Munger climate

Name: Munger
Address: IN

Munger is warmest in May, with average highs of 36 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 11 °C. July is the wettest month (307 mm) and November the driest (6.2 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Munger averages 1,256 mm of rain and 299 days above 25 °C.

India · population 213,303 · 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 36 °C
Coldest month January 11 °C
Driest month November 6 mm
Wettest month July 307 mm
Least cloud November 17 % cloud
Hottest on record June 44 °C
Coldest on record January 6.2 °C

What to expectMunger through the year

Munger has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 22 °C in January to 36 °C in May, a swing of 14 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 299 days a year reach 25 °C, 205 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 44 °C, in June.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 307 mm against 6 mm in November — 50 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	22.0 °C	17 mm	21 %
February	25.8 °C	16 mm	19 %
March	31.8 °C	20 mm	20 %
April	36.1 °C	22 mm	25 %
May	36.2 °C	73 mm	34 %
June	34.1 °C	197 mm	68 %
July	31.7 °C	307 mm	90 %
August	31.6 °C	271 mm	89 %
September	31.0 °C	241 mm	73 %
October	30.2 °C	79 mm	33 %
November	27.6 °C	6 mm	17 %
December	23.7 °C	7 mm	18 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	22.0 °C	11.1 °C	16.3 °C	28.1 °C	6.2 °C	2	0
February	25.8 °C	13.8 °C	19.7 °C	35.3 °C	7.8 °C	17	2
March	31.8 °C	18.6 °C	25.3 °C	40.4 °C	11.7 °C	31	22
April	36.1 °C	22.9 °C	29.5 °C	42.7 °C	16.3 °C	30	29
May	36.2 °C	25.1 °C	30.5 °C	44.1 °C	20.4 °C	31	30
June	34.1 °C	26.3 °C	29.9 °C	44.2 °C	22.6 °C	30	28
July	31.7 °C	26.1 °C	28.5 °C	38.1 °C	24.1 °C	31	27
August	31.6 °C	26.0 °C	28.3 °C	36.2 °C	24.0 °C	31	26
September	31.0 °C	25.2 °C	27.7 °C	35.0 °C	20.4 °C	30	23
October	30.2 °C	22.2 °C	26.0 °C	33.7 °C	16.6 °C	30	17
November	27.6 °C	17.1 °C	22.2 °C	32.2 °C	11.1 °C	28	2
December	23.7 °C	12.8 °C	18.0 °C	29.6 °C	7.5 °C	8	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 %	73 %	12 km/h
February	16 mm	2	11 h/day	19 %	65 %	13 km/h
March	20 mm	2	12 h/day	20 %	51 %	15 km/h
April	22 mm	5	13 h/day	25 %	50 %	17 km/h
May	73 mm	10	13 h/day	34 %	63 %	17 km/h
June	197 mm	19	14 h/day	68 %	76 %	16 km/h
July	307 mm	27	14 h/day	90 %	84 %	15 km/h
August	271 mm	26	13 h/day	89 %	85 %	14 km/h
September	241 mm	22	12 h/day	73 %	85 %	13 km/h
October	79 mm	8	12 h/day	33 %	78 %	9.2 km/h
November	6 mm	1	11 h/day	17 %	69 %	9.5 km/h
December	7 mm	1	11 h/day	18 %	71 %	10.0 km/h

How Munger 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
Munger	36 °C	11 °C	1,256 mm	299
Begusarai · India	37 °C	11 °C	1,260 mm	299
Bhāgalpur · India	36 °C	11 °C	1,292 mm	300
Saharsa · India	36 °C	11 °C	1,369 mm	304

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Munger’s climate

When is the best time to visit Munger?

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, May is the warmest month and November the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Munger get?

In May, the warmest month, daily highs average 36 °C. About 205 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 Munger?

July, averaging 307 mm over 27 days with rain. The driest month is November with 6 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,256 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 Munger 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: 25.375°, 86.475° (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.