Panipat climate

Name: Panipat
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Panipat is warmest in May, with average highs of 39 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 7.1 °C. July is the wettest month (198 mm) and November the driest (5.8 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Panipat averages 747 mm of rain and 269 days above 25 °C.

India · population 295,970 · 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 7.1 °C
Driest month November 6 mm
Wettest month July 198 mm
Least cloud October 9 % cloud
Hottest on record May 46 °C
Coldest on record January 1.8 °C

What to expectPanipat through the year

Panipat has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 19 °C in January to 39 °C in May, a swing of 20 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 269 days a year reach 25 °C, 201 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 46 °C, in May.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 198 mm against 6 mm in November — 34 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	18.9 °C	35 mm	33 %
February	22.3 °C	45 mm	33 %
March	28.3 °C	28 mm	30 %
April	35.5 °C	20 mm	28 %
May	39.1 °C	20 mm	22 %
June	37.9 °C	73 mm	29 %
July	33.5 °C	198 mm	66 %
August	32.1 °C	185 mm	66 %
September	31.9 °C	111 mm	31 %
October	31.1 °C	14 mm	9 %
November	26.6 °C	6 mm	14 %
December	21.5 °C	12 mm	22 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	18.9 °C	7.1 °C	12.7 °C	27.7 °C	1.8 °C	0	0
February	22.3 °C	9.9 °C	15.9 °C	30.8 °C	2.9 °C	6	0
March	28.3 °C	14.5 °C	21.3 °C	37.2 °C	6.7 °C	25	10
April	35.5 °C	20.1 °C	28.0 °C	43.9 °C	10.9 °C	30	28
May	39.1 °C	24.6 °C	32.1 °C	46.3 °C	16.2 °C	31	31
June	37.9 °C	26.9 °C	32.5 °C	46.3 °C	21.0 °C	30	30
July	33.5 °C	26.2 °C	29.6 °C	41.7 °C	22.6 °C	31	28
August	32.1 °C	25.5 °C	28.5 °C	39.5 °C	22.5 °C	31	26
September	31.9 °C	23.5 °C	27.5 °C	37.1 °C	16.6 °C	30	26
October	31.1 °C	18.3 °C	24.6 °C	37.0 °C	12.4 °C	31	22
November	26.6 °C	13.3 °C	19.7 °C	33.7 °C	6.2 °C	23	1
December	21.5 °C	8.7 °C	14.6 °C	27.2 °C	2.2 °C	2	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	35 mm	4	10 h/day	33 %	74 %	13 km/h
February	45 mm	5	11 h/day	33 %	68 %	15 km/h
March	28 mm	4	12 h/day	30 %	56 %	16 km/h
April	20 mm	4	13 h/day	28 %	37 %	17 km/h
May	20 mm	6	14 h/day	22 %	36 %	18 km/h
June	73 mm	10	14 h/day	29 %	53 %	17 km/h
July	198 mm	21	14 h/day	66 %	76 %	15 km/h
August	185 mm	21	13 h/day	66 %	81 %	13 km/h
September	111 mm	9	12 h/day	31 %	77 %	13 km/h
October	14 mm	2	11 h/day	9 %	61 %	12 km/h
November	6 mm	1	11 h/day	14 %	60 %	12 km/h
December	12 mm	2	10 h/day	22 %	68 %	12 km/h

How Panipat 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
Panipat	39 °C	7.1 °C	747 mm	269
Karnāl · India	39 °C	7.3 °C	800 mm	265
Narela · India	39 °C	7.3 °C	632 mm	276
Jīnd · India	40 °C	7.0 °C	566 mm	275
Rohtak · India	40 °C	7.1 °C	623 mm	279
Muzaffarnagar · India	39 °C	7.5 °C	996 mm	270

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Panipat’s climate

When is the best time to visit Panipat?

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

In May, the warmest month, daily highs average 39 °C. About 201 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 7.1 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Panipat?

July, averaging 198 mm over 21 days with rain. The driest month is November with 6 mm. The year as a whole averages 747 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 Panipat 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: 29.387°, 76.968° (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.