Climate averages 1991–2020
Gandhinagar weather
in April.
A very hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a very hot month in Gandhinagar: daytime highs average 38.6°C and nights cool to about 23.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical April (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 41 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kalol (20 km away). In April its highs average 38.5°C, about as warm as Gandhinagar, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Gandhinagar ranks joint 65th of 692 for the warmest April highs and joint 28th of 692 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 692 cities is 36.0°C; Gandhinagar is 2.6°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 1.8°C to 40.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 1.2 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Gandhinagar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.2°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 1.5 | 0.4 | 10.911 h |
| February | 29.9°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 1.3 | 0.2 | 11.411 h |
| March | 34.6°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 1.9 | 0.4 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 38.6°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 0.8 | 0.2 | 12.713 h |
| May | 40.4°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 1.2 | 0.3 | 13.213 h |
| June | 37.4°C27.8°C | 27.8°C | 69 | 6.4 | 13.514 h |
| July | 31.9°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 309 | 18.5 | 13.413 h |
| August | 30.4°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 223 | 18.7 | 12.913 h |
| September | 31.8°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 97 | 8.6 | 12.312 h |
| October | 34.0°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 17 | 2.5 | 11.612 h |
| November | 31.6°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 2.8 | 0.7 | 11.011 h |
| December | 28.4°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 1.4 | 0.2 | 10.711 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
April in nearby cities
- Kalol in AprilIndia · 20 kmHigh 38.5°C · Low 23.3°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Ahmedabad in AprilIndia · 23 kmHigh 38.5°C · Low 23.4°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Kadi in AprilIndia · 37 kmHigh 38.4°C · Low 23.2°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Sānand in AprilIndia · 40 kmHigh 38.4°C · Low 23.3°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Himatnagar in AprilIndia · 51 kmHigh 37.7°C · Low 22.5°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Mahesāna in AprilIndia · 52 kmHigh 38.0°C · Low 22.9°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Visnagar in AprilIndia · 55 kmHigh 37.8°C · Low 22.5°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Dholka in AprilIndia · 60 kmHigh 38.8°C · Low 23.6°C · 0.9 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 Gandhinagar) is explained once on the Gandhinagar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.