How extreme does Bengaluru's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Bengaluru has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.

Based on 50+ years of daily weather observations (1973–present), from the Bangalore station 1 km away. Updated through May 2026 — an all-time extreme only changes when a more extreme day actually occurs, so some dates are old. That is normal, not stale data.

The four kinds of extreme

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Bengaluru has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day

103°F Apr 25, 2016

That is about 9°F hotter than a normal April afternoon in Bengaluru (typical high near 94°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 103°F Apr 25, 2016

2 101°F Oct 25, 1994

3 101°F May 9, 1995

❄️ Coldest night

34°F Dec 25, 1975

About 27°F colder than a normal December night in Bengaluru (typical low near 61°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 34°F Dec 25, 1975

2 39°F Jan 28, 1976

3 46°F Feb 3, 1975

🌧️ Most rain in one day

12.05 in Sep 1, 1986

More rain in a single day than Bengaluru usually gets in the whole month of September (typical September total about 9.2 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 12.05 in Sep 1, 1986

2 11.81 in Mar 30, 1980

3 10.68 in Jul 13, 2007

How hot and cold it gets, month by month

The shaded band is the normal range of daily temperatures for each month. The dots show the most extreme it has ever been — so you can see how far beyond a normal day the records really sit.

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Bengaluru's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — April's 103°F is about 9°F beyond a normal hot afternoon. Its record cold is just as far below a normal winter night — the dots mark how rare each extreme really is.

In plain terms

In a normal year, Bengaluru's warmest days reach the mid-90s°F and its coldest nights drop to the low 60s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 103°F and as low as 34°F. A single day has delivered over 12 inches of rain. Those are the outer edges worth knowing if you are moving here, planning a trip, or thinking about a house.

Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 30 years of daily observations at Bangalore, a weather station, about 1 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

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