Climate averages 1991–2020
Katihar weather
in April.
A very hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a very hot month in Katihar: daytime highs average 34.7°C and nights cool to about 22.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 45 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Purnia (28 km away). In April its highs average 34.6°C, about as warm as Katihar, with 50 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Katihar ranks joint 548th of 692 for the warmest April highs and joint 565th of 692 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 692 cities is 36.0°C; Katihar is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 33.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 40 mm to 128 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
Katihar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.6°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 15 | 1.9 | 10.711 h |
| February | 26.1°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 18 | 2.1 | 11.311 h |
| March | 31.7°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 19 | 2.4 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 34.7°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 40 | 6.1 | 12.713 h |
| May | 33.7°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 128 | 13.7 | 13.413 h |
| June | 32.3°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 275 | 22.5 | 13.714 h |
| July | 31.3°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 327 | 28.2 | 13.614 h |
| August | 31.4°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 289 | 27.8 | 13.013 h |
| September | 30.8°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 254 | 23.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.9°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 94 | 8.3 | 11.612 h |
| November | 27.7°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 5.3 | 0.5 | 10.911 h |
| December | 24.3°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 5.9 | 0.7 | 10.611 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
- Purnia in AprilIndia · 28 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 22.6°C · 50 mm rain
- Sāhibganj in AprilIndia · 33 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 23.1°C · 51 mm rain
- Rāiganj in AprilIndia · 56 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 22.4°C · 60 mm rain
- Arāria in AprilIndia · 68 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 22.4°C · 70 mm rain
- Bhāgalpur in AprilIndia · 68 kmHigh 35.6°C · Low 22.9°C · 26 mm rain
- Kishanganj in AprilIndia · 74 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 22.3°C · 67 mm rain
- Malda in AprilIndia · 83 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 23.0°C · 61 mm rain
- Dhuliān in AprilIndia · 103 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 23.1°C · 51 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 Katihar) is explained once on the Katihar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.