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Gorakhpur, India climate

BSh Hot semi-arid

Gorakhpur has a seasonal tropical climate (Hot semi-arid, Köppen BSh). The hottest month is June with an average daily high near 41°C, while the coldest is January averaging around 6°C at night. Precipitation totals about 401 mm a year and is strongly seasonal — August alone averages 147 mm while November barely receives 0 mm.

☀️ Summers

Extreme heat

Highs near 41°C in June.

About 201 days a year above 32 °C

❄️ Winters

Cool

Lows near 6°C in January.

🌧️ Rain

Fairly dry

About 401 mm of rain a year.

Wettest in August

⛅ Sky & trend

Fairly sunny

More sun than cloud through the year.

+0.1 °C vs 50 years ago

Temperature & precipitation

Daily high–low temperature range with the monthly average, plus monthly precipitation · 1991–2020 normals · hover a month for the exact figures

Clear vs cloudy days

Share of days each month that are clear, partly cloudy or cloudy · 1991–2020 · hover a month for the day counts

Gorakhpur climate normals (1991–2020)

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°C)	20	25	32	38	43	41	38	37	36	35	29	23
Avg temp (°C)	13	18	23	29	34	34	33	32	30	27	21	15
Avg low (°C)	6	10	15	20	25	27	27	27	24	19	13	8
Precipitation (mm)	12	23	34	50	7	46	35	147	41	7	0	0

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Avg high (°C)	20	25	32	38	43	41
Avg temp (°C)	13	18	23	29	34	34
Avg low (°C)	6	10	15	20	25	27
Precipitation (mm)	12	23	34	50	7	46

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°C)	38	37	36	35	29	23
Avg temp (°C)	33	32	30	27	21	15
Avg low (°C)	27	27	24	19	13	8
Precipitation (mm)	35	147	41	7	0	0

How often — frequency of weather events

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Days with measurable rain (days)	2	2	2	2	2	4	5	5	3	0.5	0.7	0.7
Days with high ≥ 32°C (days)	—	0.8	13	24	27	26	27	27	26	26	5	0.0
Days with low ≤ 0°C (days)	0.1	0.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.4

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Days with measurable rain (days)	2	2	2	2	2	4
Days with high ≥ 32°C (days)	—	0.8	13	24	27	26
Days with low ≤ 0°C (days)	0.1	0.0	—	—	—	—

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Days with measurable rain (days)	5	5	3	0.5	0.7	0.7
Days with high ≥ 32°C (days)	27	27	26	26	5	0.0
Days with low ≤ 0°C (days)	—	—	—	—	—	0.4

Sky & atmosphere

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	39	38	38	40	41	53	62	57	34	17	21	27
Clear days (≤ 30% cloud)	14	14	15	12	11	5	4	6	17	25	22	20
Partly cloudy days (30–70%)	12	9	11	13	17	17	14	13	8	5	6	8
Cloudy days (≥ 70%)	5	5	5	5	4	7	13	12	5	1	2	3
Relative humidity (%)	39	37	31	23	22	34	52	59	54	36	31	33
Wind speed (m/s)	1.6	1.7	1.8	2.0	2.6	2.8	2.6	2.3	1.9	1.5	1.5	1.5

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Cloud cover (%)	39	38	38	40	41	53
Clear days (≤ 30% cloud)	14	14	15	12	11	5
Partly cloudy days (30–70%)	12	9	11	13	17	17
Cloudy days (≥ 70%)	5	5	5	5	4	7
Relative humidity (%)	39	37	31	23	22	34
Wind speed (m/s)	1.6	1.7	1.8	2.0	2.6	2.8

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	62	57	34	17	21	27
Clear days (≤ 30% cloud)	4	6	17	25	22	20
Partly cloudy days (30–70%)	14	13	8	5	6	8
Cloudy days (≥ 70%)	13	12	5	1	2	3
Relative humidity (%)	52	59	54	36	31	33
Wind speed (m/s)	2.6	2.3	1.9	1.5	1.5	1.5

Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 20 years of daily observations at Hissar, a weather station, about 32 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

Cloud, humidity, wind & sunshine — modelled estimates from NASA POWER, NASA's satellite-and-reanalysis climatology. This is the standard global source for atmospheric variables, which are not measured at most weather stations.

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