Climate averages 1991–2020
Malda 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 Malda: daytime highs average 34.5°C and nights cool to about 23.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 61 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 44 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mohammadpur (40 km away). In April its highs average 33.9°C, 0.6°C cooler than Malda, with 80 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Malda ranks joint 565th of 692 for the warmest April highs and joint 612th of 692 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 692 cities is 36.0°C; Malda is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 33.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 61 mm to 171 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
Malda climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.9°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 16 | 1.8 | 10.811 h |
| February | 26.4°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 18 | 2.3 | 11.311 h |
| March | 31.7°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 23 | 3.3 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 34.5°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 61 | 8.5 | 12.713 h |
| May | 33.7°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 171 | 17.2 | 13.313 h |
| June | 32.4°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 318 | 24.2 | 13.714 h |
| July | 31.3°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 337 | 28.5 | 13.514 h |
| August | 31.3°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 297 | 27.9 | 13.013 h |
| September | 30.8°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 273 | 24.2 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.9°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 110 | 10.1 | 11.612 h |
| November | 27.7°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 9.3 | 0.7 | 11.011 h |
| December | 24.4°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 5.6 | 0.8 | 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
- Mohammadpur in AprilBangladesh · 40 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 23.1°C · 80 mm rain
- Dhuliān in AprilIndia · 41 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 23.1°C · 51 mm rain
- Nawābganj, Bangladesh in AprilBangladesh · 48 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 23.5°C · 63 mm rain
- Sāhibganj in AprilIndia · 58 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 23.1°C · 51 mm rain
- Jangipur in AprilIndia · 60 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 23.5°C · 53 mm rain
- Rāiganj in AprilIndia · 68 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 22.4°C · 60 mm rain
- Bālurghāt in AprilIndia · 68 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 22.5°C · 100 mm rain
- Katihar in AprilIndia · 83 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 22.7°C · 40 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 Malda) is explained once on the Malda year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.