Sri Ganganagar climate

Name: Sri Ganganagar
Address: IN

Sri Ganganagar is warmest in May, with average highs of 40 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 6.4 °C. July is the wettest month (79 mm) and November the driest (3.5 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Sri Ganganagar averages 325 mm of rain and 276 days above 25 °C.

India · population 237,780 · 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 40 °C
Coldest month January 6.4 °C
Driest month November 3 mm
Wettest month July 79 mm
Least cloud October 8 % cloud
Hottest on record May 46 °C
Coldest on record January 0.2 °C

What to expectSri Ganganagar through the year

Sri Ganganagar has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 20 °C in January to 40 °C in May, a swing of 21 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 276 days a year reach 25 °C, 224 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 46 °C, in May.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 79 mm against 3 mm in November — 23 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	19.6 °C	14 mm	31 %
February	23.1 °C	17 mm	31 %
March	28.9 °C	16 mm	31 %
April	35.7 °C	13 mm	28 %
May	39.9 °C	15 mm	20 %
June	39.7 °C	37 mm	20 %
July	37.0 °C	79 mm	44 %
August	36.0 °C	73 mm	45 %
September	35.5 °C	45 mm	19 %
October	33.2 °C	7 mm	8 %
November	27.4 °C	3 mm	14 %
December	22.0 °C	6 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	19.6 °C	6.4 °C	12.9 °C	27.6 °C	0.2 °C	0	0
February	23.1 °C	9.1 °C	16.2 °C	31.8 °C	2.1 °C	8	0
March	28.9 °C	14.1 °C	21.7 °C	38.0 °C	4.4 °C	26	12
April	35.7 °C	19.7 °C	28.2 °C	43.7 °C	8.9 °C	30	28
May	39.9 °C	24.6 °C	32.8 °C	46.4 °C	16.8 °C	31	31
June	39.7 °C	28.0 °C	34.1 °C	46.4 °C	20.4 °C	30	30
July	37.0 °C	28.3 °C	32.6 °C	43.7 °C	23.6 °C	31	31
August	36.0 °C	27.7 °C	31.6 °C	43.0 °C	23.3 °C	31	31
September	35.5 °C	25.1 °C	30.1 °C	41.7 °C	18.5 °C	30	29
October	33.2 °C	19.1 °C	26.1 °C	38.7 °C	12.9 °C	31	28
November	27.4 °C	13.1 °C	20.1 °C	34.4 °C	5.4 °C	24	5
December	22.0 °C	7.9 °C	14.7 °C	28.5 °C	1.3 °C	4	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	14 mm	2	10 h/day	31 %	68 %	11 km/h
February	17 mm	3	11 h/day	31 %	61 %	12 km/h
March	16 mm	3	12 h/day	31 %	52 %	13 km/h
April	13 mm	3	13 h/day	28 %	36 %	14 km/h
May	15 mm	4	14 h/day	20 %	33 %	15 km/h
June	37 mm	7	14 h/day	20 %	45 %	16 km/h
July	79 mm	12	14 h/day	44 %	61 %	15 km/h
August	73 mm	10	13 h/day	45 %	63 %	14 km/h
September	45 mm	6	12 h/day	19 %	59 %	12 km/h
October	7 mm	2	11 h/day	8 %	50 %	11 km/h
November	3 mm	1	11 h/day	14 %	56 %	10 km/h
December	6 mm	1	10 h/day	20 %	64 %	10 km/h

How Sri Ganganagar 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
Sri Ganganagar	40 °C	6.4 °C	325 mm	276
Arifwala · Pakistan	40 °C	7.0 °C	305 mm	275
Okara · Pakistan	40 °C	6.6 °C	414 mm	271
Bathinda · India	40 °C	6.7 °C	486 mm	274
Sahiwal · Pakistan	40 °C	6.7 °C	376 mm	272

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Sri Ganganagar.

QuestionsCommon questions about Sri Ganganagar’s climate

When is the best time to visit Sri Ganganagar?

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 Sri Ganganagar get?

In May, the warmest month, daily highs average 40 °C. About 224 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 6.4 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Sri Ganganagar?

July, averaging 79 mm over 12 days with rain. The driest month is November with 3 mm. The year as a whole averages 325 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 Sri Ganganagar 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.