Gorakhpur climate

Name: Gorakhpur
Address: IN

Gorakhpur is warmest in May, with average highs of 40 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 6.9 °C. July is the wettest month (131 mm) and November the driest (3.4 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Gorakhpur averages 507 mm of rain and 278 days above 25 °C.

India · population 1,324,570 · 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 6.9 °C
Driest month November 3 mm
Wettest month July 131 mm
Least cloud October 9 % cloud
Hottest on record May 47 °C
Coldest on record January 1.1 °C

What to expectGorakhpur through the year

Gorakhpur has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 20 °C in January to 40 °C in May, a swing of 21 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 278 days a year reach 25 °C, 221 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 47 °C, in May.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 131 mm against 3 mm in November — 39 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	19.6 °C	20 mm	31 %
February	23.0 °C	29 mm	31 %
March	29.0 °C	22 mm	30 %
April	36.1 °C	13 mm	27 %
May	40.1 °C	20 mm	21 %
June	39.3 °C	60 mm	26 %
July	35.4 °C	131 mm	59 %
August	33.8 °C	122 mm	59 %
September	34.1 °C	64 mm	26 %
October	32.8 °C	16 mm	9 %
November	27.5 °C	3 mm	14 %
December	22.2 °C	8 mm	21 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	19.6 °C	6.9 °C	12.9 °C	29.3 °C	1.1 °C	1	0
February	23.0 °C	9.7 °C	16.1 °C	32.1 °C	2.6 °C	8	0
March	29.0 °C	14.5 °C	21.7 °C	39.1 °C	7.2 °C	26	12
April	36.1 °C	20.4 °C	28.5 °C	44.1 °C	11.7 °C	30	29
May	40.1 °C	25.3 °C	33.0 °C	47.3 °C	16.6 °C	31	31
June	39.3 °C	28.0 °C	33.7 °C	46.4 °C	21.2 °C	30	30
July	35.4 °C	27.5 °C	31.2 °C	43.5 °C	23.7 °C	31	30
August	33.8 °C	26.5 °C	29.9 °C	40.2 °C	22.8 °C	31	29
September	34.1 °C	24.5 °C	29.1 °C	40.7 °C	17.7 °C	30	28
October	32.8 °C	19.4 °C	25.9 °C	38.1 °C	13.4 °C	31	27
November	27.5 °C	13.7 °C	20.3 °C	35.5 °C	6.8 °C	25	4
December	22.2 °C	8.7 °C	15.0 °C	27.8 °C	1.3 °C	4	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	20 mm	3	10 h/day	31 %	70 %	12 km/h
February	29 mm	4	11 h/day	31 %	64 %	13 km/h
March	22 mm	3	12 h/day	30 %	53 %	14 km/h
April	13 mm	3	13 h/day	27 %	34 %	16 km/h
May	20 mm	4	14 h/day	21 %	32 %	17 km/h
June	60 mm	8	14 h/day	26 %	47 %	16 km/h
July	131 mm	16	14 h/day	59 %	67 %	15 km/h
August	122 mm	16	13 h/day	59 %	72 %	14 km/h
September	64 mm	8	12 h/day	26 %	66 %	13 km/h
October	16 mm	2	11 h/day	9 %	51 %	11 km/h
November	3 mm	1	11 h/day	14 %	56 %	11 km/h
December	8 mm	1	10 h/day	21 %	64 %	11 km/h

How Gorakhpur 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
Gorakhpur	40 °C	6.9 °C	507 mm	278
Sirsa · India	40 °C	7.1 °C	388 mm	280
Jīnd · India	40 °C	7.0 °C	566 mm	275
Bhiwāni · India	40 °C	6.5 °C	507 mm	283
Rohtak · India	40 °C	7.1 °C	623 mm	279

Where Gorakhpur ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in Asia in November	48th of 50	3.4 mm
Places with the best weather in Asia in February	49th of 50	95/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Gorakhpur’s climate

When is the best time to visit Gorakhpur?

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

How hot does Gorakhpur get?

In May, the warmest month, daily highs average 40 °C. About 221 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 47 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 6.9 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Gorakhpur?

July, averaging 131 mm over 16 days with rain. The driest month is November with 3 mm. The year as a whole averages 507 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 Gorakhpur 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: 29.448°, 75.672° (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.