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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Bathinda
Bathinda climate by month
Hot semi-arid · BShBest Jan–Feb · Dec
Annual mean25°day and night
Seasonal swing21°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation459 mm73 wet days a year
30.21° N, 74.94° EElevation 216 mUTC+5:30 · India Standard Time
When to goBathinda · weather score
Best timeJan–Feb · Dec
October: high / low33° / 19°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Bathinda has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh): little rain, large day–night swings and strong sunshine.
The warmest month is May, when afternoons average 40° and nights 25°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 19° and lows of 7°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 21°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 459 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. July is the wettest month (112 mm, 16 wet days) and November the driest (4 mm, 1 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 4% in October to 31% in July.
Compared with New Delhi, the capital, Bathinda is 0.2° warmer on a May afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 40° · May
- Coldest nights
- 7° · January
- Wettest month
- July
- Driest month
- November
- Clearest skies
- October · 4% cloud
- Longest day
- 14 h 05 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 13 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 19° | 23° | 28° | 35° | 40° | 39° | 36° | 34° | 35° | 33° | 27° | 22° |
| Average low | 7° | 9° | 14° | 20° | 25° | 28° | 27° | 27° | 25° | 19° | 13° | 8° |
| Precipitation | 16 mm | 21 mm | 18 mm | 12 mm | 22 mm | 56 mm | 112 mm | 104 mm | 77 mm | 10 mm | 4 mm | 7 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 2.7 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 10.3 | 15.6 | 15.6 | 8.3 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.6 |
| Cloud cover | 20% | 20% | 21% | 17% | 14% | 12% | 31% | 29% | 10% | 4% | 8% | 15% |
| Daylight | 10h 24 | 11h 07 | 11h 57 | 12h 53 | 13h 40 | 14h 05 | 13h 55 | 13h 16 | 12h 23 | 11h 28 | 10h 39 | 10h 13 |
| Month score | 94 | 91 | 78 | 50 | 47 | 34 | 25 | 28 | 40 | 65 | 88 | 96 |
ivMonth by month
Bathinda in every month
January94
19° / 7°
16 mm · 2.7 wet days
February91
23° / 9°
21 mm · 3.9 wet days
March78
28° / 14°
18 mm · 3.6 wet days
April50
35° / 20°
12 mm · 3.6 wet days
May47
40° / 25°
22 mm · 4.5 wet days
June34
39° / 28°
56 mm · 10.3 wet days
July25
36° / 27°
112 mm · 15.6 wet days
August28
34° / 27°
104 mm · 15.6 wet days
September40
35° / 25°
77 mm · 8.3 wet days
October65
33° / 19°
10 mm · 1.6 wet days
November88
27° / 13°
4 mm · 1.3 wet day
December96
22° / 8°
7 mm · 1.6 wet days