Climate averages 1991–2020
Gorakhpur weather
in April.
A very hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a very hot month in Gorakhpur: daytime highs average 36.7°C and nights cool to about 22.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 11 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes April a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 47 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Deoria (50 km away). In April its highs average 37.0°C, about as warm as Gorakhpur, with 14 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Gorakhpur ranks joint 323rd of 692 for the warmest April highs and joint 248th of 692 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 692 cities is 36.0°C; Gorakhpur is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 37.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 11 mm to 29 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
Gorakhpur climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21.3°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 19 | 2.3 | 10.711 h |
| February | 25.0°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 23 | 2.8 | 11.211 h |
| March | 31.3°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 16 | 2.1 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 36.7°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 11 | 2.8 | 12.813 h |
| May | 37.5°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 29 | 5.5 | 13.413 h |
| June | 35.4°C26.9°C | 26.9°C | 179 | 15.3 | 13.814 h |
| July | 31.7°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 334 | 26.7 | 13.614 h |
| August | 31.4°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 275 | 26.7 | 13.113 h |
| September | 30.8°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 195 | 19.1 | 12.312 h |
| October | 30.2°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 40 | 3.5 | 11.512 h |
| November | 27.6°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 2.9 | 0.4 | 10.911 h |
| December | 23.3°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 8.4 | 0.8 | 10.510 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
- Deoria in AprilIndia · 50 kmHigh 37.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 14 mm rain
- Kushinagar in AprilIndia · 52 kmHigh 36.8°C · Low 22.9°C · 15 mm rain
- Bastī in AprilIndia · 65 kmHigh 37.0°C · Low 22.9°C · 11 mm rain
- Tāndā in AprilIndia · 75 kmHigh 37.2°C · Low 23.1°C · 9.9 mm rain
- Azamgarh in AprilIndia · 80 kmHigh 37.6°C · Low 23.3°C · 8.5 mm rain
- Bagaha (Bihar, 27.10°N 84.09°E), India in AprilIndia · 81 kmHigh 35.8°C · Low 22.2°C · 21 mm rain
- Mau in AprilIndia · 94 kmHigh 37.6°C · Low 23.4°C · 9.5 mm rain
- Butwāl in AprilNepal · 103 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 20.9°C · 41 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 Gorakhpur) is explained once on the Gorakhpur year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.