 °C, in April.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 212 mm against 0 mm in February — 605 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Bhavnagar is warmest in June at 30 °C and coldest in January at 22 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	26.4 °C	2 mm	12 %
February	28.5 °C	under 1 mm	10 %
March	32.2 °C	1 mm	12 %
April	34.8 °C	1 mm	12 %
May	35.8 °C	1 mm	11 %
June	33.9 °C	94 mm	54 %
July	30.8 °C	212 mm	85 %
August	29.9 °C	205 mm	83 %
September	30.8 °C	129 mm	57 %
October	32.7 °C	19 mm	23 %
November	30.7 °C	5 mm	16 %
December	27.6 °C	4 mm	16 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	26.4 °C	16.8 °C	21.7 °C	32.3 °C	11.2 °C	25	0
February	28.5 °C	18.1 °C	23.5 °C	37.3 °C	11.4 °C	27	7
March	32.2 °C	21.8 °C	27.2 °C	40.4 °C	15.6 °C	31	25
April	34.8 °C	25.2 °C	30.3 °C	42.6 °C	19.5 °C	30	30
May	35.8 °C	27.0 °C	31.7 °C	42.1 °C	23.8 °C	31	31
June	33.9 °C	27.7 °C	30.7 °C	41.7 °C	23.6 °C	30	29
July	30.8 °C	26.5 °C	28.5 °C	39.3 °C	24.9 °C	31	21
August	29.9 °C	25.6 °C	27.6 °C	34.1 °C	24.0 °C	31	13
September	30.8 °C	25.4 °C	28.1 °C	37.8 °C	22.5 °C	30	19
October	32.7 °C	24.8 °C	28.9 °C	37.9 °C	19.9 °C	31	28
November	30.7 °C	21.9 °C	26.5 °C	35.4 °C	16.6 °C	30	20
December	27.6 °C	18.4 °C	23.1 °C	32.0 °C	11.2 °C	30	1

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	2 mm	0	11 h/day	12 %	54 %	14 km/h	22.2 °C
February	under 1 mm	0	11 h/day	10 %	50 %	14 km/h	22.4 °C
March	1 mm	0	12 h/day	12 %	44 %	15 km/h	24.7 °C
April	1 mm	0	13 h/day	12 %	46 %	18 km/h	27.5 °C
May	1 mm	0	13 h/day	11 %	55 %	21 km/h	29.4 °C
June	94 mm	8	13 h/day	54 %	68 %	22 km/h	29.7 °C
July	212 mm	16	13 h/day	85 %	78 %	20 km/h	28.9 °C
August	205 mm	15	13 h/day	83 %	80 %	18 km/h	28.0 °C
September	129 mm	9	12 h/day	57 %	76 %	15 km/h	28.6 °C
October	19 mm	3	12 h/day	23 %	61 %	13 km/h	29.2 °C
November	5 mm	1	11 h/day	16 %	56 %	13 km/h	27.2 °C
December	4 mm	0	11 h/day	16 %	56 %	13 km/h	24.3 °C

How Bhavnagar 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
Bhavnagar	36 °C	17 °C	674 mm	357
Bharūch · India	38 °C	15 °C	842 mm	363
Surat · India	35 °C	17 °C	997 mm	362
Surendranagar · India	41 °C	14 °C	648 mm	359
Anand · India	40 °C	14 °C	820 mm	361
Navsari · India	35 °C	17 °C	1,099 mm	363

Where Bhavnagar ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in Asia in February	4th of 50	0.4 mm
Best beach destinations in Asia in December	9th of 50	99/100
Best beach destinations in Asia year-round	10th of 50	82/100
Best beach destinations in the world in December	10th of 50	99/100
The driest places in Asia in March	16th of 50	0.8 mm
The driest places in Asia in April	23rd of 50	1.1 mm

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Bhavnagar’s climate

When is the best time to visit Bhavnagar?

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

How hot does Bhavnagar get?

In May, the warmest month, daily highs average 36 °C. About 225 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 43 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 17 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Bhavnagar?

July, averaging 212 mm over 16 days with rain. The driest month is February with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 674 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 Bhavnagar 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: 21.763°, 72.153° (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.