Hyderabad climate
Hyderabad is warmest in May, with average highs of 41 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 11 °C. August is the wettest month (65 mm) and November the driest (0.8 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Hyderabad averages 177 mm of rain and 326 days above 25 °C.
Pakistan · population 1,921,275 · 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 41 °C
- Coldest month January 11 °C
- Driest month November 1 mm
- Wettest month August 65 mm
- Least cloud October 7 % cloud
- Hottest on record May 47 °C
- Coldest on record February 3.5 °C
What to expectHyderabad through the year
Hyderabad has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 24 °C in January to 41 °C in May, a swing of 16 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 326 days a year reach 25 °C, 264 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 47 °C, in May.
Rain is strongly seasonal. August averages 65 mm against 1 mm in November — 83 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.1 °C | 3 mm | 17 % |
| February | 27.5 °C | 2 mm | 16 % |
| March | 33.1 °C | 2 mm | 21 % |
| April | 38.5 °C | 2 mm | 20 % |
| May | 40.9 °C | 9 mm | 10 % |
| June | 39.7 °C | 7 mm | 21 % |
| July | 36.8 °C | 55 mm | 56 % |
| August | 35.0 °C | 65 mm | 54 % |
| September | 35.6 °C | 24 mm | 23 % |
| October | 35.9 °C | 5 mm | 7 % |
| November | 30.9 °C | 1 mm | 10 % |
| December | 25.8 °C | 2 mm | 15 % |
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 | 24.1 °C | 11.1 °C | 17.3 °C | 31.7 °C | 5.2 °C | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| February | 27.5 °C | 13.5 °C | 20.3 °C | 36.3 °C | 3.5 °C | 22 | 6 | 0 |
| March | 33.1 °C | 18.4 °C | 25.7 °C | 42.3 °C | 8.3 °C | 31 | 25 | 0 |
| April | 38.5 °C | 23.0 °C | 30.5 °C | 45.2 °C | 13.8 °C | 30 | 30 | 0 |
| May | 40.9 °C | 26.0 °C | 32.7 °C | 47.2 °C | 20.7 °C | 31 | 31 | 0 |
| June | 39.7 °C | 27.6 °C | 32.9 °C | 47.0 °C | 24.2 °C | 30 | 30 | 0 |
| July | 36.8 °C | 27.4 °C | 31.4 °C | 44.0 °C | 24.4 °C | 31 | 31 | 0 |
| August | 35.0 °C | 26.2 °C | 29.9 °C | 42.4 °C | 23.7 °C | 31 | 30 | 0 |
| September | 35.6 °C | 25.1 °C | 29.7 °C | 41.1 °C | 19.4 °C | 30 | 30 | 0 |
| October | 35.9 °C | 22.6 °C | 28.9 °C | 41.4 °C | 15.2 °C | 31 | 30 | 0 |
| November | 30.9 °C | 17.3 °C | 23.8 °C | 37.4 °C | 10.3 °C | 30 | 19 | 0 |
| December | 25.8 °C | 12.5 °C | 18.7 °C | 33.8 °C | 5.5 °C | 19 | 1 | 0 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3 mm | 1 | 11 h/day | 17 % | 54 % | 14 km/h |
| February | 2 mm | 1 | 11 h/day | 16 % | 48 % | 15 km/h |
| March | 2 mm | 0 | 12 h/day | 21 % | 41 % | 16 km/h |
| April | 2 mm | 1 | 13 h/day | 20 % | 40 % | 20 km/h |
| May | 9 mm | 1 | 13 h/day | 10 % | 50 % | 25 km/h |
| June | 7 mm | 1 | 14 h/day | 21 % | 58 % | 27 km/h |
| July | 55 mm | 4 | 14 h/day | 56 % | 65 % | 27 km/h |
| August | 65 mm | 5 | 13 h/day | 54 % | 69 % | 24 km/h |
| September | 24 mm | 2 | 12 h/day | 23 % | 64 % | 21 km/h |
| October | 5 mm | 1 | 12 h/day | 7 % | 48 % | 15 km/h |
| November | 1 mm | 0 | 11 h/day | 10 % | 48 % | 13 km/h |
| December | 2 mm | 0 | 11 h/day | 15 % | 53 % | 13 km/h |
How Hyderabad 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hyderabad | 41 °C | 11 °C | 177 mm | 326 |
| Sinjhoro · Pakistan | 42 °C | 10 °C | 169 mm | 322 |
| Tando Bago · Pakistan | 40 °C | 11 °C | 230 mm | 339 |
| Nawabshah · Pakistan | 43 °C | 9.6 °C | 165 mm | 316 |
| Karachi · Pakistan | 34 °C | 14 °C | 134 mm | 330 |
| Dadu · Pakistan | 44 °C | 9.7 °C | 204 mm | 308 |
Where Hyderabad ranks
| Ranking | Position | Value |
|---|---|---|
| The driest places in Asia in November | 1stof 50 | 0.8 mm |
| Places with the best weather in Asia in January | 5thof 50 | 96/100 |
| Places with the best weather in the world in January | 10thof 50 | 96/100 |
| The warmest places in Asia in October | 11thof 50 | 36 °C |
| The warmest places in Asia year-round | 23rdof 50 | 34 °C |
| The warmest places in Asia in May | 25thof 50 | 41 °C |
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QuestionsCommon questions about Hyderabad’s climate
When is the best time to visit Hyderabad?
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 November the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does Hyderabad get?
In May, the warmest month, daily highs average 41 °C. About 264 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 47 °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 Hyderabad?
August, averaging 65 mm over 5 days with rain. The driest month is November with 1 mm. The year as a whole averages 177 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 Hyderabad 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.