Climate guideThirty-year normals for Pokhran
Pokhran climate by month
Hot desert · BWhBest Jan–Feb · Dec
Annual mean27°day and night
Seasonal swing18°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation186 mm46 wet days a year
26.92° N, 71.92° EElevation 233 mUTC+5:30 · India Standard Time
When to goPokhran · weather score
Best timeJan–Feb · Dec
October: high / low35° / 22°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Pokhran has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh): very little rain and intense sun.
The warmest month is May, when afternoons average 41° and nights 26°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 23° and lows of 9°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 18°.
About 186 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. August is the wettest month (49 mm, 12 wet days) and January the driest (2 mm, 1 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 4% in October to 37% in July.
Compared with New Delhi, the capital, Pokhran is 1.6° warmer on a May afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 41° · May
- Coldest nights
- 9° · January
- Wettest month
- August
- Driest month
- January
- Clearest skies
- October · 4% cloud
- Longest day
- 13 h 49 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 28 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° | 38° | 41° | 40° | 36° | 35° | 36° | 35° | 30° | 25° |
| Average low | 9° | 12° | 17° | 23° | 26° | 28° | 27° | 26° | 25° | 22° | 16° | 11° |
| Precipitation | 2 mm | 6 mm | 3 mm | 7 mm | 7 mm | 19 mm | 61 mm | 49 mm | 24 mm | 3 mm | 4 mm | 1 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11.4 | 11.6 | 6 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
| Cloud cover | 12% | 12% | 16% | 13% | 7% | 10% | 37% | 33% | 10% | 4% | 7% | 11% |
| Daylight | 10h 37 | 11h 15 | 11h 58 | 12h 47 | 13h 28 | 13h 49 | 13h 41 | 13h 07 | 12h 20 | 11h 33 | 10h 50 | 10h 28 |
| Month score | 98 | 93 | 66 | 53 | 51 | 44 | 28 | 29 | 44 | 55 | 78 | 98 |
ivMonth by month
Pokhran in every month
January98
23° / 9°
2 mm · 0.7 wet day
February93
26° / 12°
6 mm · 1.1 wet day
March66
32° / 17°
3 mm · 1.4 wet day
April53
38° / 23°
7 mm · 2 wet days
May51
41° / 26°
7 mm · 3 wet days
June44
40° / 28°
19 mm · 6 wet days
July28
36° / 27°
61 mm · 11.4 wet days
August29
35° / 26°
49 mm · 11.6 wet days
September44
36° / 25°
24 mm · 6 wet days
October55
35° / 22°
3 mm · 1.1 wet day
November78
30° / 16°
4 mm · 0.7 wet day
December98
25° / 11°
1 mm · 0.7 wet day