Climate averages 1991–2020
Contai weather
in February.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Contai: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 18.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 18 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 25 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Haldia (49 km away). In February its highs average 28.6°C, about as warm as Contai, with 21 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Contai ranks joint 356th of 692 for the warmest February highs and joint 441st of 692 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 692 cities is 28.0°C; Contai is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.9°C to 32.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 18 mm to 22 mm.
The annual picture
February in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Contai climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.3°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 12 | 1.6 | 11.011 h |
| February, selected | 28.4°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 18 | 2.5 | 11.411 h |
| March | 32.3°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 22 | 2.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 34.1°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 41 | 5.1 | 12.613 h |
| May | 34.2°C27.8°C | 27.8°C | 93 | 7.5 | 13.213 h |
| June | 32.3°C27.7°C | 27.7°C | 256 | 19.4 | 13.413 h |
| July | 30.5°C26.7°C | 26.7°C | 335 | 27.4 | 13.313 h |
| August | 30.2°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 338 | 28.0 | 12.913 h |
| September | 30.2°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 263 | 23.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.8°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 158 | 13.2 | 11.712 h |
| November | 28.2°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 43 | 2.7 | 11.111 h |
| December | 25.9°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 9.9 | 0.9 | 10.811 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
February in nearby cities
- Haldia in FebruaryIndia · 49 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 18.1°C · 21 mm rain
- Kharagpur in FebruaryIndia · 76 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 16.4°C · 20 mm rain
- Medinīpur in FebruaryIndia · 84 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 16.3°C · 20 mm rain
- Uluberiya in FebruaryIndia · 85 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 16.8°C · 25 mm rain
- Budge Budge in FebruaryIndia · 90 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 16.8°C · 24 mm rain
- Balasore in FebruaryIndia · 90 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 18.0°C · 17 mm rain
- Maheshtala in FebruaryIndia · 96 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 16.8°C · 24 mm rain
- Rajpur Sonarpur in FebruaryIndia · 102 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 17.1°C · 22 mm rain
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 limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Contai) is explained once on the Contai year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.