Climate averages 1991–2020
Kanpur weather
in October.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Kanpur: daytime highs average 31.3°C and nights cool to about 20.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 30 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 33 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kanpur Cantonment (3 km away). In October its highs average 31.4°C, about as warm as Kanpur, with 31 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Kanpur ranks joint 209th of 692 for the warmest October highs and joint 236th of 692 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 692 cities is 30.6°C; Kanpur is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 3.6°C to 27.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 30 mm to 3.9 mm.
The annual picture
October 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
Kanpur climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21.3°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 18 | 2.3 | 10.711 h |
| February | 25.1°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 22 | 2.6 | 11.211 h |
| March | 31.2°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 12 | 2.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 37.5°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 8.1 | 2.5 | 12.813 h |
| May | 39.9°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 11 | 3.3 | 13.413 h |
| June | 37.8°C28.3°C | 28.3°C | 101 | 10.7 | 13.814 h |
| July | 32.7°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 288 | 23.3 | 13.614 h |
| August | 31.5°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 248 | 23.6 | 13.113 h |
| September | 31.5°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 149 | 14.7 | 12.312 h |
| October, selected | 31.3°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 30 | 2.2 | 11.612 h |
| November | 27.7°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 3.9 | 1.0 | 10.911 h |
| December | 23.1°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 7.9 | 1.0 | 10.511 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
- Kanpur Cantonment in OctoberIndia · 3 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 20.4°C · 31 mm rain
- Unnāo in OctoberIndia · 16 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 20.3°C · 31 mm rain
- Lucknow in OctoberIndia · 71 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 20.1°C · 33 mm rain
- Fatehpur (Uttar Pradesh), India in OctoberIndia · 76 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 20.8°C · 32 mm rain
- Kannauj in OctoberIndia · 78 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 20.0°C · 24 mm rain
- Auraiya in OctoberIndia · 84 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 20.2°C · 28 mm rain
- Raebareli in OctoberIndia · 92 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 20.4°C · 31 mm rain
- Nawābganj, India in OctoberIndia · 99 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 20.0°C · 34 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 Kanpur) is explained once on the Kanpur year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.