Raigarh climate

Name: Raigarh
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Raigarh is warmest in May, with average highs of 41 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 13 °C. July is the wettest month (441 mm) and February the driest (11 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Raigarh averages 1,521 mm of rain and 350 days above 25 °C.

India · population 150,019 · 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 41 °C
Coldest month January 13 °C
Driest month February 11 mm
Wettest month July 441 mm
Least cloud February 17 % cloud
Hottest on record May 46 °C
Coldest on record December 6.7 °C

What to expectRaigarh through the year

Raigarh has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 27 °C in January to 41 °C in May, a swing of 15 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 350 days a year reach 25 °C, 213 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 46 °C, in May.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 441 mm against 11 mm in February — 38 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	26.5 °C	19 mm	19 %
February	30.3 °C	11 mm	17 %
March	35.3 °C	14 mm	18 %
April	39.2 °C	14 mm	23 %
May	40.7 °C	25 mm	29 %
June	35.3 °C	251 mm	74 %
July	30.2 °C	441 mm	94 %
August	29.7 °C	399 mm	93 %
September	30.3 °C	256 mm	78 %
October	30.5 °C	67 mm	41 %
November	28.9 °C	12 mm	25 %
December	26.6 °C	12 mm	19 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	26.5 °C	13.0 °C	19.8 °C	33.8 °C	7.0 °C	23	2
February	30.3 °C	16.2 °C	23.4 °C	37.4 °C	9.0 °C	27	16
March	35.3 °C	20.5 °C	28.1 °C	42.5 °C	13.2 °C	31	29
April	39.2 °C	24.7 °C	32.2 °C	44.9 °C	18.7 °C	30	30
May	40.7 °C	27.7 °C	34.3 °C	46.4 °C	22.6 °C	31	31
June	35.3 °C	26.9 °C	30.8 °C	46.3 °C	22.6 °C	30	26
July	30.2 °C	24.8 °C	27.1 °C	37.8 °C	22.3 °C	31	17
August	29.7 °C	24.4 °C	26.6 °C	34.6 °C	22.0 °C	31	15
September	30.3 °C	24.0 °C	26.8 °C	34.6 °C	19.2 °C	30	19
October	30.5 °C	21.4 °C	25.8 °C	34.2 °C	14.9 °C	31	20
November	28.9 °C	17.1 °C	23.1 °C	33.5 °C	11.4 °C	30	7
December	26.6 °C	13.4 °C	20.1 °C	30.9 °C	6.7 °C	27	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	19 mm	2	11 h/day	19 %	56 %	10 km/h
February	11 mm	2	11 h/day	17 %	48 %	11 km/h
March	14 mm	3	12 h/day	18 %	38 %	13 km/h
April	14 mm	4	13 h/day	23 %	35 %	14 km/h
May	25 mm	5	13 h/day	29 %	39 %	14 km/h
June	251 mm	19	13 h/day	74 %	65 %	15 km/h
July	441 mm	28	13 h/day	94 %	85 %	14 km/h
August	399 mm	28	13 h/day	93 %	86 %	13 km/h
September	256 mm	21	12 h/day	78 %	84 %	11 km/h
October	67 mm	8	12 h/day	41 %	73 %	9.5 km/h
November	12 mm	2	11 h/day	25 %	62 %	9.2 km/h
December	12 mm	1	11 h/day	19 %	59 %	9.4 km/h

How Raigarh 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
Raigarh	41 °C	13 °C	1,521 mm	350
Sambalpur · India	40 °C	14 °C	1,478 mm	353
Korba · India	41 °C	12 °C	1,454 mm	343
Bilāspur · India	41 °C	13 °C	1,381 mm	346
Rourkela · India	39 °C	13 °C	1,389 mm	341
Raipur · India	41 °C	13 °C	1,365 mm	346

Where Raigarh ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in Asia in April	15th of 50	39 °C
The warmest places in Asia in May	33rd of 50	41 °C
The warmest places in the world in April	36th of 50	39 °C
The warmest places in the world in May	36th of 50	41 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Raigarh’s climate

When is the best time to visit Raigarh?

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 February the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Raigarh get?

In May, the warmest month, daily highs average 41 °C. About 213 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 13 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Raigarh?

July, averaging 441 mm over 28 days with rain. The driest month is February with 11 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,521 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 Raigarh 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: 21.898°, 83.397° (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.