Climate averages 1991–2020

Kharagpur 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.

Average high 36.8°C Daytime mean, April
Average low 25.1°C Night-time mean, April
Rainfall 49 mm 9 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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April is a very hot month in Kharagpur: daytime highs average 36.8°C and nights cool to about 25.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.

Expect about 49 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 39 min on an average April day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Medinīpur (9 km away). In April its highs average 36.8°C, about as warm as Kharagpur, with 50 mm of rain.

Among the 692 cities listed in India, Kharagpur ranks joint 306th of 692 for the warmest April highs and joint 588th of 692 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 692 cities is 36.0°C; Kharagpur is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.

From April to May, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 36.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 49 mm to 105 mm.

The annual picture

April in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 10152025303540 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 3500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Kharagpur climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Kharagpur, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 25.2°C12.9°C12.9°C141.810.911 h
February 29.1°C16.4°C16.4°C202.311.411 h
March 34.0°C21.3°C21.3°C244.212.012 h
April, selected 36.8°C25.1°C25.1°C499.412.713 h
May 36.7°C27.0°C27.0°C10511.613.213 h
June 33.8°C27.1°C27.1°C23720.613.513 h
July 31.3°C26.0°C26.0°C31327.813.413 h
August 31.0°C25.6°C25.6°C29928.512.913 h
September 30.9°C25.1°C25.1°C22623.412.312 h
October 30.2°C22.6°C22.6°C11511.811.712 h
November 28.3°C18.1°C18.1°C251.811.111 h
December 25.7°C13.8°C13.8°C111.110.811 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

April in nearby cities

Distance from Kharagpur

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Kharagpur) is explained once on the Kharagpur year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.