Jamshedpur climate
Jamshedpur is warmest in May, with average highs of 38 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 12 °C. July is the wettest month (292 mm) and November the driest (8.4 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Jamshedpur averages 1,255 mm of rain and 329 days above 25 °C.
India · population 1,339,438 · 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 38 °C
- Coldest month January 12 °C
- Driest month November 8 mm
- Wettest month July 292 mm
- Least cloud February 18 % cloud
- Hottest on record April 45 °C
- Coldest on record January 6.1 °C
What to expectJamshedpur through the year
Jamshedpur has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 25 °C in January to 38 °C in May, a swing of 13 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 329 days a year reach 25 °C, 208 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 45 °C, in April.
Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 292 mm against 8 mm in November — 35 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.9 °C | 12 mm | 20 % |
| February | 28.9 °C | 12 mm | 18 % |
| March | 34.1 °C | 15 mm | 19 % |
| April | 38.0 °C | 27 mm | 24 % |
| May | 38.2 °C | 75 mm | 34 % |
| June | 34.5 °C | 240 mm | 76 % |
| July | 30.9 °C | 292 mm | 93 % |
| August | 30.5 °C | 290 mm | 92 % |
| September | 30.5 °C | 195 mm | 79 % |
| October | 30.1 °C | 80 mm | 42 % |
| November | 28.1 °C | 8 mm | 25 % |
| December | 25.1 °C | 9 mm | 20 % |
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 | 24.9 °C | 11.9 °C | 18.3 °C | 32.4 °C | 6.1 °C | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| February | 28.9 °C | 15.3 °C | 22.1 °C | 36.4 °C | 9.3 °C | 25 | 10 | 0 |
| March | 34.1 °C | 19.5 °C | 26.9 °C | 42.8 °C | 12.9 °C | 31 | 28 | 0 |
| April | 38.0 °C | 23.7 °C | 30.8 °C | 44.8 °C | 18.1 °C | 30 | 30 | 0 |
| May | 38.2 °C | 26.1 °C | 31.8 °C | 44.8 °C | 20.6 °C | 31 | 30 | 0 |
| June | 34.5 °C | 26.5 °C | 30.0 °C | 44.0 °C | 22.9 °C | 30 | 26 | 0 |
| July | 30.9 °C | 25.3 °C | 27.6 °C | 36.8 °C | 23.2 °C | 31 | 22 | 0 |
| August | 30.5 °C | 24.8 °C | 27.2 °C | 34.5 °C | 23.1 °C | 31 | 20 | 0 |
| September | 30.5 °C | 24.2 °C | 27.0 °C | 34.0 °C | 19.7 °C | 30 | 20 | 0 |
| October | 30.1 °C | 21.5 °C | 25.6 °C | 33.9 °C | 15.3 °C | 31 | 17 | 0 |
| November | 28.1 °C | 17.0 °C | 22.4 °C | 32.6 °C | 10.7 °C | 29 | 4 | 0 |
| December | 25.1 °C | 12.6 °C | 18.7 °C | 31.4 °C | 7.0 °C | 17 | 0 | 0 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12 mm | 2 | 11 h/day | 20 % | 64 % | 9.1 km/h |
| February | 12 mm | 2 | 11 h/day | 18 % | 56 % | 9.9 km/h |
| March | 15 mm | 3 | 12 h/day | 19 % | 47 % | 11 km/h |
| April | 27 mm | 6 | 13 h/day | 24 % | 47 % | 13 km/h |
| May | 75 mm | 11 | 13 h/day | 34 % | 58 % | 13 km/h |
| June | 240 mm | 20 | 14 h/day | 76 % | 73 % | 14 km/h |
| July | 292 mm | 26 | 13 h/day | 93 % | 84 % | 13 km/h |
| August | 290 mm | 27 | 13 h/day | 92 % | 86 % | 13 km/h |
| September | 195 mm | 21 | 12 h/day | 79 % | 85 % | 11 km/h |
| October | 80 mm | 9 | 12 h/day | 42 % | 78 % | 9.0 km/h |
| November | 8 mm | 1 | 11 h/day | 25 % | 68 % | 8.4 km/h |
| December | 9 mm | 1 | 11 h/day | 20 % | 66 % | 8.4 km/h |
How Jamshedpur 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamshedpur | 38 °C | 12 °C | 1,255 mm | 329 |
| Bokāro · India | 38 °C | 10.0 °C | 1,233 mm | 314 |
| Ranchi · India | 36 °C | 9.9 °C | 1,325 mm | 276 |
| Dhanbad · India | 37 °C | 10 °C | 1,237 mm | 309 |
| Kulti · India | 37 °C | 11 °C | 1,278 mm | 313 |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Jamshedpur.
QuestionsCommon questions about Jamshedpur’s climate
When is the best time to visit Jamshedpur?
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, May is the warmest month and November the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does Jamshedpur get?
In May, the warmest month, daily highs average 38 °C. About 208 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 45 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average 12 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.
Which month is wettest in Jamshedpur?
July, averaging 292 mm over 26 days with rain. The driest month is November with 8 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,255 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 Jamshedpur 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.