Darbhanga climate

Name: Darbhanga
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Darbhanga is warmest in April, with average highs of 36 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 10 °C. July is the wettest month (362 mm) and November the driest (3.4 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Darbhanga averages 1,362 mm of rain and 302 days above 25 °C.

India · population 296,039 · 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 36 °C
Coldest month January 10 °C
Driest month November 3 mm
Wettest month July 362 mm
Least cloud November 15 % cloud
Hottest on record May 45 °C
Coldest on record January 4.6 °C

What to expectDarbhanga through the year

Darbhanga has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 22 °C in January to 36 °C in April, a swing of 14 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 302 days a year reach 25 °C, 206 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 45 °C, in May.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 362 mm against 3 mm in November — 107 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	22.1 °C	12 mm	21 %
February	25.9 °C	15 mm	20 %
March	31.9 °C	15 mm	21 %
April	36.1 °C	28 mm	24 %
May	36.1 °C	81 mm	32 %
June	34.1 °C	215 mm	65 %
July	31.7 °C	362 mm	90 %
August	31.6 °C	312 mm	89 %
September	30.9 °C	254 mm	69 %
October	30.1 °C	60 mm	29 %
November	27.8 °C	3 mm	15 %
December	24.0 °C	5 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	22.1 °C	10.2 °C	16.0 °C	27.9 °C	4.6 °C	2	0
February	25.9 °C	13.1 °C	19.5 °C	36.6 °C	6.1 °C	18	2
March	31.9 °C	18.2 °C	25.2 °C	39.8 °C	9.7 °C	30	23
April	36.1 °C	22.8 °C	29.5 °C	42.7 °C	15.2 °C	30	29
May	36.1 °C	24.9 °C	30.4 °C	44.5 °C	19.5 °C	31	30
June	34.1 °C	25.8 °C	29.7 °C	44.2 °C	22.1 °C	30	28
July	31.7 °C	25.8 °C	28.4 °C	38.0 °C	23.7 °C	31	26
August	31.6 °C	25.7 °C	28.2 °C	36.6 °C	22.9 °C	31	26
September	30.9 °C	24.7 °C	27.5 °C	35.0 °C	19.2 °C	30	22
October	30.1 °C	21.3 °C	25.6 °C	33.9 °C	14.8 °C	31	18
November	27.8 °C	16.1 °C	21.9 °C	32.6 °C	9.8 °C	29	3
December	24.0 °C	11.9 °C	17.8 °C	29.3 °C	4.9 °C	10	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	12 mm	2	11 h/day	21 %	71 %	12 km/h
February	15 mm	2	11 h/day	20 %	62 %	14 km/h
March	15 mm	2	12 h/day	21 %	47 %	18 km/h
April	28 mm	5	13 h/day	24 %	46 %	20 km/h
May	81 mm	10	13 h/day	32 %	60 %	20 km/h
June	215 mm	19	14 h/day	65 %	75 %	19 km/h
July	362 mm	28	14 h/day	90 %	84 %	19 km/h
August	312 mm	28	13 h/day	89 %	85 %	17 km/h
September	254 mm	22	12 h/day	69 %	85 %	15 km/h
October	60 mm	6	12 h/day	29 %	77 %	10 km/h
November	3 mm	0	11 h/day	15 %	66 %	10 km/h
December	5 mm	1	11 h/day	18 %	68 %	10 km/h

How Darbhanga 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
Darbhanga	36 °C	10 °C	1,362 mm	302
Muzaffarpur · India	37 °C	10 °C	1,243 mm	301
Janakpur · Nepal	35 °C	10 °C	1,372 mm	295
Saharsa · India	36 °C	11 °C	1,369 mm	304
Begusarai · India	37 °C	11 °C	1,260 mm	299

Where Darbhanga ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in Asia in November	47th of 50	3.4 mm

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Darbhanga’s climate

When is the best time to visit Darbhanga?

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

How hot does Darbhanga get?

In April, the warmest month, daily highs average 36 °C. About 206 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 10 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Darbhanga?

July, averaging 362 mm over 28 days with rain. The driest month is November with 3 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,362 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 Darbhanga 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: 26.152°, 85.897° (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.