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