Climate averages 1991–2020

Rājkot weather
in April.

A very hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 4th driest of the year.

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

Average high 37.9°C Daytime mean, April
Average low 22.1°C Night-time mean, April
Rainfall <1 mm Almost no rain
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Rājkot · average highYear overview

April is a very hot month in Rājkot: daytime highs average 37.9°C and nights cool to about 22.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.

Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical April (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 39 min on an average April day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Gondal (37 km away). In April its highs average 38.2°C, about as warm as Rājkot, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 692 cities listed in India, Rājkot ranks joint 155th of 692 for the warmest April highs and joint 23rd of 692 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 692 cities is 36.0°C; Rājkot is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.

From April to May, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 39.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 2.2 mm.

The annual picture

April 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. 1015202530354045 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 2500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Rājkot climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Rājkot, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 27.2°C13.8°C13.8°C0.50.110.911 h
February 29.9°C15.5°C15.5°C0.60.111.411 h
March 34.3°C19.0°C19.0°C0.80.212.012 h
April, selected 37.9°C22.1°C22.1°C0.70.312.713 h
May 39.4°C24.8°C24.8°C2.20.413.213 h
June 36.3°C26.6°C26.6°C1017.513.513 h
July 31.4°C25.7°C25.7°C21315.413.413 h
August 30.1°C24.8°C24.8°C17514.512.913 h
September 31.4°C23.7°C23.7°C1238.012.312 h
October 33.8°C22.3°C22.3°C172.711.712 h
November 31.8°C19.3°C19.3°C3.80.611.111 h
December 28.5°C15.4°C15.4°C0.40.110.811 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

Distance from Rājkot

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