Haldia climate
Haldia is warmest in April, with average highs of 34 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 14 °C. July is the wettest month (347 mm) and December the driest (13 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Haldia averages 1,610 mm of rain and 339 days above 25 °C.
India · population 170,695 · 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 34 °C
- Coldest month January 14 °C
- Driest month December 13 mm
- Wettest month July 347 mm
- Least cloud January 20 % cloud
- Hottest on record April 40 °C
- Coldest on record January 9.7 °C
What to expectHaldia through the year
Haldia has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 25 °C in January to 34 °C in April, a swing of 11 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 339 days a year reach 25 °C, 195 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C, in April.
Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 347 mm against 13 mm in December — 27 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.1 °C | 13 mm | 20 % |
| February | 28.5 °C | 20 mm | 21 % |
| March | 32.5 °C | 25 mm | 23 % |
| April | 34.0 °C | 49 mm | 32 % |
| May | 33.8 °C | 96 mm | 46 % |
| June | 32.1 °C | 265 mm | 82 % |
| July | 30.6 °C | 347 mm | 93 % |
| August | 30.3 °C | 332 mm | 93 % |
| September | 30.3 °C | 263 mm | 82 % |
| October | 29.9 °C | 147 mm | 49 % |
| November | 28.3 °C | 39 mm | 28 % |
| December | 25.7 °C | 13 mm | 22 % |
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 | 25.1 °C | 14.3 °C | 19.5 °C | 30.9 °C | 9.7 °C | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| February | 28.5 °C | 17.9 °C | 23.0 °C | 35.9 °C | 10.4 °C | 26 | 8 | 0 |
| March | 32.5 °C | 22.7 °C | 27.2 °C | 38.4 °C | 14.8 °C | 31 | 27 | 0 |
| April | 34.0 °C | 26.0 °C | 29.4 °C | 40.4 °C | 19.5 °C | 30 | 29 | 0 |
| May | 33.8 °C | 27.4 °C | 30.1 °C | 40.2 °C | 22.6 °C | 31 | 30 | 0 |
| June | 32.1 °C | 27.4 °C | 29.4 °C | 39.9 °C | 23.8 °C | 30 | 25 | 0 |
| July | 30.6 °C | 26.5 °C | 28.2 °C | 35.3 °C | 24.4 °C | 31 | 21 | 0 |
| August | 30.3 °C | 26.1 °C | 27.9 °C | 33.5 °C | 24.6 °C | 31 | 19 | 0 |
| September | 30.3 °C | 25.8 °C | 27.7 °C | 34.1 °C | 22.7 °C | 30 | 18 | 0 |
| October | 29.9 °C | 23.7 °C | 26.6 °C | 33.2 °C | 18.2 °C | 31 | 16 | 0 |
| November | 28.3 °C | 19.4 °C | 23.7 °C | 33.0 °C | 12.8 °C | 29 | 3 | 0 |
| December | 25.7 °C | 15.4 °C | 20.4 °C | 30.5 °C | 10.7 °C | 23 | 0 | 0 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13 mm | 2 | 11 h/day | 20 % | 69 % | 12 km/h |
| February | 20 mm | 2 | 11 h/day | 21 % | 70 % | 13 km/h |
| March | 25 mm | 3 | 12 h/day | 23 % | 71 % | 16 km/h |
| April | 49 mm | 5 | 13 h/day | 32 % | 76 % | 20 km/h |
| May | 96 mm | 8 | 13 h/day | 46 % | 79 % | 22 km/h |
| June | 265 mm | 20 | 13 h/day | 82 % | 84 % | 21 km/h |
| July | 347 mm | 28 | 13 h/day | 93 % | 87 % | 19 km/h |
| August | 332 mm | 29 | 13 h/day | 93 % | 87 % | 18 km/h |
| September | 263 mm | 24 | 12 h/day | 82 % | 87 % | 15 km/h |
| October | 147 mm | 13 | 12 h/day | 49 % | 83 % | 12 km/h |
| November | 39 mm | 2 | 11 h/day | 28 % | 74 % | 11 km/h |
| December | 13 mm | 1 | 11 h/day | 22 % | 69 % | 11 km/h |
How Haldia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haldia | 34 °C | 14 °C | 1,610 mm | 339 |
| Uluberiya · India | 36 °C | 13 °C | 1,542 mm | 340 |
| Rajpur Sonarpur · India | 35 °C | 13 °C | 1,665 mm | 340 |
| Kolkata · India | 35 °C | 13 °C | 1,616 mm | 337 |
| Kharagpur · India | 37 °C | 13 °C | 1,470 mm | 337 |
| Shyamnagar · India | 35 °C | 13 °C | 1,592 mm | 335 |
| Medinīpur · India | 37 °C | 13 °C | 1,435 mm | 335 |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Haldia.
QuestionsCommon questions about Haldia’s climate
When is the best time to visit Haldia?
That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. January, February, December sit closest to 20 °C on average, April is the warmest month and December the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does Haldia get?
In April, the warmest month, daily highs average 34 °C. About 195 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average 14 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.
Which month is wettest in Haldia?
July, averaging 347 mm over 28 days with rain. The driest month is December with 13 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,610 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 Haldia 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
- 22.060°, 88.110° (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.