Muzaffarpur climate
Muzaffarpur is warmest in May, with average highs of 37 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 10 °C. July is the wettest month (358 mm) and November the driest (4.6 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Muzaffarpur averages 1,243 mm of rain and 301 days above 25 °C.
India · population 354,462 · 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 37 °C
- Coldest month January 10 °C
- Driest month November 5 mm
- Wettest month July 358 mm
- Least cloud November 15 % cloud
- Hottest on record May 45 °C
- Coldest on record December 4.6 °C
What to expectMuzaffarpur through the year
Muzaffarpur has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 22 °C in January to 37 °C in May, a swing of 15 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 301 days a year reach 25 °C, 209 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 45 °C, in May.
Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 358 mm against 5 mm in November — 78 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 | 25.9 °C | 16 mm | 20 % |
| March | 32.0 °C | 15 mm | 20 % |
| April | 36.6 °C | 19 mm | 22 % |
| May | 36.9 °C | 51 mm | 28 % |
| June | 34.8 °C | 196 mm | 62 % |
| July | 31.8 °C | 358 mm | 89 % |
| August | 31.6 °C | 284 mm | 88 % |
| September | 30.9 °C | 223 mm | 68 % |
| October | 30.2 °C | 52 mm | 28 % |
| November | 27.9 °C | 5 mm | 15 % |
| December | 23.9 °C | 6 mm | 18 % |
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 | 22.0 °C | 10.4 °C | 16.0 °C | 28.0 °C | 5.4 °C | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| February | 25.9 °C | 13.3 °C | 19.5 °C | 36.5 °C | 7.1 °C | 17 | 2 | 0 |
| March | 32.0 °C | 18.3 °C | 25.2 °C | 40.2 °C | 9.8 °C | 30 | 23 | 0 |
| April | 36.6 °C | 23.0 °C | 29.9 °C | 42.9 °C | 17.2 °C | 30 | 29 | 0 |
| May | 36.9 °C | 25.4 °C | 31.1 °C | 44.8 °C | 19.8 °C | 31 | 30 | 0 |
| June | 34.8 °C | 26.2 °C | 30.3 °C | 44.0 °C | 22.8 °C | 30 | 28 | 0 |
| July | 31.8 °C | 26.0 °C | 28.5 °C | 38.7 °C | 23.9 °C | 31 | 26 | 0 |
| August | 31.6 °C | 25.8 °C | 28.3 °C | 35.9 °C | 23.2 °C | 31 | 27 | 0 |
| September | 30.9 °C | 24.9 °C | 27.5 °C | 34.7 °C | 19.4 °C | 30 | 22 | 0 |
| October | 30.2 °C | 21.5 °C | 25.7 °C | 33.9 °C | 15.6 °C | 31 | 18 | 0 |
| November | 27.9 °C | 16.3 °C | 21.9 °C | 32.4 °C | 10.3 °C | 29 | 3 | 0 |
| December | 23.9 °C | 12.0 °C | 17.7 °C | 29.7 °C | 4.6 °C | 9 | 0 | 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 % | 12 km/h |
| February | 16 mm | 2 | 11 h/day | 20 % | 63 % | 14 km/h |
| March | 15 mm | 2 | 12 h/day | 20 % | 47 % | 17 km/h |
| April | 19 mm | 3 | 13 h/day | 22 % | 44 % | 20 km/h |
| May | 51 mm | 7 | 13 h/day | 28 % | 57 % | 20 km/h |
| June | 196 mm | 17 | 14 h/day | 62 % | 72 % | 19 km/h |
| July | 358 mm | 27 | 14 h/day | 89 % | 83 % | 18 km/h |
| August | 284 mm | 27 | 13 h/day | 88 % | 84 % | 16 km/h |
| September | 223 mm | 21 | 12 h/day | 68 % | 85 % | 15 km/h |
| October | 52 mm | 6 | 12 h/day | 28 % | 77 % | 10 km/h |
| November | 5 mm | 1 | 11 h/day | 15 % | 66 % | 10 km/h |
| December | 6 mm | 1 | 11 h/day | 18 % | 69 % | 10 km/h |
Where Muzaffarpur ranks
| Ranking | Position | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Places with the best weather in Asia in December | 47th of 50 | 95/100 |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Muzaffarpur.
QuestionsCommon questions about Muzaffarpur’s climate
When is the best time to visit Muzaffarpur?
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 Muzaffarpur get?
In May, the warmest month, daily highs average 37 °C. About 209 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 45 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average 10 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.
Which month is wettest in Muzaffarpur?
July, averaging 358 mm over 27 days with rain. The driest month is November with 5 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,243 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 Muzaffarpur 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
- 26.123°, 85.391° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
- 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.