Climate averages 1991–2020

Ranchi weather
in July.

A hot, very wet month: the 5th warmest and the wettest of the year.

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

Average high 28.6°C Daytime mean, July
Average low 23.3°C Night-time mean, July
Rainfall 337 mm 28 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Ranchi · average highYear overview

July is a hot month in Ranchi: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 23.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 337 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes July a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 25 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Saunda (36 km away). In July its highs average 29.9°C, 1.4°C warmer than Ranchi, with 244 mm of rain.

Among the 692 cities listed in India, Ranchi ranks joint 571st of 692 for the warmest July highs and joint 532nd of 692 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 692 cities is 31.0°C; Ranchi is 2.5°C cooler than that mean.

From July to August, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 28.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 337 mm to 310 mm.

The annual picture

July 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

Ranchi climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Ranchi, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 22.4°C10.3°C10.3°C163.010.911 h
February 26.2°C13.5°C13.5°C193.411.411 h
March 31.0°C17.7°C17.7°C234.112.012 h
April 35.5°C21.7°C21.7°C245.412.713 h
May 36.5°C24.3°C24.3°C539.013.313 h
June 32.6°C24.7°C24.7°C24220.613.514 h
July, selected 28.6°C23.3°C23.3°C33728.213.413 h
August 28.1°C22.9°C22.9°C31028.112.913 h
September 28.1°C22.2°C22.2°C20421.912.312 h
October 27.5°C19.1°C19.1°C699.311.612 h
November 25.2°C14.7°C14.7°C111.511.011 h
December 22.6°C10.9°C10.9°C9.51.510.711 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

July in nearby cities

Distance from Ranchi

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