Ganjam climate by month
What the weather is like
Ganjam has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw): .
The warmest month is May, when afternoons average 32° and nights 28°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 25° and lows of 20°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 7°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 1,354 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. July is the wettest month (213 mm, 30 wet days) and January the driest (13 mm, 2 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 10% in February to 77% in July.
The sea reaches about 29° in October. Sea temperatures lag the air by a month or two, so late summer is usually warmer for swimming than early summer.
Compared with New Delhi, the capital, Ganjam is 7.5° cooler on a May afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 32° · May
- Coldest nights
- 20° · January
- Wettest month
- July
- Driest month
- January
- Clearest skies
- February · 10% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 29° · October
- Longest day
- 13 h 17 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 58 min
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columns, sea temperature lineTemperature curve
Average high, low and seaDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthClimate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 25° | 27° | 29° | 31° | 32° | 32° | 30° | 30° | 30° | 29° | 28° | 25° |
| Average low | 20° | 22° | 25° | 27° | 28° | 28° | 27° | 27° | 27° | 26° | 23° | 21° |
| Precipitation | 13 mm | 24 mm | 16 mm | 15 mm | 71 mm | 177 mm | 213 mm | 246 mm | 246 mm | 220 mm | 102 mm | 11 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 2.2 | 3.3 | 5.5 | 9.8 | 19.8 | 24.5 | 29.5 | 28.8 | 25.3 | 18.5 | 4.3 | 4.2 |
| Cloud cover | 13% | 10% | 10% | 13% | 22% | 65% | 77% | 75% | 62% | 36% | 24% | 16% |
| Sea temperature | 25° | 26° | 27° | 28° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 28° | 26° |
| Daylight | 11h 05 | 11h 31 | 12h 01 | 12h 35 | 13h 02 | 13h 17 | 13h 12 | 12h 48 | 12h 16 | 11h 43 | 11h 14 | 10h 58 |
| Month score | 95 | 85 | 69 | 52 | 38 | 25 | 26 | 28 | 34 | 47 | 79 | 89 |