Malda climate

Name: Malda
Address: IN

Malda is warmest in April, with average highs of 35 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 12 °C. July is the wettest month (343 mm) and December the driest (6.0 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Malda averages 1,653 mm of rain and 309 days above 25 °C.

India · population 170,039 · 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 12 °C
Driest month December 6 mm
Wettest month July 343 mm
Least cloud February 20 % cloud
Hottest on record June 44 °C
Coldest on record January 6.4 °C

What to expectMalda through the year

Malda has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 23 °C in January to 35 °C in April, a swing of 12 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 309 days a year reach 25 °C, 194 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 44 °C, in June.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 343 mm against 6 mm in December — 57 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	22.9 °C	17 mm	21 %
February	26.4 °C	17 mm	20 %
March	31.7 °C	22 mm	21 %
April	34.6 °C	60 mm	33 %
May	33.8 °C	167 mm	50 %
June	32.5 °C	316 mm	79 %
July	31.4 °C	343 mm	93 %
August	31.4 °C	304 mm	91 %
September	30.9 °C	281 mm	77 %
October	30.0 °C	111 mm	37 %
November	27.7 °C	9 mm	20 %
December	24.4 °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	22.9 °C	11.8 °C	17.2 °C	28.9 °C	6.4 °C	4	0
February	26.4 °C	14.4 °C	20.4 °C	36.1 °C	8.5 °C	20	2
March	31.7 °C	18.9 °C	25.4 °C	40.1 °C	11.2 °C	31	22
April	34.6 °C	22.7 °C	28.5 °C	42.1 °C	16.9 °C	30	26
May	33.8 °C	24.6 °C	28.9 °C	43.7 °C	20.5 °C	31	27
June	32.5 °C	25.8 °C	28.8 °C	43.8 °C	22.5 °C	30	26
July	31.4 °C	25.8 °C	28.1 °C	37.1 °C	23.9 °C	31	26
August	31.4 °C	25.7 °C	28.1 °C	36.4 °C	23.8 °C	31	26
September	30.9 °C	24.9 °C	27.5 °C	35.9 °C	20.6 °C	30	22
October	30.0 °C	22.3 °C	25.9 °C	33.6 °C	17.1 °C	30	16
November	27.7 °C	17.4 °C	22.4 °C	32.5 °C	12.1 °C	29	2
December	24.4 °C	13.6 °C	18.8 °C	28.6 °C	8.4 °C	12	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	17 mm	2	11 h/day	21 %	71 %	11 km/h
February	17 mm	2	11 h/day	20 %	65 %	11 km/h
March	22 mm	3	12 h/day	21 %	55 %	14 km/h
April	60 mm	8	13 h/day	33 %	60 %	15 km/h
May	167 mm	17	13 h/day	50 %	74 %	15 km/h
June	316 mm	24	14 h/day	79 %	83 %	14 km/h
July	343 mm	28	14 h/day	93 %	86 %	14 km/h
August	304 mm	28	13 h/day	91 %	86 %	13 km/h
September	281 mm	24	12 h/day	77 %	86 %	12 km/h
October	111 mm	10	12 h/day	37 %	81 %	9.0 km/h
November	9 mm	1	11 h/day	20 %	72 %	9.3 km/h
December	6 mm	1	11 h/day	20 %	71 %	9.6 km/h

How Malda 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
Malda	35 °C	12 °C	1,653 mm	309
Mohammadpur · Bangladesh	34 °C	12 °C	1,765 mm	310
Rāiganj · India	34 °C	11 °C	1,744 mm	309
Bālurghāt · India	33 °C	12 °C	1,935 mm	309
Katihar · India	35 °C	11 °C	1,497 mm	305
Rajshahi · Bangladesh	35 °C	12 °C	1,604 mm	317
Pār Naogaon · Bangladesh	34 °C	12 °C	1,880 mm	320

Where Malda ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Asia in January	31stof 50	95/100
Places with the best weather in the world in January	46thof 50	95/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Malda’s climate

When is the best time to visit Malda?

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 December the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Malda get?

In April, the warmest month, daily highs average 35 °C. About 194 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 12 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Malda?

July, averaging 343 mm over 28 days with rain. The driest month is December with 6 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,653 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 Malda 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.