Puri climate

Name: Puri
Address: IN

Puri is warmest in May, with average highs of 34 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 17 °C. July is the wettest month (375 mm) and January the driest (10 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Puri averages 1,568 mm of rain and 360 days above 25 °C.

India · population 200,564 · 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 34 °C
Coldest month January 17 °C
Driest month January 10 mm
Wettest month July 375 mm
Least cloud February 22 % cloud
Hottest on record May 43 °C
Coldest on record January 11 °C
Warmest sea June 29 °C

What to expectPuri through the year

Puri has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 27 °C in January to 34 °C in May, a swing of 8.6 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 360 days a year reach 25 °C, 208 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 43 °C, in May.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 375 mm against 10 mm in January — 36 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Puri is warmest in June at 29 °C and coldest in January at 25 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	27.2 °C	10 mm	23 %
February	29.8 °C	16 mm	22 %
March	32.8 °C	16 mm	24 %
April	33.8 °C	19 mm	30 %
May	34.3 °C	53 mm	41 %
June	32.6 °C	221 mm	80 %
July	30.6 °C	375 mm	92 %
August	30.2 °C	363 mm	91 %
September	30.4 °C	259 mm	81 %
October	30.1 °C	168 mm	56 %
November	28.8 °C	49 mm	36 %
December	27.2 °C	17 mm	26 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	27.2 °C	16.8 °C	22.0 °C	32.9 °C	10.6 °C	28	1
February	29.8 °C	20.1 °C	24.8 °C	36.4 °C	12.1 °C	28	12
March	32.8 °C	24.1 °C	27.9 °C	38.4 °C	18.2 °C	31	28
April	33.8 °C	26.5 °C	29.5 °C	38.1 °C	21.7 °C	30	29
May	34.3 °C	27.9 °C	30.6 °C	42.6 °C	22.8 °C	31	30
June	32.6 °C	27.8 °C	29.9 °C	42.1 °C	23.9 °C	30	26
July	30.6 °C	26.8 °C	28.4 °C	35.9 °C	24.2 °C	31	21
August	30.2 °C	26.3 °C	28.0 °C	33.4 °C	24.3 °C	31	18
September	30.4 °C	26.0 °C	27.9 °C	34.0 °C	24.2 °C	30	18
October	30.1 °C	24.1 °C	26.9 °C	34.3 °C	18.8 °C	31	18
November	28.8 °C	20.4 °C	24.5 °C	32.8 °C	14.2 °C	30	6
December	27.2 °C	16.9 °C	22.1 °C	30.9 °C	11.1 °C	29	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	10 mm	2	11 h/day	23 %	69 %	12 km/h	24.9 °C
February	16 mm	2	11 h/day	22 %	70 %	14 km/h	25.9 °C
March	16 mm	3	12 h/day	24 %	72 %	17 km/h	27.3 °C
April	19 mm	3	13 h/day	30 %	75 %	20 km/h	28.1 °C
May	53 mm	4	13 h/day	41 %	77 %	21 km/h	28.9 °C
June	221 mm	18	13 h/day	80 %	80 %	19 km/h	29.4 °C
July	375 mm	26	13 h/day	92 %	85 %	17 km/h	29.0 °C
August	363 mm	27	13 h/day	91 %	85 %	16 km/h	28.9 °C
September	259 mm	24	12 h/day	81 %	85 %	14 km/h	29.4 °C
October	168 mm	15	12 h/day	56 %	82 %	12 km/h	29.4 °C
November	49 mm	4	11 h/day	36 %	74 %	11 km/h	27.7 °C
December	17 mm	2	11 h/day	26 %	68 %	11 km/h	25.7 °C

How Puri 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
Puri	34 °C	17 °C	1,568 mm	360
Bhubaneswar · India	37 °C	15 °C	1,596 mm	356
Cuttack · India	37 °C	15 °C	1,627 mm	356
Brahmapur · India	35 °C	17 °C	1,308 mm	350

Where Puri ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in Asia in December	1stof 50	100/100
Best beach destinations in the world in December	1stof 50	100/100
Best beach destinations in Asia in January	3rdof 50	100/100
Best beach destinations in the world in January	4thof 50	100/100
Best beach destinations in Asia in November	18thof 50	95/100
Best beach destinations in Asia in February	28thof 50	97/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Puri’s climate

When is the best time to visit Puri?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. January, November, December sit closest to 20 °C on average, May is the warmest month and January the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Puri get?

In May, the warmest month, daily highs average 34 °C. About 208 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 43 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 17 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Puri?

July, averaging 375 mm over 26 days with rain. The driest month is January with 10 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,568 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 Puri 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.