Durgapur climate
Durgapur is warmest in April, with average highs of 37 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 11 °C. July is the wettest month (293 mm) and November the driest (9.1 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Durgapur averages 1,370 mm of rain and 320 days above 25 °C.
India · population 518,872 · 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 37 °C
- Coldest month January 11 °C
- Driest month November 9 mm
- Wettest month July 293 mm
- Least cloud February 19 % cloud
- Hottest on record June 44 °C
- Coldest on record January 6.3 °C
What to expectDurgapur through the year
Durgapur has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 24 °C in January to 37 °C in April, a swing of 13 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 320 days a year reach 25 °C, 207 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 44 °C, in June.
Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 293 mm against 9 mm in November — 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 | 23.9 °C | 14 mm | 20 % |
| February | 27.7 °C | 19 mm | 19 % |
| March | 33.0 °C | 21 mm | 21 % |
| April | 36.6 °C | 41 mm | 27 % |
| May | 36.4 °C | 114 mm | 40 % |
| June | 33.8 °C | 245 mm | 77 % |
| July | 31.3 °C | 293 mm | 93 % |
| August | 30.9 °C | 274 mm | 92 % |
| September | 30.7 °C | 229 mm | 79 % |
| October | 30.1 °C | 101 mm | 41 % |
| November | 28.0 °C | 9 mm | 24 % |
| December | 24.8 °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 | Days below 0 °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.9 °C | 11.2 °C | 17.5 °C | 30.4 °C | 6.3 °C | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| February | 27.7 °C | 14.3 °C | 21.1 °C | 35.9 °C | 7.5 °C | 23 | 5 | 0 |
| March | 33.0 °C | 18.9 °C | 26.1 °C | 41.5 °C | 11.5 °C | 31 | 26 | 0 |
| April | 36.6 °C | 23.5 °C | 29.8 °C | 43.9 °C | 16.9 °C | 30 | 29 | 0 |
| May | 36.4 °C | 25.8 °C | 30.6 °C | 44.1 °C | 20.8 °C | 31 | 30 | 0 |
| June | 33.8 °C | 26.5 °C | 29.6 °C | 44.3 °C | 22.9 °C | 30 | 27 | 0 |
| July | 31.3 °C | 25.6 °C | 27.9 °C | 36.3 °C | 23.9 °C | 31 | 25 | 0 |
| August | 30.9 °C | 25.3 °C | 27.6 °C | 34.3 °C | 23.4 °C | 31 | 24 | 0 |
| September | 30.7 °C | 24.6 °C | 27.2 °C | 34.0 °C | 19.3 °C | 30 | 21 | 0 |
| October | 30.1 °C | 21.8 °C | 25.7 °C | 33.8 °C | 15.5 °C | 30 | 17 | 0 |
| November | 28.0 °C | 16.9 °C | 22.3 °C | 32.2 °C | 10.6 °C | 29 | 2 | 0 |
| December | 24.8 °C | 12.6 °C | 18.6 °C | 30.2 °C | 7.0 °C | 15 | 0 | 0 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14 mm | 2 | 11 h/day | 20 % | 68 % | 11 km/h |
| February | 19 mm | 2 | 11 h/day | 19 % | 62 % | 11 km/h |
| March | 21 mm | 3 | 12 h/day | 21 % | 53 % | 12 km/h |
| April | 41 mm | 7 | 13 h/day | 27 % | 57 % | 14 km/h |
| May | 114 mm | 13 | 13 h/day | 40 % | 67 % | 15 km/h |
| June | 245 mm | 21 | 14 h/day | 77 % | 78 % | 14 km/h |
| July | 293 mm | 27 | 13 h/day | 93 % | 85 % | 14 km/h |
| August | 274 mm | 27 | 13 h/day | 92 % | 86 % | 13 km/h |
| September | 229 mm | 22 | 12 h/day | 79 % | 86 % | 12 km/h |
| October | 101 mm | 9 | 12 h/day | 41 % | 80 % | 9.4 km/h |
| November | 9 mm | 1 | 11 h/day | 24 % | 70 % | 9.4 km/h |
| December | 11 mm | 1 | 11 h/day | 20 % | 68 % | 9.7 km/h |
How Durgapur 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Durgapur | 37 °C | 11 °C | 1,370 mm | 320 |
| Āsansol · India | 37 °C | 11 °C | 1,300 mm | 317 |
| Kulti · India | 37 °C | 11 °C | 1,278 mm | 313 |
| Barddhamān · India | 36 °C | 12 °C | 1,440 mm | 327 |
| Dhanbad · India | 37 °C | 10 °C | 1,237 mm | 309 |
| Baharampur · India | 36 °C | 12 °C | 1,554 mm | 318 |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Durgapur.
QuestionsCommon questions about Durgapur’s climate
When is the best time to visit Durgapur?
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 Durgapur get?
In April, the warmest month, daily highs average 37 °C. About 207 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 44 °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 Durgapur?
July, averaging 293 mm over 27 days with rain. The driest month is November with 9 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,370 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 Durgapur 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
- 23.516°, 87.308° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
- 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.