Cuttack climate
Cuttack is warmest in May, with average highs of 37 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 15 °C. July is the wettest month (389 mm) and January the driest (12 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Cuttack averages 1,627 mm of rain and 356 days above 25 °C.
India · population 610,189 · 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 15 °C
- Driest month January 12 mm
- Wettest month July 389 mm
- Least cloud February 24 % cloud
- Hottest on record May 45 °C
- Coldest on record January 9.3 °C
What to expectCuttack through the year
Cuttack has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 27 °C in January to 37 °C in May, a swing of 10 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 356 days a year reach 25 °C, 231 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 45 °C, in May.
Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 389 mm against 12 mm in January — 32 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 | 12 mm | 25 % |
| February | 30.9 °C | 20 mm | 24 % |
| March | 35.0 °C | 23 mm | 26 % |
| April | 37.0 °C | 36 mm | 32 % |
| May | 37.3 °C | 72 mm | 42 % |
| June | 34.0 °C | 249 mm | 81 % |
| July | 31.1 °C | 389 mm | 92 % |
| August | 30.7 °C | 377 mm | 92 % |
| September | 31.0 °C | 265 mm | 81 % |
| October | 30.5 °C | 139 mm | 55 % |
| November | 28.8 °C | 31 mm | 36 % |
| December | 26.8 °C | 14 mm | 27 % |
Temperature month by month
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Mean | Record high | Record low | Days above 25 °C | Days above 30 °C | Days below 0 °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.2 °C | 15.3 °C | 21.1 °C | 34.1 °C | 9.3 °C | 27 | 2 | 0 |
| February | 30.9 °C | 18.7 °C | 24.5 °C | 38.7 °C | 11.5 °C | 28 | 18 | 0 |
| March | 35.0 °C | 22.8 °C | 28.3 °C | 40.5 °C | 16.9 °C | 31 | 30 | 0 |
| April | 37.0 °C | 25.6 °C | 30.5 °C | 43.4 °C | 21.3 °C | 30 | 30 | 0 |
| May | 37.3 °C | 27.4 °C | 31.6 °C | 44.7 °C | 22.1 °C | 31 | 31 | 0 |
| June | 34.0 °C | 27.2 °C | 30.1 °C | 44.2 °C | 22.9 °C | 30 | 27 | 0 |
| July | 31.1 °C | 26.0 °C | 28.1 °C | 36.1 °C | 23.7 °C | 31 | 24 | 0 |
| August | 30.7 °C | 25.6 °C | 27.7 °C | 34.3 °C | 24.3 °C | 31 | 22 | 0 |
| September | 31.0 °C | 25.2 °C | 27.6 °C | 34.5 °C | 23.1 °C | 30 | 22 | 0 |
| October | 30.5 °C | 23.3 °C | 26.5 °C | 34.7 °C | 17.1 °C | 31 | 21 | 0 |
| November | 28.8 °C | 19.3 °C | 23.9 °C | 33.2 °C | 13.5 °C | 30 | 6 | 0 |
| December | 26.8 °C | 15.5 °C | 21.1 °C | 31.8 °C | 10.3 °C | 27 | 0 | 0 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12 mm | 2 | 11 h/day | 25 % | 70 % | 10 km/h |
| February | 20 mm | 2 | 11 h/day | 24 % | 68 % | 12 km/h |
| March | 23 mm | 4 | 12 h/day | 26 % | 67 % | 14 km/h |
| April | 36 mm | 7 | 13 h/day | 32 % | 68 % | 16 km/h |
| May | 72 mm | 7 | 13 h/day | 42 % | 71 % | 17 km/h |
| June | 249 mm | 20 | 13 h/day | 81 % | 78 % | 15 km/h |
| July | 389 mm | 28 | 13 h/day | 92 % | 86 % | 14 km/h |
| August | 377 mm | 28 | 13 h/day | 92 % | 87 % | 13 km/h |
| September | 265 mm | 25 | 12 h/day | 81 % | 86 % | 12 km/h |
| October | 139 mm | 14 | 12 h/day | 55 % | 83 % | 11 km/h |
| November | 31 mm | 3 | 11 h/day | 36 % | 76 % | 9.8 km/h |
| December | 14 mm | 1 | 11 h/day | 27 % | 70 % | 9.7 km/h |
How Cuttack 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cuttack | 37 °C | 15 °C | 1,627 mm | 356 |
| Bhubaneswar · India | 37 °C | 15 °C | 1,596 mm | 356 |
| Puri · India | 34 °C | 17 °C | 1,568 mm | 360 |
| Brahmapur · India | 35 °C | 17 °C | 1,308 mm | 350 |
| Rourkela · India | 39 °C | 13 °C | 1,389 mm | 341 |
| Sambalpur · India | 40 °C | 14 °C | 1,478 mm | 353 |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Cuttack.
QuestionsCommon questions about Cuttack’s climate
When is the best time to visit Cuttack?
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, May is the warmest month and January the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does Cuttack get?
In May, the warmest month, daily highs average 37 °C. About 231 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 15 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.
Which month is wettest in Cuttack?
July, averaging 389 mm over 28 days with rain. The driest month is January with 12 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,627 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 Cuttack 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
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.