Verāval climate
Verāval is warmest in April, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 18 °C. July is the wettest month (263 mm) and January the driest (0.3 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Verāval averages 748 mm of rain and 362 days above 25 °C.
India · population 171,121 · 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 32 °C
- Coldest month January 18 °C
- Driest month January 0 mm
- Wettest month July 263 mm
- Least cloud February 11 % cloud
- Hottest on record April 41 °C
- Coldest on record January 12 °C
- Warmest sea June 29 °C
What to expectVerāval through the year
Verāval has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 28 °C in January to 32 °C in April, a swing of 6.7 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 362 days a year reach 25 °C, 180 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C, in April.
Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 263 mm against 0 mm in January — 940 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
The sea off Verāval is warmest in June at 29 °C and coldest in February at 24 °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 | 27.8 °C | under 1 mm | 12 % |
| February | 29.0 °C | under 1 mm | 11 % |
| March | 31.5 °C | under 1 mm | 12 % |
| April | 32.4 °C | under 1 mm | 15 % |
| May | 32.2 °C | 3 mm | 23 % |
| June | 31.1 °C | 152 mm | 62 % |
| July | 28.9 °C | 263 mm | 85 % |
| August | 28.2 °C | 175 mm | 81 % |
| September | 29.0 °C | 122 mm | 57 % |
| October | 31.8 °C | 25 mm | 27 % |
| November | 31.4 °C | 4 mm | 17 % |
| December | 29.1 °C | 1 mm | 17 % |
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 | 27.8 °C | 17.7 °C | 22.3 °C | 33.0 °C | 11.7 °C | 29 | 2 | 0 |
| February | 29.0 °C | 18.9 °C | 23.5 °C | 36.7 °C | 13.1 °C | 27 | 9 | 0 |
| March | 31.5 °C | 21.4 °C | 25.8 °C | 40.0 °C | 16.1 °C | 31 | 22 | 0 |
| April | 32.4 °C | 23.9 °C | 27.5 °C | 40.9 °C | 20.1 °C | 30 | 27 | 0 |
| May | 32.2 °C | 26.4 °C | 28.9 °C | 38.3 °C | 22.3 °C | 31 | 31 | 0 |
| June | 31.1 °C | 27.4 °C | 29.0 °C | 35.2 °C | 24.0 °C | 30 | 22 | 0 |
| July | 28.9 °C | 26.5 °C | 27.6 °C | 32.1 °C | 24.4 °C | 31 | 3 | 0 |
| August | 28.2 °C | 25.8 °C | 26.9 °C | 31.1 °C | 24.3 °C | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| September | 29.0 °C | 25.3 °C | 26.9 °C | 34.4 °C | 21.9 °C | 30 | 4 | 0 |
| October | 31.8 °C | 24.2 °C | 27.6 °C | 36.5 °C | 19.6 °C | 31 | 24 | 0 |
| November | 31.4 °C | 21.9 °C | 26.1 °C | 35.2 °C | 16.6 °C | 30 | 25 | 0 |
| December | 29.1 °C | 19.2 °C | 23.6 °C | 33.5 °C | 12.6 °C | 31 | 10 | 0 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind | Sea temp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 mm | 0 | 11 h/day | 12 % | 52 % | 16 km/h | 24.5 °C |
| February | under 1 mm | 0 | 11 h/day | 11 % | 55 % | 17 km/h | 24.3 °C |
| March | under 1 mm | 0 | 12 h/day | 12 % | 59 % | 19 km/h | 25.3 °C |
| April | under 1 mm | 0 | 13 h/day | 15 % | 69 % | 22 km/h | 27.0 °C |
| May | 3 mm | 1 | 13 h/day | 23 % | 75 % | 23 km/h | 28.5 °C |
| June | 152 mm | 15 | 13 h/day | 62 % | 80 % | 23 km/h | 29.4 °C |
| July | 263 mm | 28 | 13 h/day | 85 % | 85 % | 25 km/h | 28.9 °C |
| August | 175 mm | 25 | 13 h/day | 81 % | 86 % | 23 km/h | 27.9 °C |
| September | 122 mm | 12 | 12 h/day | 57 % | 83 % | 18 km/h | 28.1 °C |
| October | 25 mm | 4 | 12 h/day | 27 % | 72 % | 14 km/h | 28.7 °C |
| November | 4 mm | 1 | 11 h/day | 17 % | 60 % | 15 km/h | 27.7 °C |
| December | 1 mm | 0 | 11 h/day | 17 % | 53 % | 15 km/h | 25.8 °C |
How Verāval 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verāval | 32 °C | 18 °C | 748 mm | 362 |
| Jūnāgadh · India | 38 °C | 14 °C | 715 mm | 360 |
| Porbandar · India | 32 °C | 17 °C | 684 mm | 358 |
| Rājkot · India | 40 °C | 14 °C | 655 mm | 357 |
| Jamnagar · India | 36 °C | 15 °C | 645 mm | 354 |
Where Verāval ranks
| Ranking | Position | Value |
|---|---|---|
| The driest places in Asia in January | 1stof 50 | 0.3 mm |
| The driest places in Asia in March | 1stof 50 | 0.3 mm |
| The driest places in Asia in April | 3rdof 50 | 0.3 mm |
| The driest places in Asia in February | 3rdof 50 | 0.3 mm |
| Best beach destinations in Asia year-round | 6thof 50 | 85/100 |
| The driest places in Asia in December | 8thof 50 | 0.7 mm |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Verāval.
QuestionsCommon questions about Verāval’s climate
When is the best time to visit Verāval?
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 January the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does Verāval get?
In April, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 180 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average 18 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.
Which month is wettest in Verāval?
July, averaging 263 mm over 28 days with rain. The driest month is January with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 748 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 Verāval 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
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.