Climate averages 1991–2020

Roorkee weather
in October.

A hot, very dry month: the 7th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.

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

Average high 29.4°C Daytime mean, October
Average low 16.3°C Night-time mean, October
Rainfall 11 mm 2 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Roorkee · average highYear overview

October is a hot month in Roorkee: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 16.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 11 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes October a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 28 min on an average October day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Haridwar (27 km away). In October its highs average 28.9°C, 0.5°C cooler than Roorkee, with 13 mm of rain.

Among the 692 cities listed in India, Roorkee ranks joint 565th of 692 for the warmest October highs and joint 21st of 692 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 692 cities is 30.6°C; Roorkee is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.

From October to November, average highs fall by 3.9°C to 25.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 11 mm to 3.2 mm.

The annual picture

October 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. 0510152025303540 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 3000

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

Every month, side by side

Roorkee climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Roorkee, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 19.1°C6.4°C6.4°C393.910.510 h
February 22.3°C8.8°C8.8°C504.811.111 h
March 27.8°C12.6°C12.6°C354.912.012 h
April 34.2°C17.7°C17.7°C214.512.913 h
May 37.5°C22.5°C22.5°C235.813.614 h
June 36.1°C25.4°C25.4°C949.914.014 h
July 31.8°C25.4°C25.4°C27723.413.914 h
August 30.9°C24.9°C24.9°C24923.213.213 h
September 30.5°C22.7°C22.7°C13512.312.412 h
October, selected 29.4°C16.3°C16.3°C111.711.511 h
November 25.5°C11.3°C11.3°C3.20.810.711 h
December 21.0°C7.4°C7.4°C161.610.310 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

Distance from Roorkee

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