Patiāla climate

Name: Patiāla
Address: IN

Patiāla is warmest in May, with average highs of 39 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 6.8 °C. July is the wettest month (228 mm) and November the driest (7.8 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Patiāla averages 883 mm of rain and 262 days above 25 °C.

India · population 446,246 · 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 6.8 °C
Driest month November 8 mm
Wettest month July 228 mm
Least cloud October 9 % cloud
Hottest on record June 46 °C
Coldest on record January 1.5 °C

What to expectPatiāla through the year

Patiāla has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 18 °C in January to 39 °C in May, a swing of 20 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 262 days a year reach 25 °C, 198 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 46 °C, in June.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 228 mm against 8 mm in November — 29 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	18.1 °C	45 mm	37 %
February	21.5 °C	53 mm	36 %
March	27.5 °C	47 mm	33 %
April	34.8 °C	26 mm	31 %
May	39.0 °C	31 mm	24 %
June	38.0 °C	86 mm	29 %
July	33.4 °C	228 mm	61 %
August	31.9 °C	213 mm	61 %
September	31.7 °C	107 mm	28 %
October	31.0 °C	22 mm	9 %
November	26.3 °C	8 mm	15 %
December	20.8 °C	16 mm	24 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	18.1 °C	6.8 °C	12.0 °C	26.2 °C	1.5 °C	0	0
February	21.5 °C	9.3 °C	15.2 °C	31.2 °C	2.5 °C	4	0
March	27.5 °C	13.8 °C	20.5 °C	37.5 °C	5.2 °C	23	8
April	34.8 °C	19.2 °C	27.2 °C	43.6 °C	9.8 °C	30	26
May	39.0 °C	23.8 °C	31.6 °C	46.3 °C	16.5 °C	31	31
June	38.0 °C	26.3 °C	32.2 °C	46.4 °C	19.3 °C	30	30
July	33.4 °C	25.9 °C	29.4 °C	41.9 °C	22.4 °C	31	28
August	31.9 °C	25.2 °C	28.3 °C	38.3 °C	22.3 °C	31	27
September	31.7 °C	23.1 °C	27.2 °C	35.8 °C	16.5 °C	30	26
October	31.0 °C	17.8 °C	24.2 °C	35.9 °C	11.8 °C	31	22
November	26.3 °C	12.8 °C	19.1 °C	33.7 °C	5.6 °C	21	1
December	20.8 °C	8.2 °C	14.0 °C	26.8 °C	1.7 °C	1	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	45 mm	4	10 h/day	37 %	77 %	13 km/h
February	53 mm	5	11 h/day	36 %	72 %	14 km/h
March	47 mm	5	12 h/day	33 %	60 %	15 km/h
April	26 mm	5	13 h/day	31 %	40 %	16 km/h
May	31 mm	7	14 h/day	24 %	36 %	17 km/h
June	86 mm	11	14 h/day	29 %	53 %	16 km/h
July	228 mm	22	14 h/day	61 %	78 %	14 km/h
August	213 mm	22	13 h/day	61 %	83 %	12 km/h
September	107 mm	11	12 h/day	28 %	79 %	12 km/h
October	22 mm	2	11 h/day	9 %	61 %	12 km/h
November	8 mm	1	11 h/day	15 %	62 %	12 km/h
December	16 mm	2	10 h/day	24 %	71 %	12 km/h

How Patiāla 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
Patiāla	39 °C	6.8 °C	883 mm	262
Ambāla · India	39 °C	7.2 °C	984 mm	265
Chandigarh · India	38 °C	6.2 °C	764 mm	257
Ludhiana · India	39 °C	6.2 °C	830 mm	258

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Patiāla’s climate

When is the best time to visit Patiāla?

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 Patiāla get?

In May, the warmest month, daily highs average 39 °C. About 198 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 6.8 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Patiāla?

July, averaging 228 mm over 22 days with rain. The driest month is November with 8 mm. The year as a whole averages 883 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 Patiāla 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: 30.336°, 76.392° (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.