Hazāribāgh climate
Hazāribāgh is warmest in May, with average highs of 36 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 9.1 °C. July is the wettest month (322 mm) and December the driest (8.3 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Hazāribāgh averages 1,232 mm of rain and 262 days above 25 °C.
India · population 153,595 · 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 36 °C
- Coldest month January 9.1 °C
- Driest month December 8 mm
- Wettest month July 322 mm
- Least cloud December 19 % cloud
- Hottest on record June 42 °C
- Coldest on record January 3.6 °C
What to expectHazāribāgh through the year
Hazāribāgh has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 21 °C in January to 36 °C in May, a swing of 15 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 262 days a year reach 25 °C, 107 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C, in June.
Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 322 mm against 8 mm in December — 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 | 21.0 °C | 18 mm | 21 % |
| February | 24.8 °C | 17 mm | 19 % |
| March | 30.0 °C | 18 mm | 20 % |
| April | 34.8 °C | 18 mm | 22 % |
| May | 36.0 °C | 45 mm | 26 % |
| June | 32.6 °C | 225 mm | 69 % |
| July | 28.6 °C | 322 mm | 92 % |
| August | 28.1 °C | 280 mm | 92 % |
| September | 28.0 °C | 196 mm | 76 % |
| October | 27.1 °C | 73 mm | 37 % |
| November | 24.5 °C | 11 mm | 20 % |
| December | 21.5 °C | 8 mm | 19 % |
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 | 21.0 °C | 9.1 °C | 14.7 °C | 27.6 °C | 3.6 °C | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| February | 24.8 °C | 12.2 °C | 18.3 °C | 32.8 °C | 4.8 °C | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| March | 30.0 °C | 16.5 °C | 23.2 °C | 38.0 °C | 9.8 °C | 29 | 16 | 0 |
| April | 34.8 °C | 20.7 °C | 27.9 °C | 41.6 °C | 14.2 °C | 30 | 29 | 0 |
| May | 36.0 °C | 23.5 °C | 29.7 °C | 41.6 °C | 18.4 °C | 31 | 30 | 0 |
| June | 32.6 °C | 24.4 °C | 28.0 °C | 41.8 °C | 21.7 °C | 29 | 21 | 0 |
| July | 28.6 °C | 23.2 °C | 25.4 °C | 35.2 °C | 21.6 °C | 30 | 6 | 0 |
| August | 28.1 °C | 22.8 °C | 25.0 °C | 31.4 °C | 21.1 °C | 30 | 2 | 0 |
| September | 28.0 °C | 22.0 °C | 24.5 °C | 31.5 °C | 16.0 °C | 28 | 2 | 0 |
| October | 27.1 °C | 18.7 °C | 22.6 °C | 30.9 °C | 12.1 °C | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| November | 24.5 °C | 13.9 °C | 18.9 °C | 28.5 °C | 7.5 °C | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| December | 21.5 °C | 9.9 °C | 15.4 °C | 27.6 °C | 4.8 °C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18 mm | 3 | 11 h/day | 21 % | 67 % | 13 km/h |
| February | 17 mm | 3 | 11 h/day | 19 % | 58 % | 14 km/h |
| March | 18 mm | 4 | 12 h/day | 20 % | 45 % | 16 km/h |
| April | 18 mm | 4 | 13 h/day | 22 % | 40 % | 17 km/h |
| May | 45 mm | 8 | 13 h/day | 26 % | 49 % | 16 km/h |
| June | 225 mm | 19 | 14 h/day | 69 % | 70 % | 16 km/h |
| July | 322 mm | 27 | 13 h/day | 92 % | 86 % | 15 km/h |
| August | 280 mm | 27 | 13 h/day | 92 % | 87 % | 14 km/h |
| September | 196 mm | 22 | 12 h/day | 76 % | 86 % | 13 km/h |
| October | 73 mm | 9 | 12 h/day | 37 % | 78 % | 10 km/h |
| November | 11 mm | 2 | 11 h/day | 20 % | 70 % | 10 km/h |
| December | 8 mm | 1 | 11 h/day | 19 % | 69 % | 11 km/h |
How Hazāribāgh 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hazāribāgh | 36 °C | 9.1 °C | 1,232 mm | 262 |
| Ranchi · India | 36 °C | 9.9 °C | 1,325 mm | 276 |
| Bokāro · India | 38 °C | 10.0 °C | 1,233 mm | 314 |
| Gaya · India | 39 °C | 9.8 °C | 1,040 mm | 303 |
| Dhanbad · India | 37 °C | 10 °C | 1,237 mm | 309 |
Where Hazāribāgh ranks
| Ranking | Position | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Places with the best weather in Asia in February | 15thof 50 | 96/100 |
| Places with the best weather in the world in February | 23rdof 50 | 96/100 |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Hazāribāgh.
QuestionsCommon questions about Hazāribāgh’s climate
When is the best time to visit Hazāribāgh?
That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. February, October, November sit closest to 20 °C on average, May is the warmest month and December the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does Hazāribāgh get?
In May, the warmest month, daily highs average 36 °C. About 107 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average 9.1 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.
Which month is wettest in Hazāribāgh?
July, averaging 322 mm over 27 days with rain. The driest month is December with 8 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,232 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 Hazāribāgh 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
- 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.