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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Howrah
Howrah climate by month
Tropical savanna · AwBest Jan · Nov–Dec
Annual mean26°day and night
Seasonal swing12°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation1,806 mm160 wet days a year
22.58° N, 88.32° EElevation 8 mUTC+5:30 · India Standard Time
When to goHowrah · weather score
Best timeJan · Nov–Dec
October: high / low30° / 23°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Howrah has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw): .
The warmest month is April, when afternoons average 35° and nights 25°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 25° and lows of 13°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 12°.
About 1,806 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. July is the wettest month (366 mm, 28 wet days) and December the driest (11 mm, 1 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 11% in January to 76% in July.
Compared with New Delhi, the capital, Howrah is 1° cooler on a April afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 35° · April
- Coldest nights
- 13° · January
- Wettest month
- July
- Driest month
- December
- Clearest skies
- January · 11% cloud
- Longest day
- 13 h 30 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 46 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 | 25° | 28° | 33° | 35° | 35° | 33° | 31° | 31° | 31° | 30° | 29° | 26° |
| Average low | 13° | 16° | 21° | 25° | 27° | 27° | 26° | 26° | 25° | 23° | 18° | 14° |
| Precipitation | 15 mm | 23 mm | 36 mm | 56 mm | 152 mm | 288 mm | 366 mm | 360 mm | 302 mm | 162 mm | 35 mm | 11 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 1.8 | 2.5 | 5.2 | 9.9 | 19.2 | 24.1 | 28.3 | 28.1 | 23.8 | 13.9 | 1.9 | 1.2 |
| Cloud cover | 11% | 11% | 12% | 15% | 24% | 63% | 76% | 75% | 62% | 29% | 17% | 13% |
| Daylight | 10h 54 | 11h 24 | 12h 00 | 12h 40 | 13h 13 | 13h 30 | 13h 24 | 12h 56 | 12h 18 | 11h 39 | 11h 04 | 10h 46 |
| Month score | 95 | 80 | 55 | 35 | 26 | 20 | 21 | 23 | 28 | 45 | 81 | 93 |
ivMonth by month
Howrah in every month
January95
25° / 13°
15 mm · 1.8 wet days
February80
28° / 16°
23 mm · 2.5 wet days
March55
33° / 21°
36 mm · 5.2 wet days
April35
35° / 25°
56 mm · 9.9 wet days
May26
35° / 27°
152 mm · 19.2 wet days
June20
33° / 27°
288 mm · 24.1 wet days
July21
31° / 26°
366 mm · 28.3 wet days
August23
31° / 26°
360 mm · 28.1 wet days
September28
31° / 25°
302 mm · 23.8 wet days
October45
30° / 23°
162 mm · 13.9 wet days
November81
29° / 18°
35 mm · 1.9 wet days
December93
26° / 14°
11 mm · 1.2 wet day