Guntur climate

Name: Guntur
Address: IN

Guntur is warmest in May, with average highs of 39 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 19 °C. September is the wettest month (188 mm) and January the driest (7.8 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Guntur averages 934 mm of rain and 364 days above 25 °C.

India · population 670,073 · 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 39 °C
Coldest month January 19 °C
Driest month January 8 mm
Wettest month September 188 mm
Least cloud February 28 % cloud
Hottest on record May 46 °C
Coldest on record January 12 °C

What to expectGuntur through the year

Guntur has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 30 °C in January to 39 °C in May, a swing of 9.3 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 364 days a year reach 25 °C, 280 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 46 °C, in May.

Rain is strongly seasonal. September averages 188 mm against 8 mm in January — 24 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	29.8 °C	8 mm	34 %
February	32.5 °C	9 mm	28 %
March	35.3 °C	8 mm	28 %
April	37.1 °C	16 mm	35 %
May	39.3 °C	34 mm	45 %
June	36.0 °C	128 mm	82 %
July	33.0 °C	157 mm	92 %
August	32.1 °C	159 mm	90 %
September	31.9 °C	188 mm	80 %
October	30.9 °C	141 mm	65 %
November	29.7 °C	70 mm	52 %
December	29.1 °C	16 mm	41 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	29.8 °C	18.9 °C	24.1 °C	34.2 °C	12.0 °C	31	14
February	32.5 °C	20.6 °C	26.0 °C	38.5 °C	14.5 °C	28	26
March	35.3 °C	23.3 °C	28.6 °C	39.8 °C	17.2 °C	31	31
April	37.1 °C	26.1 °C	30.8 °C	42.9 °C	21.6 °C	30	30
May	39.3 °C	28.4 °C	33.2 °C	45.5 °C	24.0 °C	31	31
June	36.0 °C	27.7 °C	31.5 °C	45.2 °C	23.7 °C	30	28
July	33.0 °C	26.2 °C	29.3 °C	39.6 °C	23.2 °C	31	27
August	32.1 °C	25.7 °C	28.6 °C	39.2 °C	23.5 °C	31	26
September	31.9 °C	25.2 °C	28.2 °C	38.2 °C	21.5 °C	30	26
October	30.9 °C	23.7 °C	26.9 °C	37.8 °C	18.6 °C	31	22
November	29.7 °C	21.2 °C	25.3 °C	35.6 °C	14.8 °C	29	12
December	29.1 °C	19.0 °C	23.9 °C	34.2 °C	12.4 °C	31	7

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	8 mm	2	11 h/day	34 %	72 %	12 km/h
February	9 mm	1	12 h/day	28 %	68 %	14 km/h
March	8 mm	1	12 h/day	28 %	66 %	15 km/h
April	16 mm	3	13 h/day	35 %	66 %	15 km/h
May	34 mm	4	13 h/day	45 %	58 %	16 km/h
June	128 mm	14	13 h/day	82 %	62 %	18 km/h
July	157 mm	18	13 h/day	92 %	69 %	18 km/h
August	159 mm	17	13 h/day	90 %	73 %	17 km/h
September	188 mm	17	12 h/day	80 %	77 %	13 km/h
October	141 mm	16	12 h/day	65 %	81 %	11 km/h
November	70 mm	7	11 h/day	52 %	78 %	11 km/h
December	16 mm	2	11 h/day	41 %	73 %	11 km/h

How Guntur 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
Guntur	39 °C	19 °C	934 mm	364
Thenali · India	39 °C	19 °C	1,001 mm	364
Vijayawada · India	40 °C	19 °C	985 mm	364
Machilīpatnam · India	37 °C	20 °C	1,015 mm	364
Eluru · India	39 °C	19 °C	1,018 mm	364
Ongole · India	38 °C	20 °C	839 mm	364
Khammam · India	40 °C	18 °C	1,001 mm	364

Where Guntur ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in Asia in February	39th of 50	32 °C
The warmest places in Asia year-round	48th of 50	33 °C
The warmest places in Asia in March	49th of 50	35 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Guntur’s climate

When is the best time to visit Guntur?

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 Guntur get?

In May, the warmest month, daily highs average 39 °C. About 280 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 46 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 19 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Guntur?

September, averaging 188 mm over 17 days with rain. The driest month is January with 8 mm. The year as a whole averages 934 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 Guntur 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: 16.300°, 80.457° (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.