Ujjain climate

Name: Ujjain
Address: IN

Ujjain is warmest in May, with average highs of 39 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 11 °C. July is the wettest month (346 mm) and April the driest (2.4 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Ujjain averages 933 mm of rain and 329 days above 25 °C.

India · population 515,215 · 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 39 °C
Coldest month January 11 °C
Driest month April 2 mm
Wettest month July 346 mm
Least cloud February 14 % cloud
Hottest on record May 45 °C
Coldest on record January 5.4 °C

What to expectUjjain through the year

Ujjain has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 25 °C in January to 39 °C in May, a swing of 15 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 329 days a year reach 25 °C, 177 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 45 °C, in May.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 346 mm against 2 mm in April — 144 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	25.1 °C	5 mm	17 %
February	28.1 °C	6 mm	14 %
March	33.0 °C	5 mm	15 %
April	37.6 °C	2 mm	17 %
May	39.5 °C	5 mm	14 %
June	35.2 °C	124 mm	55 %
July	28.9 °C	346 mm	90 %
August	27.5 °C	290 mm	90 %
September	29.3 °C	118 mm	60 %
October	31.4 °C	18 mm	24 %
November	29.1 °C	8 mm	19 %
December	26.1 °C	8 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	25.1 °C	11.4 °C	18.1 °C	32.1 °C	5.4 °C	16	1
February	28.1 °C	13.7 °C	20.9 °C	35.3 °C	6.2 °C	24	8
March	33.0 °C	18.2 °C	25.8 °C	39.2 °C	10.5 °C	31	26
April	37.6 °C	23.1 °C	30.7 °C	42.1 °C	15.6 °C	30	30
May	39.5 °C	26.2 °C	33.0 °C	44.6 °C	21.1 °C	31	31
June	35.2 °C	25.6 °C	30.1 °C	44.1 °C	21.5 °C	30	27
July	28.9 °C	23.5 °C	25.8 °C	37.7 °C	20.8 °C	28	10
August	27.5 °C	22.8 °C	24.7 °C	32.1 °C	20.1 °C	28	1
September	29.3 °C	21.8 °C	25.2 °C	35.7 °C	16.8 °C	29	10
October	31.4 °C	19.5 °C	25.4 °C	36.7 °C	13.7 °C	31	24
November	29.1 °C	16.1 °C	22.5 °C	34.9 °C	9.6 °C	29	8
December	26.1 °C	12.4 °C	19.1 °C	31.5 °C	6.2 °C	22	1

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	5 mm	1	11 h/day	17 %	52 %	12 km/h
February	6 mm	1	11 h/day	14 %	44 %	13 km/h
March	5 mm	1	12 h/day	15 %	32 %	15 km/h
April	2 mm	1	13 h/day	17 %	25 %	17 km/h
May	5 mm	1	13 h/day	14 %	32 %	19 km/h
June	124 mm	11	14 h/day	55 %	59 %	20 km/h
July	346 mm	21	13 h/day	90 %	82 %	20 km/h
August	290 mm	22	13 h/day	90 %	86 %	18 km/h
September	118 mm	12	12 h/day	60 %	80 %	14 km/h
October	18 mm	3	12 h/day	24 %	55 %	11 km/h
November	8 mm	1	11 h/day	19 %	49 %	11 km/h
December	8 mm	1	11 h/day	19 %	52 %	11 km/h

How Ujjain 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
Ujjain	39 °C	11 °C	933 mm	329
Dewas · India	39 °C	11 °C	976 mm	327
Indore · India	39 °C	12 °C	1,008 mm	333
Ratlām · India	39 °C	12 °C	984 mm	332
Punāsa · India	41 °C	13 °C	1,073 mm	349

Where Ujjain ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in Asia in April	35th of 50	2.4 mm

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Ujjain’s climate

When is the best time to visit Ujjain?

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, May is the warmest month and April the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Ujjain get?

In May, the warmest month, daily highs average 39 °C. About 177 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 45 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 11 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Ujjain?

July, averaging 346 mm over 21 days with rain. The driest month is April with 2 mm. The year as a whole averages 933 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 Ujjain 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: 23.182°, 75.776° (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.