Climate averages 1991–2020
Purnia 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 Purnia: daytime highs average 34.6°C and nights cool to about 22.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 50 mm of rain on roughly 7 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 Katihar (28 km away). In April its highs average 34.7°C, about as warm as Purnia, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Purnia ranks joint 558th of 692 for the warmest April highs and joint 592nd of 692 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 692 cities is 36.0°C; Purnia is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 33.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 50 mm to 160 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
Purnia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.7°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 12 | 1.9 | 10.711 h |
| February | 26.1°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 17 | 2.2 | 11.311 h |
| March | 31.8°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 20 | 3.0 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 34.6°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 50 | 7.4 | 12.813 h |
| May | 33.3°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 160 | 16.3 | 13.413 h |
| June | 31.9°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 315 | 23.8 | 13.714 h |
| July | 31.2°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 375 | 29.1 | 13.614 h |
| August | 31.3°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 338 | 28.6 | 13.013 h |
| September | 30.6°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 295 | 24.8 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.8°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 101 | 9.6 | 11.612 h |
| November | 27.8°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 5.7 | 0.6 | 10.911 h |
| December | 24.5°C12.9°C | 12.9°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
- Katihar in AprilIndia · 28 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 22.7°C · 40 mm rain
- Arāria in AprilIndia · 41 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 22.4°C · 70 mm rain
- Kishanganj in AprilIndia · 60 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 22.3°C · 67 mm rain
- Sāhibganj in AprilIndia · 62 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 23.1°C · 51 mm rain
- Rāiganj in AprilIndia · 68 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 22.4°C · 60 mm rain
- Biratnagar in AprilNepal · 78 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 34 mm rain
- Bhāgalpur in AprilIndia · 78 kmHigh 35.6°C · Low 22.9°C · 26 mm rain
- Saharsa in AprilIndia · 89 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 22.9°C · 25 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 Purnia) is explained once on the Purnia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.