Raipur climate

Name: Raipur
Address: IN

Raipur is warmest in May, with average highs of 41 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 13 °C. July is the wettest month (385 mm) and November the driest (12 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Raipur averages 1,365 mm of rain and 346 days above 25 °C.

India · population 1,027,264 · 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 November 12 mm
Wettest month July 385 mm
Least cloud February 16 % cloud
Hottest on record May 47 °C
Coldest on record January 6.8 °C

What to expectRaipur through the year

Raipur has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 26 °C in January to 41 °C in May, a swing of 15 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 346 days a year reach 25 °C, 205 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 47 °C, in May.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 385 mm against 12 mm in November — 33 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	26.4 °C	16 mm	19 %
February	30.0 °C	12 mm	16 %
March	34.7 °C	13 mm	18 %
April	38.8 °C	15 mm	23 %
May	41.1 °C	17 mm	30 %
June	35.7 °C	202 mm	74 %
July	30.0 °C	385 mm	94 %
August	29.3 °C	383 mm	94 %
September	30.4 °C	234 mm	78 %
October	30.4 °C	64 mm	42 %
November	28.4 °C	12 mm	25 %
December	26.3 °C	12 mm	20 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	26.4 °C	13.3 °C	19.8 °C	33.4 °C	6.8 °C	23	1
February	30.0 °C	16.3 °C	23.2 °C	37.0 °C	8.7 °C	27	15
March	34.7 °C	20.5 °C	27.8 °C	41.5 °C	13.2 °C	31	29
April	38.8 °C	25.1 °C	32.1 °C	44.8 °C	18.3 °C	30	30
May	41.1 °C	28.5 °C	34.9 °C	46.5 °C	22.1 °C	31	31
June	35.7 °C	27.2 °C	31.1 °C	45.8 °C	22.1 °C	30	26
July	30.0 °C	24.6 °C	26.9 °C	38.7 °C	20.5 °C	30	17
August	29.3 °C	24.1 °C	26.2 °C	34.7 °C	21.0 °C	30	14
September	30.4 °C	23.7 °C	26.6 °C	35.3 °C	20.2 °C	30	20
October	30.4 °C	21.1 °C	25.5 °C	34.4 °C	14.8 °C	31	19
November	28.4 °C	16.8 °C	22.5 °C	32.2 °C	11.2 °C	29	4
December	26.3 °C	13.4 °C	19.7 °C	30.5 °C	7.0 °C	25	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	16 mm	2	11 h/day	19 %	58 %	9.5 km/h
February	12 mm	2	11 h/day	16 %	50 %	10 km/h
March	13 mm	2	12 h/day	18 %	40 %	12 km/h
April	15 mm	3	13 h/day	23 %	34 %	14 km/h
May	17 mm	4	13 h/day	30 %	33 %	15 km/h
June	202 mm	17	13 h/day	74 %	60 %	17 km/h
July	385 mm	26	13 h/day	94 %	82 %	16 km/h
August	383 mm	26	13 h/day	94 %	84 %	15 km/h
September	234 mm	20	12 h/day	78 %	82 %	12 km/h
October	64 mm	8	12 h/day	42 %	73 %	9.8 km/h
November	12 mm	2	11 h/day	25 %	65 %	9.2 km/h
December	12 mm	1	11 h/day	20 %	61 %	9.1 km/h

How Raipur 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
Raipur	41 °C	13 °C	1,365 mm	346
Durg · India	41 °C	13 °C	1,293 mm	344
Rāj-Nāndgaon · India	41 °C	13 °C	1,248 mm	343
Bilāspur · India	41 °C	13 °C	1,381 mm	346
Korba · India	41 °C	12 °C	1,454 mm	343
Raigarh · India	41 °C	13 °C	1,521 mm	350

Where Raipur ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in Asia in May	20thof 50	41 °C
The warmest places in the world in May	22ndof 50	41 °C
The warmest places in Asia in April	26thof 50	39 °C
The warmest places in the world in April	49thof 50	39 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Raipur’s climate

When is the best time to visit Raipur?

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

How hot does Raipur get?

In May, the warmest month, daily highs average 41 °C. About 205 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 47 °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 Raipur?

July, averaging 385 mm over 26 days with rain. The driest month is November with 12 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,365 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 Raipur 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.