Climate guideThirty-year normals for Katihar
Katihar climate by month
Monsoon-influenced humid subtropical · CwaBest Jan–Feb · Dec
Annual mean25°day and night
Seasonal swing12°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation1,609 mm156 wet days a year
25.54° N, 87.57° EElevation 34 mUTC+5:30 · India Standard Time
When to goKatihar · weather score
Best timeJan–Feb · Dec
October: high / low30° / 22°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Katihar has a monsoon-influenced humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cwa): a dry winter and a wetter summer.
The warmest month is April, when afternoons average 36° and nights 23°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 23° and lows of 12°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 12°.
About 1,609 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. July is the wettest month (385 mm, 29 wet days) and December the driest (6 mm, 1 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 10% in November to 71% in July.
Compared with New Delhi, the capital, Katihar is 0.7° cooler on a April afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 36° · April
- Coldest nights
- 12° · January
- Wettest month
- July
- Driest month
- December
- Clearest skies
- November · 10% cloud
- Longest day
- 13 h 43 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 33 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° | 26° | 32° | 36° | 34° | 33° | 32° | 32° | 31° | 30° | 28° | 24° |
| Average low | 12° | 14° | 19° | 23° | 24° | 25° | 26° | 26° | 25° | 22° | 17° | 13° |
| Precipitation | 14 mm | 12 mm | 13 mm | 38 mm | 132 mm | 271 mm | 385 mm | 323 mm | 309 mm | 99 mm | 7 mm | 6 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 1.3 | 1.6 | 4.5 | 11.6 | 20.8 | 25.5 | 28.6 | 26.6 | 23.6 | 9.9 | 1.2 | 0.6 |
| Cloud cover | 12% | 11% | 12% | 16% | 25% | 51% | 71% | 70% | 51% | 18% | 10% | 12% |
| Daylight | 10h 43 | 11h 18 | 11h 59 | 12h 45 | 13h 23 | 13h 43 | 13h 35 | 13h 03 | 12h 20 | 11h 35 | 10h 55 | 10h 33 |
| Month score | 97 | 92 | 60 | 31 | 29 | 27 | 23 | 23 | 34 | 56 | 85 | 99 |
ivMonth by month
Katihar in every month
January97
23° / 12°
14 mm · 1.3 wet day
February92
26° / 14°
12 mm · 1.6 wet days
March60
32° / 19°
13 mm · 4.5 wet days
April31
36° / 23°
38 mm · 11.6 wet days
May29
34° / 24°
132 mm · 20.8 wet days
June27
33° / 25°
271 mm · 25.5 wet days
July23
32° / 26°
385 mm · 28.6 wet days
August23
32° / 26°
323 mm · 26.6 wet days
September34
31° / 25°
309 mm · 23.6 wet days
October56
30° / 22°
99 mm · 9.9 wet days
November85
28° / 17°
7 mm · 1.2 wet day
December99
24° / 13°
6 mm · 0.6 wet day