Ichalkaranji climate

Name: Ichalkaranji
Address: IN

Ichalkaranji is warmest in April, with average highs of 37 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 16 °C. July is the wettest month (186 mm) and February the driest (0.3 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Ichalkaranji averages 784 mm of rain and 345 days above 25 °C.

India · population 287,353 · 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 16 °C
Driest month February 0 mm
Wettest month July 186 mm
Least cloud February 15 % cloud
Hottest on record April 41 °C
Coldest on record January 10 °C

What to expectIchalkaranji through the year

Ichalkaranji has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 29 °C in January to 37 °C in April, a swing of 6.4 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 345 days a year reach 25 °C, 160 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C, in April.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 186 mm against 0 mm in February — 655 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	29.4 °C	1 mm	21 %
February	31.7 °C	under 1 mm	15 %
March	34.8 °C	3 mm	18 %
April	36.6 °C	12 mm	23 %
May	35.7 °C	35 mm	39 %
June	29.2 °C	166 mm	84 %
July	26.2 °C	186 mm	94 %
August	26.1 °C	133 mm	92 %
September	27.6 °C	117 mm	80 %
October	29.1 °C	102 mm	58 %
November	29.3 °C	23 mm	41 %
December	28.9 °C	5 mm	30 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	29.4 °C	15.9 °C	22.6 °C	33.6 °C	10.3 °C	31	10
February	31.7 °C	17.3 °C	24.5 °C	36.7 °C	11.9 °C	28	24
March	34.8 °C	20.0 °C	27.3 °C	39.3 °C	12.3 °C	31	30
April	36.6 °C	22.1 °C	28.9 °C	41.4 °C	15.7 °C	30	30
May	35.7 °C	23.0 °C	28.5 °C	41.4 °C	18.8 °C	31	30
June	29.2 °C	22.7 °C	25.2 °C	40.2 °C	20.2 °C	28	10
July	26.2 °C	21.9 °C	23.5 °C	32.7 °C	20.3 °C	24	0
August	26.1 °C	21.6 °C	23.3 °C	31.7 °C	19.9 °C	24	0
September	27.6 °C	21.0 °C	23.7 °C	33.7 °C	15.2 °C	28	2
October	29.1 °C	20.2 °C	24.3 °C	34.8 °C	14.9 °C	30	8
November	29.3 °C	18.5 °C	23.8 °C	33.8 °C	12.3 °C	30	9
December	28.9 °C	16.4 °C	22.5 °C	34.3 °C	11.5 °C	31	6

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	1 mm	0	11 h/day	21 %	51 %	11 km/h
February	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	15 %	45 %	13 km/h
March	3 mm	1	12 h/day	18 %	45 %	15 km/h
April	12 mm	3	13 h/day	23 %	50 %	18 km/h
May	35 mm	6	13 h/day	39 %	60 %	19 km/h
June	166 mm	19	13 h/day	84 %	80 %	21 km/h
July	186 mm	24	13 h/day	94 %	85 %	23 km/h
August	133 mm	20	13 h/day	92 %	85 %	22 km/h
September	117 mm	14	12 h/day	80 %	83 %	16 km/h
October	102 mm	11	12 h/day	58 %	75 %	12 km/h
November	23 mm	3	11 h/day	41 %	60 %	13 km/h
December	5 mm	1	11 h/day	30 %	53 %	12 km/h

How Ichalkaranji 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
Ichalkaranji	37 °C	16 °C	784 mm	345
Sāngli · India	37 °C	16 °C	772 mm	350
Kolhāpur · India	36 °C	17 °C	912 mm	335
Shahuwadi · India	35 °C	16 °C	1,740 mm	312
Belagavi · India	34 °C	16 °C	1,416 mm	300
Vijayapura · India	38 °C	17 °C	682 mm	359

Where Ichalkaranji ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in Asia in February	2nd of 50	0.3 mm
The driest places in Asia in January	25th of 50	1.1 mm
The driest places in the world in February	38th of 50	0.3 mm
The driest places in Asia in March	43rd of 50	3.4 mm

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Ichalkaranji’s climate

When is the best time to visit Ichalkaranji?

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

How hot does Ichalkaranji get?

In April, the warmest month, daily highs average 37 °C. About 160 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 16 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Ichalkaranji?

July, averaging 186 mm over 24 days with rain. The driest month is February with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 784 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 Ichalkaranji 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: 16.691°, 74.461° (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.