Jammu climate
Jammu is warmest in June, with average highs of 37 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 4.1 °C. July is the wettest month (300 mm) and October the driest (16 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Jammu averages 1,242 mm of rain, 232 days above 25 °C and 1 days below freezing.
India · population 576,198 · 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 June 37 °C
- Coldest month January 4.1 °C
- Driest month October 16 mm
- Wettest month July 300 mm
- Least cloud October 16 % cloud
- Hottest on record June 44 °C
- Coldest on record January -1.8 °C
What to expectJammu through the year
Jammu has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 17 °C in January to 37 °C in June, a swing of 20 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 232 days a year reach 25 °C, 157 of them reach 30 °C, 1 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 44 °C, in June.
Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 300 mm against 16 mm in October — 19 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.8 °C | 76 mm | 42 % |
| February | 19.4 °C | 119 mm | 47 % |
| March | 24.4 °C | 110 mm | 47 % |
| April | 30.6 °C | 68 mm | 44 % |
| May | 36.0 °C | 29 mm | 35 % |
| June | 36.7 °C | 93 mm | 28 % |
| July | 32.4 °C | 300 mm | 48 % |
| August | 31.0 °C | 264 mm | 50 % |
| September | 30.6 °C | 103 mm | 25 % |
| October | 28.7 °C | 16 mm | 16 % |
| November | 23.6 °C | 25 mm | 24 % |
| December | 18.9 °C | 38 mm | 32 % |
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 | 16.8 °C | 4.1 °C | 10.4 °C | 25.7 °C | -1.8 °C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| February | 19.4 °C | 6.2 °C | 12.9 °C | 27.0 °C | -0.7 °C | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| March | 24.4 °C | 10.1 °C | 17.4 °C | 35.8 °C | 2.5 °C | 13 | 2 | 0 |
| April | 30.6 °C | 15.2 °C | 23.2 °C | 40.9 °C | 6.1 °C | 27 | 17 | 0 |
| May | 36.0 °C | 20.1 °C | 28.6 °C | 43.8 °C | 11.7 °C | 31 | 30 | 0 |
| June | 36.7 °C | 23.6 °C | 30.7 °C | 44.2 °C | 16.1 °C | 30 | 29 | 0 |
| July | 32.4 °C | 24.5 °C | 28.5 °C | 42.2 °C | 20.5 °C | 31 | 26 | 0 |
| August | 31.0 °C | 23.8 °C | 27.3 °C | 35.6 °C | 18.6 °C | 31 | 24 | 0 |
| September | 30.6 °C | 20.9 °C | 25.7 °C | 34.8 °C | 12.0 °C | 30 | 20 | 0 |
| October | 28.7 °C | 14.7 °C | 21.6 °C | 34.1 °C | 8.6 °C | 30 | 9 | 0 |
| November | 23.6 °C | 9.7 °C | 16.4 °C | 30.8 °C | 3.3 °C | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| December | 18.9 °C | 5.7 °C | 12.0 °C | 24.6 °C | -0.3 °C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 76 mm | 6 | 10 h/day | 42 % | 71 % | 9.9 km/h |
| February | 119 mm | 8 | 11 h/day | 47 % | 70 % | 11 km/h |
| March | 110 mm | 8 | 12 h/day | 47 % | 63 % | 12 km/h |
| April | 68 mm | 7 | 13 h/day | 44 % | 51 % | 13 km/h |
| May | 29 mm | 7 | 14 h/day | 35 % | 39 % | 13 km/h |
| June | 93 mm | 10 | 14 h/day | 28 % | 49 % | 12 km/h |
| July | 300 mm | 24 | 14 h/day | 48 % | 77 % | 10 km/h |
| August | 264 mm | 24 | 13 h/day | 50 % | 83 % | 9.3 km/h |
| September | 103 mm | 11 | 12 h/day | 25 % | 77 % | 9.1 km/h |
| October | 16 mm | 3 | 11 h/day | 16 % | 63 % | 9.6 km/h |
| November | 25 mm | 2 | 10 h/day | 24 % | 65 % | 9.3 km/h |
| December | 38 mm | 3 | 10 h/day | 32 % | 68 % | 9.2 km/h |
How Jammu 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jammu | 37 °C | 4.1 °C | 1,242 mm | 232 |
| Sialkot · Pakistan | 38 °C | 5.6 °C | 1,053 mm | 240 |
| Gujrat · Pakistan | 38 °C | 5.6 °C | 1,010 mm | 243 |
| Pathānkot · India | 36 °C | 5.4 °C | 1,113 mm | 232 |
| Gujranwala · Pakistan | 39 °C | 5.8 °C | 935 mm | 247 |
| Kamoke · Pakistan | 39 °C | 5.7 °C | 826 mm | 250 |
| Batāla · India | 38 °C | 5.5 °C | 938 mm | 246 |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Jammu.
QuestionsCommon questions about Jammu’s climate
When is the best time to visit Jammu?
That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. March, April, October sit closest to 20 °C on average, June is the warmest month and October the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does Jammu get?
In June, the warmest month, daily highs average 37 °C. About 157 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 44 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average 4.1 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 1 nights below freezing.
Which month is wettest in Jammu?
July, averaging 300 mm over 24 days with rain. The driest month is October with 16 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,242 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 Jammu 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.