Climate averages 1991–2020
Rourkela weather
in September.
A hot, very wet month: the 5th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Rourkela: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 24.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 206 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes September a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 17 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jharsuguda (97 km away). In September its highs average 30.1°C, about as warm as Rourkela, with 232 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Rourkela ranks joint 457th of 692 for the warmest September highs and joint 525th of 692 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 692 cities is 30.7°C; Rourkela is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 206 mm to 63 mm.
The annual picture
September 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
Rourkela climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.8°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 21 | 2.3 | 10.911 h |
| February | 29.6°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 16 | 2.5 | 11.411 h |
| March | 34.6°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 24 | 4.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 38.3°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 31 | 5.0 | 12.713 h |
| May | 39.1°C26.7°C | 26.7°C | 44 | 8.0 | 13.213 h |
| June | 34.4°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 262 | 19.3 | 13.513 h |
| July | 30.1°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 352 | 27.7 | 13.413 h |
| August | 29.8°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 314 | 27.6 | 12.913 h |
| September, selected | 30.2°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 206 | 21.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 30.0°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 63 | 8.2 | 11.712 h |
| November | 28.1°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 9.6 | 1.5 | 11.111 h |
| December | 25.7°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 13 | 1.4 | 10.811 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
September in nearby cities
- Jharsuguda in SeptemberIndia · 97 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 24.0°C · 232 mm rain
- Brajarajnagar in SeptemberIndia · 108 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 24.4°C · 232 mm rain
- Sambalpur in SeptemberIndia · 125 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 24.7°C · 237 mm rain
- Ranchi in SeptemberIndia · 132 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 22.2°C · 204 mm rain
- Bhetia in SeptemberIndia · 146 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.4°C · 188 mm rain
- Jamshedpur in SeptemberIndia · 150 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.3°C · 188 mm rain
- Raigarh in SeptemberIndia · 156 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.2°C · 248 mm rain
- Bargarh in SeptemberIndia · 162 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.4°C · 246 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 Rourkela) is explained once on the Rourkela year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.