Climate averages 1991–2020

Sambalpur weather
in October.

A hot, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.

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

Average high 30.5°C Daytime mean, October
Average low 22.7°C Night-time mean, October
Rainfall 69 mm 9 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Sambalpur · average highYear overview

October is a hot month in Sambalpur: daytime highs average 30.5°C and nights cool to about 22.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 69 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 40 min on an average October day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Brajarajnagar (40 km away). In October its highs average 30.1°C, about as warm as Sambalpur, with 62 mm of rain.

Among the 692 cities listed in India, Sambalpur ranks joint 347th of 692 for the warmest October highs and joint 379th of 692 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 692 cities is 30.6°C; Sambalpur is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.

From October to November, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 69 mm to 11 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. 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 4500

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

Every month, side by side

Sambalpur climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Sambalpur, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 27.0°C14.6°C14.6°C172.011.011 h
February 30.8°C17.6°C17.6°C132.011.411 h
March 35.5°C21.5°C21.5°C152.912.012 h
April 39.0°C25.5°C25.5°C174.012.613 h
May 40.2°C28.1°C28.1°C274.413.113 h
June 34.9°C27.4°C27.4°C24918.113.413 h
July 30.2°C25.4°C25.4°C41826.913.313 h
August 29.7°C25.0°C25.0°C38426.612.913 h
September 30.4°C24.7°C24.7°C23721.112.312 h
October, selected 30.5°C22.7°C22.7°C698.611.712 h
November 29.0°C18.6°C18.6°C111.711.111 h
December 26.9°C15.0°C15.0°C9.41.210.911 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 Sambalpur

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