Climate averages 1991–2020
Puruliya weather
in October.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Puruliya: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 20.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 82 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 38 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chas (39 km away). In October its highs average 29.5°C, about as warm as Puruliya, with 64 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Puruliya ranks joint 565th of 692 for the warmest October highs and 422nd of 692 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 692 cities is 30.6°C; Puruliya is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 2.1°C to 27.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 82 mm to 10 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Chas in OctoberIndia · 39 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 20.7°C · 64 mm rain
- Bokāro in OctoberIndia · 43 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 20.7°C · 64 mm rain
- Jharia in OctoberIndia · 46 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 20.9°C · 67 mm rain
- Dhanbad in OctoberIndia · 52 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 20.7°C · 67 mm rain
- Phusro in OctoberIndia · 60 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 20.8°C · 63 mm rain
- Jamshedpur in OctoberIndia · 61 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 21.8°C · 76 mm rain
- Bhetia in OctoberIndia · 64 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 21.9°C · 76 mm rain
- Kulti in OctoberIndia · 66 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 21.7°C · 74 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.