Surat climate

Name: Surat
Address: IN

Surat is warmest in April, with average highs of 35 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 17 °C. July is the wettest month (362 mm) and February the driest (0.4 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Surat averages 997 mm of rain and 362 days above 25 °C.

India · population 4,591,246 · 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 April 35 °C
Coldest month January 17 °C
Driest month February 0 mm
Wettest month July 362 mm
Least cloud February 11 % cloud
Hottest on record April 44 °C
Coldest on record December 12 °C
Warmest sea June 30 °C

What to expectSurat through the year

Surat has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 28 °C in January to 35 °C in April, a swing of 7.9 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 362 days a year reach 25 °C, 211 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 44 °C, in April.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 362 mm against 0 mm in February — 817 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Surat is warmest in June at 30 °C and coldest in February at 23 °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	28.0 °C	1 mm	13 %
February	29.7 °C	under 1 mm	11 %
March	33.1 °C	1 mm	11 %
April	34.9 °C	under 1 mm	11 %
May	34.4 °C	2 mm	12 %
June	32.1 °C	159 mm	58 %
July	29.1 °C	362 mm	86 %
August	28.5 °C	258 mm	82 %
September	29.6 °C	174 mm	59 %
October	32.6 °C	28 mm	27 %
November	31.8 °C	7 mm	17 %
December	29.3 °C	4 mm	18 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	28.0 °C	17.1 °C	22.4 °C	35.0 °C	12.4 °C	29	4
February	29.7 °C	18.4 °C	24.0 °C	39.2 °C	12.1 °C	28	12
March	33.1 °C	21.4 °C	27.2 °C	41.8 °C	16.0 °C	31	27
April	34.9 °C	24.6 °C	29.5 °C	44.4 °C	19.4 °C	30	30
May	34.4 °C	27.1 °C	30.2 °C	41.6 °C	22.2 °C	31	31
June	32.1 °C	27.2 °C	29.3 °C	38.6 °C	23.3 °C	30	25
July	29.1 °C	26.0 °C	27.4 °C	32.8 °C	24.6 °C	31	6
August	28.5 °C	25.5 °C	26.9 °C	31.9 °C	24.1 °C	31	1
September	29.6 °C	25.3 °C	27.3 °C	36.5 °C	22.4 °C	30	10
October	32.6 °C	23.9 °C	28.1 °C	38.5 °C	19.2 °C	31	27
November	31.8 °C	21.5 °C	26.5 °C	37.0 °C	16.0 °C	30	27
December	29.3 °C	18.6 °C	23.7 °C	35.0 °C	11.9 °C	30	11

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	1 mm	0	11 h/day	13 %	52 %	16 km/h	23.1 °C
February	under 1 mm	0	11 h/day	11 %	51 %	16 km/h	23.0 °C
March	1 mm	0	12 h/day	11 %	50 %	17 km/h	24.9 °C
April	under 1 mm	0	13 h/day	11 %	58 %	20 km/h	27.5 °C
May	2 mm	1	13 h/day	12 %	68 %	26 km/h	29.3 °C
June	159 mm	15	13 h/day	58 %	77 %	28 km/h	29.6 °C
July	362 mm	27	13 h/day	86 %	85 %	27 km/h	28.8 °C
August	258 mm	23	13 h/day	82 %	86 %	25 km/h	28.0 °C
September	174 mm	14	12 h/day	59 %	83 %	19 km/h	28.6 °C
October	28 mm	4	12 h/day	27 %	66 %	14 km/h	29.2 °C
November	7 mm	1	11 h/day	17 %	53 %	14 km/h	27.8 °C
December	4 mm	0	11 h/day	18 %	52 %	16 km/h	25.1 °C

How Surat 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
Surat	35 °C	17 °C	997 mm	362
Navsari · India	35 °C	17 °C	1,099 mm	363
Bilimora · India	35 °C	17 °C	1,261 mm	363
Bharūch · India	38 °C	15 °C	842 mm	363
Vapi · India	34 °C	17 °C	1,395 mm	362
Bhavnagar · India	36 °C	17 °C	674 mm	357
Vadodara · India	40 °C	15 °C	860 mm	363

Where Surat ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in Asia in March	6thof 50	0.6 mm
The driest places in Asia in April	7thof 50	0.5 mm
The driest places in Asia in February	8thof 50	0.4 mm
Best beach destinations in Asia year-round	18thof 50	81/100
Best beach destinations in Asia in December	20thof 50	98/100
The warmest places in Asia in November	21stof 50	32 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Surat’s climate

When is the best time to visit Surat?

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

How hot does Surat get?

In April, the warmest month, daily highs average 35 °C. About 211 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 44 °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 Surat?

July, averaging 362 mm over 27 days with rain. The driest month is February with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 997 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 Surat 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.