Climate averages 1991–2020

Patna weather
in February.

A warm, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 25.9°C Daytime mean, February
Average low 13.7°C Night-time mean, February
Rainfall 16 mm 3 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Patna · average highYear overview

February is a warm month in Patna: daytime highs average 25.9°C and nights cool to about 13.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 17 min on an average February day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Dinapore (10 km away). In February its highs average 25.9°C, about as warm as Patna, with 16 mm of rain.

Among the 692 cities listed in India, Patna ranks joint 479th of 692 for the warmest February highs and joint 394th of 692 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 692 cities is 28.0°C; Patna is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.

From February to March, average highs rise by 6.3°C to 32.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 16 mm to 11 mm.

The annual picture

February 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. 510152025303540 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

Patna climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Patna, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 22.0°C10.9°C10.9°C182.310.711 h
February, selected 25.9°C13.7°C13.7°C162.511.311 h
March 32.2°C18.6°C18.6°C112.212.012 h
April 37.3°C23.5°C23.5°C133.312.713 h
May 38.0°C26.3°C26.3°C335.613.413 h
June 35.9°C27.3°C27.3°C17516.413.714 h
July 32.1°C26.6°C26.6°C31125.813.614 h
August 31.7°C26.3°C26.3°C26826.313.013 h
September 31.0°C25.3°C25.3°C19520.312.312 h
October 30.2°C21.9°C21.9°C535.911.612 h
November 27.7°C16.7°C16.7°C5.90.610.911 h
December 23.8°C12.4°C12.4°C7.40.710.611 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

February in nearby cities

Distance from Patna

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 Patna) is explained once on the Patna year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.