Katihar climate

Name: Katihar
Address: IN

Katihar is warmest in April, with average highs of 35 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 11 °C. July is the wettest month (336 mm) and November the driest (5.3 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Katihar averages 1,497 mm of rain and 305 days above 25 °C.

India · population 240,838 · 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 35 °C
Coldest month January 11 °C
Driest month November 5 mm
Wettest month July 336 mm
Least cloud November 18 % cloud
Hottest on record June 44 °C
Coldest on record January 5.6 °C

What to expectKatihar through the year

Katihar has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 22 °C in January to 35 °C in April, a swing of 12 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 305 days a year reach 25 °C, 190 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 44 °C, in June.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 336 mm against 5 mm in November — 64 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	22.5 °C	16 mm	22 %
February	26.0 °C	17 mm	20 %
March	31.6 °C	19 mm	21 %
April	34.7 °C	40 mm	30 %
May	33.7 °C	134 mm	45 %
June	32.3 °C	280 mm	75 %
July	31.3 °C	336 mm	92 %
August	31.4 °C	290 mm	90 %
September	30.7 °C	260 mm	75 %
October	29.9 °C	94 mm	35 %
November	27.7 °C	5 mm	18 %
December	24.3 °C	6 mm	20 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	22.5 °C	11.4 °C	16.8 °C	28.1 °C	5.6 °C	3	0
February	26.0 °C	14.0 °C	20.0 °C	35.3 °C	7.9 °C	19	2
March	31.6 °C	18.6 °C	25.2 °C	39.7 °C	9.6 °C	30	22
April	34.7 °C	22.4 °C	28.5 °C	42.3 °C	16.1 °C	30	26
May	33.7 °C	24.1 °C	28.7 °C	43.2 °C	20.0 °C	31	26
June	32.3 °C	25.4 °C	28.5 °C	43.5 °C	22.2 °C	30	25
July	31.3 °C	25.8 °C	28.1 °C	36.5 °C	23.9 °C	31	26
August	31.4 °C	25.7 °C	28.1 °C	36.1 °C	23.5 °C	31	26
September	30.7 °C	24.9 °C	27.4 °C	35.2 °C	20.8 °C	30	22
October	29.9 °C	22.0 °C	25.8 °C	33.4 °C	15.9 °C	30	15
November	27.7 °C	17.0 °C	22.2 °C	31.9 °C	11.6 °C	29	2
December	24.3 °C	13.1 °C	18.5 °C	28.7 °C	6.8 °C	11	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	16 mm	2	11 h/day	22 %	72 %	11 km/h
February	17 mm	2	11 h/day	20 %	65 %	13 km/h
March	19 mm	2	12 h/day	21 %	52 %	16 km/h
April	40 mm	6	13 h/day	30 %	57 %	18 km/h
May	134 mm	14	13 h/day	45 %	73 %	17 km/h
June	280 mm	23	14 h/day	75 %	83 %	16 km/h
July	336 mm	28	14 h/day	92 %	86 %	15 km/h
August	290 mm	28	13 h/day	90 %	86 %	14 km/h
September	260 mm	23	12 h/day	75 %	86 %	13 km/h
October	94 mm	9	12 h/day	35 %	81 %	9.4 km/h
November	5 mm	0	11 h/day	18 %	70 %	9.6 km/h
December	6 mm	1	11 h/day	20 %	70 %	9.8 km/h

How Katihar 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
Katihar	35 °C	11 °C	1,497 mm	305
Purnia · India	35 °C	11 °C	1,696 mm	308
Rāiganj · India	34 °C	11 °C	1,744 mm	309
Bhāgalpur · India	36 °C	11 °C	1,292 mm	300
Malda · India	35 °C	12 °C	1,653 mm	309
Saharsa · India	36 °C	11 °C	1,369 mm	304
Biratnagar · Nepal	34 °C	11 °C	1,668 mm	297

Where Katihar ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Asia in January	48thof 50	95/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Katihar’s climate

When is the best time to visit Katihar?

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

How hot does Katihar get?

In April, the warmest month, daily highs average 35 °C. About 190 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 11 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Katihar?

July, averaging 336 mm over 28 days with rain. The driest month is November with 5 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,497 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 Katihar 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: 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.