Ludhiana climate

Name: Ludhiana
Address: IN

Ludhiana is warmest in May, with average highs of 39 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 6.2 °C. July is the wettest month (204 mm) and November the driest (9.9 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Ludhiana averages 830 mm of rain and 258 days above 25 °C.

India · population 1,618,879 · 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 39 °C
Coldest month January 6.2 °C
Driest month November 10 mm
Wettest month July 204 mm
Least cloud October 10 % cloud
Hottest on record June 46 °C
Coldest on record January 0.9 °C

What to expectLudhiana through the year

Ludhiana has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 18 °C in January to 39 °C in May, a swing of 21 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 258 days a year reach 25 °C, 199 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 46 °C, in June.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 204 mm against 10 mm in November — 21 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	17.8 °C	46 mm	42 %
February	21.1 °C	63 mm	39 %
March	26.9 °C	59 mm	36 %
April	34.3 °C	33 mm	34 %
May	38.9 °C	29 mm	27 %
June	38.1 °C	80 mm	27 %
July	33.5 °C	204 mm	53 %
August	32.2 °C	184 mm	54 %
September	32.1 °C	90 mm	26 %
October	31.1 °C	17 mm	10 %
November	26.1 °C	10 mm	18 %
December	20.5 °C	15 mm	28 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	17.8 °C	6.2 °C	11.6 °C	26.5 °C	0.9 °C	0	0
February	21.1 °C	8.7 °C	14.7 °C	31.0 °C	2.1 °C	3	0
March	26.9 °C	13.1 °C	19.9 °C	37.6 °C	4.5 °C	21	7
April	34.3 °C	18.5 °C	26.5 °C	43.4 °C	9.1 °C	30	26
May	38.9 °C	23.4 °C	31.4 °C	45.7 °C	16.2 °C	31	31
June	38.1 °C	26.2 °C	32.3 °C	46.3 °C	20.7 °C	30	30
July	33.5 °C	26.0 °C	29.5 °C	41.8 °C	21.9 °C	31	29
August	32.2 °C	25.3 °C	28.4 °C	38.2 °C	21.5 °C	31	28
September	32.1 °C	23.1 °C	27.3 °C	36.6 °C	15.3 °C	30	27
October	31.1 °C	17.9 °C	24.2 °C	36.3 °C	11.4 °C	31	22
November	26.1 °C	12.5 °C	18.8 °C	33.6 °C	6.2 °C	20	1
December	20.5 °C	7.8 °C	13.6 °C	26.6 °C	1.2 °C	1	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	46 mm	4	10 h/day	42 %	78 %	11 km/h
February	63 mm	6	11 h/day	39 %	73 %	13 km/h
March	59 mm	6	12 h/day	36 %	63 %	14 km/h
April	33 mm	5	13 h/day	34 %	44 %	15 km/h
May	29 mm	7	14 h/day	27 %	37 %	16 km/h
June	80 mm	10	14 h/day	27 %	52 %	15 km/h
July	204 mm	21	14 h/day	53 %	78 %	13 km/h
August	184 mm	21	13 h/day	54 %	83 %	11 km/h
September	90 mm	10	12 h/day	26 %	78 %	10 km/h
October	17 mm	2	11 h/day	10 %	61 %	11 km/h
November	10 mm	2	11 h/day	18 %	63 %	11 km/h
December	15 mm	2	10 h/day	28 %	72 %	11 km/h

How Ludhiana 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
Ludhiana	39 °C	6.2 °C	830 mm	258
Jalandhar · India	38 °C	5.7 °C	892 mm	253
Moga · India	39 °C	5.9 °C	666 mm	263
Hoshiārpur · India	38 °C	6.1 °C	1,026 mm	250
Patiāla · India	39 °C	6.8 °C	883 mm	262
Chandigarh · India	38 °C	6.2 °C	764 mm	257

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Ludhiana’s climate

When is the best time to visit Ludhiana?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. March, October, November 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 Ludhiana get?

In May, the warmest month, daily highs average 39 °C. About 199 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 46 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 6.2 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Ludhiana?

July, averaging 204 mm over 21 days with rain. The driest month is November with 10 mm. The year as a whole averages 830 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 Ludhiana 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: 30.912°, 75.854° (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.