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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Purulia
Purulia climate by month
Monsoon-influenced humid subtropical · CwaBest Jan · Nov–Dec
Annual mean25°day and night
Seasonal swing14°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation1,644 mm150 wet days a year
23.33° N, 86.36° EElevation 255 mUTC+5:30 · India Standard Time
When to goPurulia · weather score
Best timeJan · Nov–Dec
October: high / low29° / 20°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Purulia has a monsoon-influenced humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cwa): a dry winter and a wetter summer.
The warmest month is May, when afternoons average 37° and nights 25°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 24° and lows of 11°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 14°.
About 1,644 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. July is the wettest month (412 mm, 28 wet days) and December the driest (13 mm, 1 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 10% in February to 76% in July.
Compared with New Delhi, the capital, Purulia is 2.1° cooler on a May afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 37° · May
- Coldest nights
- 11° · January
- Wettest month
- July
- Driest month
- December
- Clearest skies
- February · 10% cloud
- Longest day
- 13 h 34 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 43 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 | 24° | 27° | 33° | 37° | 37° | 34° | 31° | 30° | 30° | 29° | 27° | 24° |
| Average low | 11° | 14° | 18° | 23° | 25° | 26° | 25° | 25° | 24° | 20° | 16° | 12° |
| Precipitation | 18 mm | 25 mm | 27 mm | 32 mm | 90 mm | 266 mm | 412 mm | 349 mm | 299 mm | 91 mm | 22 mm | 13 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 2.2 | 2.5 | 5 | 8.7 | 16.2 | 22.3 | 28.2 | 27.2 | 23.2 | 12 | 1.6 | 1.1 |
| Cloud cover | 13% | 10% | 11% | 12% | 16% | 56% | 76% | 73% | 56% | 22% | 14% | 12% |
| Daylight | 10h 51 | 11h 22 | 11h 59 | 12h 41 | 13h 15 | 13h 34 | 13h 27 | 12h 58 | 12h 18 | 11h 38 | 11h 02 | 10h 43 |
| Month score | 95 | 85 | 56 | 37 | 25 | 19 | 23 | 27 | 35 | 53 | 87 | 97 |
ivMonth by month
Purulia in every month
January95
24° / 11°
18 mm · 2.2 wet days
February85
27° / 14°
25 mm · 2.5 wet days
March56
33° / 18°
27 mm · 5 wet days
April37
37° / 23°
32 mm · 8.7 wet days
May25
37° / 25°
90 mm · 16.2 wet days
June19
34° / 26°
266 mm · 22.3 wet days
July23
31° / 25°
412 mm · 28.2 wet days
August27
30° / 25°
349 mm · 27.2 wet days
September35
30° / 24°
299 mm · 23.2 wet days
October53
29° / 20°
91 mm · 12 wet days
November87
27° / 16°
22 mm · 1.6 wet days
December97
24° / 12°
13 mm · 1.1 wet day