Sītāpur climate
Sītāpur is warmest in May, with average highs of 38 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 8.7 °C. July is the wettest month (306 mm) and November the driest (2.6 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Sītāpur averages 1,024 mm of rain and 284 days above 25 °C.
India · population 164,435 · 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 38 °C
- Coldest month January 8.7 °C
- Driest month November 3 mm
- Wettest month July 306 mm
- Least cloud November 12 % cloud
- Hottest on record June 46 °C
- Coldest on record December 1.3 °C
What to expectSītāpur through the year
Sītāpur has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 21 °C in January to 38 °C in May, a swing of 18 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 284 days a year reach 25 °C, 201 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 46 °C, in June.
Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 306 mm against 3 mm in November — 116 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20.7 °C | 23 mm | 26 % |
| February | 24.4 °C | 30 mm | 24 % |
| March | 30.3 °C | 21 mm | 23 % |
| April | 36.5 °C | 12 mm | 23 % |
| May | 38.4 °C | 23 mm | 18 % |
| June | 36.5 °C | 141 mm | 43 % |
| July | 32.0 °C | 306 mm | 84 % |
| August | 31.3 °C | 263 mm | 82 % |
| September | 31.1 °C | 158 mm | 50 % |
| October | 30.5 °C | 30 mm | 14 % |
| November | 27.0 °C | 3 mm | 12 % |
| December | 22.5 °C | 14 mm | 18 % |
Temperature month by month
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Mean | Record high | Record low | Days above 25 °C | Days above 30 °C | Days below 0 °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20.7 °C | 8.7 °C | 14.4 °C | 28.6 °C | 3.7 °C | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| February | 24.4 °C | 11.7 °C | 17.8 °C | 34.4 °C | 5.4 °C | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| March | 30.3 °C | 16.3 °C | 23.3 °C | 39.0 °C | 9.1 °C | 29 | 18 | 0 |
| April | 36.5 °C | 21.7 °C | 29.2 °C | 43.7 °C | 14.0 °C | 30 | 29 | 0 |
| May | 38.4 °C | 25.4 °C | 32.0 °C | 44.3 °C | 19.5 °C | 31 | 31 | 0 |
| June | 36.5 °C | 26.9 °C | 31.7 °C | 45.5 °C | 21.0 °C | 30 | 28 | 0 |
| July | 32.0 °C | 26.0 °C | 28.7 °C | 41.7 °C | 24.2 °C | 31 | 26 | 0 |
| August | 31.3 °C | 25.6 °C | 28.1 °C | 35.5 °C | 22.9 °C | 31 | 25 | 0 |
| September | 31.1 °C | 24.2 °C | 27.4 °C | 34.8 °C | 17.1 °C | 30 | 23 | 0 |
| October | 30.5 °C | 19.3 °C | 24.8 °C | 35.8 °C | 12.6 °C | 31 | 19 | 0 |
| November | 27.0 °C | 14.3 °C | 20.4 °C | 32.0 °C | 7.8 °C | 26 | 1 | 0 |
| December | 22.5 °C | 9.9 °C | 15.9 °C | 29.7 °C | 1.3 °C | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23 mm | 3 | 11 h/day | 26 % | 72 % | 12 km/h |
| February | 30 mm | 3 | 11 h/day | 24 % | 65 % | 14 km/h |
| March | 21 mm | 3 | 12 h/day | 23 % | 51 % | 16 km/h |
| April | 12 mm | 3 | 13 h/day | 23 % | 37 % | 18 km/h |
| May | 23 mm | 5 | 14 h/day | 18 % | 43 % | 19 km/h |
| June | 141 mm | 13 | 14 h/day | 43 % | 61 % | 18 km/h |
| July | 306 mm | 25 | 14 h/day | 84 % | 82 % | 16 km/h |
| August | 263 mm | 25 | 13 h/day | 82 % | 85 % | 15 km/h |
| September | 158 mm | 16 | 12 h/day | 50 % | 83 % | 13 km/h |
| October | 30 mm | 3 | 12 h/day | 14 % | 70 % | 10 km/h |
| November | 3 mm | 1 | 11 h/day | 12 % | 64 % | 11 km/h |
| December | 14 mm | 1 | 10 h/day | 18 % | 68 % | 11 km/h |
How Sītāpur 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sītāpur | 38 °C | 8.7 °C | 1,024 mm | 284 |
| Lucknow · India | 39 °C | 8.9 °C | 975 mm | 292 |
| Shāhjānpur · India | 39 °C | 8.4 °C | 1,010 mm | 281 |
| Bahraigh · India | 38 °C | 9.0 °C | 1,140 mm | 284 |
| Nepalgunj · Nepal | 37 °C | 7.9 °C | 1,142 mm | 273 |
| Farrukhābād · India | 39 °C | 8.5 °C | 875 mm | 286 |
Where Sītāpur ranks
| Ranking | Position | Value |
|---|---|---|
| The driest places in Asia in November | 26th of 50 | 2.6 mm |
| Places with the best weather in Asia in February | 39th of 50 | 95/100 |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Sītāpur.
QuestionsCommon questions about Sītāpur’s climate
When is the best time to visit Sītāpur?
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 Sītāpur get?
In May, the warmest month, daily highs average 38 °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 8.7 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.
Which month is wettest in Sītāpur?
July, averaging 306 mm over 25 days with rain. The driest month is November with 3 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,024 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 Sītāpur 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
- 27.562°, 80.683° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
- Dataset version
- era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
- Last processed
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.