Climate averages 1991–2020

Bikaner weather
in October.

A very hot, very dry month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 34.7°C Daytime mean, October
Average low 21.8°C Night-time mean, October
Rainfall 8.3 mm 1 day with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Bikaner · average highYear overview

October is a very hot month in Bikaner: daytime highs average 34.7°C and nights cool to about 21.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 8.3 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes October a very dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 31 min on an average October day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Nāgaur (100 km away). In October its highs average 34.2°C, 0.5°C cooler than Bikaner, with 9.3 mm of rain.

Among the 692 cities listed in India, Bikaner ranks joint 7th of 692 for the warmest October highs and joint 3rd of 692 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 692 cities is 30.6°C; Bikaner is 4.2°C warmer than that mean.

From October to November, average highs fall by 5.8°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 8.3 mm to 2.0 mm.

The annual picture

October in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 51015202530354045 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Bikaner climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Bikaner, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 21.2°C8.2°C8.2°C3.81.110.611 h
February 25.3°C11.2°C11.2°C7.71.211.211 h
March 31.4°C17.0°C17.0°C5.81.312.012 h
April 37.4°C22.5°C22.5°C5.91.412.813 h
May 41.2°C27.3°C27.3°C122.413.514 h
June 40.3°C29.5°C29.5°C284.013.914 h
July 36.8°C28.3°C28.3°C609.613.714 h
August 35.3°C26.9°C26.9°C598.613.113 h
September 36.1°C26.2°C26.2°C213.812.312 h
October, selected 34.7°C21.8°C21.8°C8.31.011.512 h
November 28.9°C15.4°C15.4°C2.00.310.811 h
December 23.3°C9.9°C9.9°C2.80.510.410 h

Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.

Compare places

October in nearby cities

Distance from Bikaner

Read the numbers correctly

Climate, not a promise.

These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.

Sources, method and limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Bikaner) is explained once on the Bikaner year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.