Climate averages 1991–2020
Puruliya weather
in April.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd 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 Puruliya: daytime highs average 37.2°C and nights cool to about 23.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 30 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 41 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chas (39 km away). In April its highs average 37.5°C, about as warm as Puruliya, with 20 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Puruliya ranks joint 242nd of 692 for the warmest April highs and joint 518th of 692 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 692 cities is 36.0°C; Puruliya is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 37.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 30 mm to 82 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
Puruliya climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.8°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 14 | 2.5 | 10.911 h |
| February | 27.8°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 18 | 2.7 | 11.411 h |
| March | 33.1°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 21 | 3.9 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 37.2°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 30 | 7.5 | 12.713 h |
| May | 37.3°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 82 | 12.7 | 13.313 h |
| June | 33.9°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 256 | 21.6 | 13.514 h |
| July | 30.6°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 326 | 28.0 | 13.413 h |
| August | 30.2°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 301 | 28.1 | 12.913 h |
| September | 30.0°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 216 | 22.1 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.4°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 82 | 9.8 | 11.612 h |
| November | 27.3°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 10 | 1.5 | 11.011 h |
| December | 24.3°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 9.4 | 1.4 | 10.711 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
- Chas in AprilIndia · 39 kmHigh 37.5°C · Low 22.8°C · 20 mm rain
- Bokāro in AprilIndia · 43 kmHigh 37.6°C · Low 22.6°C · 20 mm rain
- Jharia in AprilIndia · 46 kmHigh 37.4°C · Low 22.9°C · 22 mm rain
- Dhanbad in AprilIndia · 52 kmHigh 37.0°C · Low 22.6°C · 22 mm rain
- Phusro in AprilIndia · 60 kmHigh 37.2°C · Low 22.4°C · 18 mm rain
- Jamshedpur in AprilIndia · 61 kmHigh 38.0°C · Low 24.0°C · 28 mm rain
- Bhetia in AprilIndia · 64 kmHigh 38.1°C · Low 24.0°C · 28 mm rain
- Kulti in AprilIndia · 66 kmHigh 36.9°C · Low 23.3°C · 26 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 Puruliya) is explained once on the Puruliya year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.