Bhopal climate

Name: Bhopal
Address: IN

Bhopal is warmest in May, with average highs of 40 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 11 °C. July is the wettest month (376 mm) and April the driest (3.4 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Bhopal averages 1,066 mm of rain and 318 days above 25 °C.

India · population 1,798,218 · 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 40 °C
Coldest month January 11 °C
Driest month April 3 mm
Wettest month July 376 mm
Least cloud February 15 % cloud
Hottest on record May 45 °C
Coldest on record January 5.4 °C

What to expectBhopal through the year

Bhopal has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 24 °C in January to 40 °C in May, a swing of 16 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 318 days a year reach 25 °C, 167 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 45 °C, in May.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 376 mm against 3 mm in April — 112 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	24.3 °C	8 mm	19 %
February	27.7 °C	11 mm	15 %
March	32.7 °C	10 mm	17 %
April	37.6 °C	3 mm	18 %
May	39.8 °C	8 mm	18 %
June	35.5 °C	125 mm	58 %
July	29.0 °C	376 mm	91 %
August	27.6 °C	339 mm	91 %
September	29.3 °C	139 mm	62 %
October	30.7 °C	24 mm	25 %
November	28.3 °C	11 mm	19 %
December	25.2 °C	11 mm	20 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	24.3 °C	11.3 °C	17.6 °C	31.5 °C	5.4 °C	12	1
February	27.7 °C	13.9 °C	20.8 °C	35.9 °C	6.1 °C	23	7
March	32.7 °C	18.4 °C	25.7 °C	39.8 °C	9.9 °C	31	25
April	37.6 °C	23.6 °C	30.8 °C	42.6 °C	16.6 °C	30	30
May	39.8 °C	27.5 °C	33.7 °C	45.2 °C	21.8 °C	31	31
June	35.5 °C	26.5 °C	30.7 °C	44.0 °C	20.7 °C	30	26
July	29.0 °C	23.7 °C	26.0 °C	38.9 °C	20.6 °C	28	10
August	27.6 °C	22.8 °C	24.8 °C	32.3 °C	20.0 °C	28	2
September	29.3 °C	22.2 °C	25.4 °C	34.6 °C	17.7 °C	29	10
October	30.7 °C	19.8 °C	25.2 °C	35.2 °C	14.8 °C	31	21
November	28.3 °C	16.1 °C	22.1 °C	32.8 °C	9.8 °C	29	4
December	25.2 °C	12.2 °C	18.5 °C	30.6 °C	6.9 °C	17	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	8 mm	2	11 h/day	19 %	55 %	12 km/h
February	11 mm	1	11 h/day	15 %	46 %	13 km/h
March	10 mm	1	12 h/day	17 %	34 %	14 km/h
April	3 mm	1	13 h/day	18 %	24 %	16 km/h
May	8 mm	2	13 h/day	18 %	28 %	18 km/h
June	125 mm	13	14 h/day	58 %	56 %	18 km/h
July	376 mm	23	13 h/day	91 %	82 %	18 km/h
August	339 mm	24	13 h/day	91 %	86 %	17 km/h
September	139 mm	13	12 h/day	62 %	79 %	14 km/h
October	24 mm	4	12 h/day	25 %	58 %	11 km/h
November	11 mm	1	11 h/day	19 %	52 %	11 km/h
December	11 mm	1	11 h/day	20 %	55 %	11 km/h

How Bhopal 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
Bhopal	40 °C	11 °C	1,066 mm	318
Vidisha · India	41 °C	11 °C	1,069 mm	321
Dewas · India	39 °C	11 °C	976 mm	327
Saugor · India	40 °C	10 °C	1,113 mm	309
Punāsa · India	41 °C	13 °C	1,073 mm	349

Where Bhopal ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Asia in January	8thof 50	96/100
Places with the best weather in the world in January	14thof 50	96/100
Places with the best weather in Asia in December	49thof 50	95/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Bhopal’s climate

When is the best time to visit Bhopal?

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 April the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Bhopal get?

In May, the warmest month, daily highs average 40 °C. About 167 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 Bhopal?

July, averaging 376 mm over 23 days with rain. The driest month is April with 3 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,066 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 Bhopal 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.