Climate guideThirty-year normals for Dhanbad
Dhanbad climate by month
Hot-summer Mediterranean · CsaBest Jan · Nov–Dec
Annual mean25°day and night
Seasonal swing14°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation1,561 mm148 wet days a year
23.80° N, 86.43° EElevation 247 mUTC+5:30 · India Standard Time
When to goDhanbad · weather score
Best timeJan · Nov–Dec
October: high / low29° / 20°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Dhanbad has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa): dry, sunny summers and mild, wetter winters.
The warmest month is May, when afternoons average 37° and nights 25°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 23° and lows of 10°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 14°.
About 1,561 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. July is the wettest month (395 mm, 28 wet days) and December the driest (10 mm, 1 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 11% in February to 76% in July.
Compared with New Delhi, the capital, Dhanbad is 2.1° cooler on a May afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 37° · May
- Coldest nights
- 10° · January
- Wettest month
- July
- Driest month
- December
- Clearest skies
- February · 11% cloud
- Longest day
- 13 h 36 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 41 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 | 23° | 27° | 32° | 37° | 37° | 34° | 31° | 30° | 30° | 29° | 27° | 24° |
| Average low | 10° | 13° | 17° | 22° | 25° | 26° | 25° | 25° | 24° | 20° | 16° | 11° |
| Precipitation | 16 mm | 21 mm | 24 mm | 23 mm | 69 mm | 248 mm | 395 mm | 346 mm | 305 mm | 86 mm | 18 mm | 10 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 2.3 | 2.4 | 4.8 | 8.4 | 16.4 | 22.1 | 28.4 | 27 | 23.1 | 11.2 | 1.2 | 1 |
| Cloud cover | 13% | 11% | 12% | 12% | 16% | 54% | 76% | 73% | 56% | 21% | 13% | 12% |
| Daylight | 10h 49 | 11h 21 | 11h 59 | 12h 42 | 13h 17 | 13h 36 | 13h 28 | 12h 59 | 12h 19 | 11h 38 | 11h 00 | 10h 41 |
| Month score | 95 | 86 | 58 | 38 | 25 | 19 | 23 | 26 | 35 | 55 | 89 | 98 |
ivMonth by month
Dhanbad in every month
January95
23° / 10°
16 mm · 2.3 wet days
February86
27° / 13°
21 mm · 2.4 wet days
March58
32° / 17°
24 mm · 4.8 wet days
April38
37° / 22°
23 mm · 8.4 wet days
May25
37° / 25°
69 mm · 16.4 wet days
June19
34° / 26°
248 mm · 22.1 wet days
July23
31° / 25°
395 mm · 28.4 wet days
August26
30° / 25°
346 mm · 27 wet days
September35
30° / 24°
305 mm · 23.1 wet days
October55
29° / 20°
86 mm · 11.2 wet days
November89
27° / 16°
18 mm · 1.2 wet day
December98
24° / 11°
10 mm · 1 wet day