Barbil climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Barbil?

Barbil has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.3 °C and it receives 1,581 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Barbil?

The hottest day measured in Barbil between 1940 and 2025 was 5 May 1956, reaching 43.7 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Barbil?

The coldest day measured in Barbil between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1981, at 6.1 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Barbil?

Almost never: Barbil sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Barbil warmed?

Yes: Barbil warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Barbil?

The wettest day measured in Barbil between 1940 and 2025 was 3 August 1965, with 207 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Barbil?

The windiest day measured in Barbil between 1940 and 2025 was 22 April 1996, with winds reaching 50.2 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Barbil?

The warmest month in Barbil is May (29.9 °C on average); the coldest is December (18.0 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Barbil?

Barbil receives on average 1,581 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 159 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Barbil?

Barbil gets on average 9.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,504 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Barbil (India) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 24.3 °C and it receives 1,581 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is May (29.9 °C on average) and the coldest is December (18.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.

Barbil averages 0 frost days, 143 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 159 rainy days per year.

Barbil has warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.16 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 43.7 °C (on 5 May 1956) and the coldest 6.1 °C (on 14 January 1981).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

BarbilOdisha

coords: 22.10°, 85.38°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthMayColdest monthDecemberWettest monthJulyDriest monthDecember

Mean daily temperature

24.3°C

Average daily high

29.4°C

Average daily low

20.1°C

Annual rainfall

1,581mm

Sunshine / day

9.6h

Mean relative humidity

68%

Average peak wind

11.6km/h

Seasonal range

11.9°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

143 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

159 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

31.9 °C

Average feels-like low

21.9 °C

Average peak gust

28.4 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

217 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.1 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.3 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.37 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

43.7 °C

5 May 1956

Coldest day

6.1 °C

14 January 1981

Wettest day

207 mm

3 August 1965

Windiest day

50.2 km/h

22 April 1996

Strongest gust

89.3 km/h

13 October 2013

Hottest feels-like

46.6 °C

18 June 2023

Coldest feels-like

3.5 °C

29 December 1968

Sunniest day

13.0 h

12 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	38.9 °C22 April 2025	10.2 °C12 January 2025	24.5 °C	2,191 mm	182
2024	40.9 °C30 April 2024	9.8 °C15 December 2024	25.2 °C	1,802 mm	181
2023	40.1 °C9 June 2023	8.8 °C7 January 2023	25.3 °C	1,519 mm	188
2022	40.2 °C28 April 2022	9.4 °C28 January 2022	25.1 °C	1,396 mm	180
2021	39.6 °C30 March 2021	8.5 °C21 December 2021	25.1 °C	1,631 mm	192
2020	37.3 °C27 May 2020	9.3 °C11 January 2020	24.6 °C	1,727 mm	180
2019	40.2 °C12 June 2019	7.7 °C28 December 2019	24.6 °C	1,748 mm	160
2018	38.5 °C9 May 2018	8.2 °C30 December 2018	24.7 °C	1,827 mm	193
2017	40.5 °C31 March 2017	9.4 °C14 January 2017	25.4 °C	1,777 mm	195
2016	41.9 °C20 April 2016	9.1 °C25 January 2016	25.5 °C	1,401 mm	183
2015	39.1 °C24 May 2015	9.3 °C19 January 2015	25.1 °C	1,740 mm	213
2014	40.4 °C23 May 2014	8.1 °C29 December 2014	24.6 °C	1,604 mm	155
2013	39.8 °C1 May 2013	10.0 °C30 January 2013	24.4 °C	1,575 mm	157
2012	41.5 °C4 June 2012	7.1 °C13 January 2012	24.8 °C	1,413 mm	163
2011	37.3 °C10 May 2011	7.8 °C5 January 2011	24.1 °C	2,157 mm	162
2010	42.6 °C20 April 2010	8.9 °C3 January 2010	25.5 °C	1,046 mm	201
2009	42.7 °C30 April 2009	10.8 °C25 December 2009	25.5 °C	1,354 mm	208
2008	39.8 °C1 May 2008	8.6 °C3 February 2008	24.4 °C	1,757 mm	143
2007	38.4 °C3 June 2007	9.8 °C18 December 2007	24.4 °C	1,964 mm	162
2006	39.8 °C9 May 2006	9.5 °C26 January 2006	24.6 °C	1,671 mm	165
2005	41.8 °C17 June 2005	9.5 °C26 December 2005	24.8 °C	1,436 mm	180
2004	40.4 °C16 April 2004	8.6 °C6 January 2004	24.5 °C	1,258 mm	157
2003	40.1 °C12 June 2003	7.5 °C15 January 2003	24.4 °C	1,708 mm	146
2002	42.4 °C19 May 2002	9.0 °C3 January 2002	24.8 °C	1,504 mm	167
2001	39.1 °C29 April 2001	7.4 °C6 January 2001	24.3 °C	1,594 mm	160
2000	38.2 °C9 April 2000	9.0 °C7 January 2000	24.3 °C	1,189 mm	164
1999	41.7 °C26 April 1999	7.7 °C11 January 1999	24.5 °C	1,689 mm	136
1998	40.9 °C1 June 1998	10.2 °C4 January 1998	24.4 °C	1,515 mm	146
1997	38.5 °C20 May 1997	8.8 °C23 January 1997	24.1 °C	1,588 mm	147
1996	41.2 °C29 May 1996	10.0 °C9 December 1996	24.5 °C	1,302 mm	155
1995	39.3 °C28 April 1995	9.0 °C4 January 1995	24.2 °C	1,640 mm	133
1994	39.5 °C7 May 1994	9.2 °C17 January 1994	24.2 °C	2,302 mm	118
1993	41.8 °C5 May 1993	9.7 °C26 January 1993	24.3 °C	1,589 mm	144
1992	39.9 °C21 April 1992	7.5 °C4 January 1992	24.2 °C	962 mm	147
1991	39.6 °C7 May 1991	8.1 °C4 January 1991	24.2 °C	1,455 mm	147
1990	39.0 °C23 April 1990	9.5 °C30 December 1990	23.9 °C	1,878 mm	104
1989	39.9 °C22 April 1989	7.9 °C13 January 1989	24.4 °C	1,506 mm	145
1988	40.9 °C10 May 1988	11.3 °C5 January 1988	24.6 °C	1,466 mm	142
1987	38.6 °C22 May 1987	10.4 °C28 January 1987	24.4 °C	1,166 mm	159
1986	39.8 °C14 April 1986	9.4 °C6 January 1986	24.0 °C	1,457 mm	135
1985	40.0 °C23 April 1985	9.7 °C19 January 1985	24.4 °C	1,437 mm	133
1984	42.7 °C24 May 1984	9.6 °C19 January 1984	24.2 °C	1,777 mm	113
1983	39.9 °C6 June 1983	8.4 °C29 December 1983	24.2 °C	1,450 mm	140
1982	38.0 °C6 May 1982	10.1 °C28 December 1982	24.5 °C	1,060 mm	156
1981	38.5 °C18 April 1981	6.1 °C14 January 1981	23.9 °C	1,516 mm	136
1980	40.2 °C5 May 1980	10.5 °C9 January 1980	24.8 °C	1,208 mm	143
1979	40.8 °C2 June 1979	9.7 °C4 February 1979	25.2 °C	911 mm	188
1978	40.2 °C20 May 1978	8.4 °C11 January 1978	24.0 °C	1,261 mm	110
1977	39.5 °C4 April 1977	9.2 °C30 January 1977	24.5 °C	1,639 mm	137
1976	39.4 °C1 June 1976	9.4 °C22 January 1976	24.7 °C	1,080 mm	163
1975	40.9 °C12 May 1975	8.8 °C21 January 1975	24.1 °C	1,486 mm	128
1974	40.9 °C8 May 1974	8.5 °C18 January 1974	24.6 °C	1,164 mm	167
1973	42.0 °C8 May 1973	9.6 °C26 January 1973	24.7 °C	1,766 mm	140
1972	43.2 °C19 May 1972	8.5 °C10 February 1972	24.9 °C	1,273 mm	170
1971	38.5 °C4 April 1971	9.0 °C3 January 1971	23.2 °C	2,204 mm	108
1970	42.2 °C15 May 1970	8.4 °C30 January 1970	24.1 °C	1,785 mm	132
1969	39.9 °C16 April 1969	7.7 °C15 January 1969	24.5 °C	1,385 mm	156
1968	39.6 °C5 May 1968	6.2 °C29 December 1968	23.8 °C	2,163 mm	122
1967	41.7 °C2 June 1967	9.2 °C2 February 1967	24.3 °C	1,741 mm	136
1966	42.0 °C20 May 1966	8.9 °C13 December 1966	24.4 °C	1,708 mm	132
1965	40.9 °C10 June 1965	10.2 °C15 January 1965	24.2 °C	1,667 mm	118
1964	40.8 °C8 June 1964	8.1 °C19 December 1964	24.4 °C	1,596 mm	127
1963	38.2 °C25 May 1963	8.2 °C5 January 1963	24.0 °C	1,730 mm	138
1962	39.5 °C30 May 1962	8.3 °C6 January 1962	23.6 °C	1,370 mm	116
1961	40.4 °C21 April 1961	6.6 °C26 December 1961	23.6 °C	1,821 mm	120
1960	42.0 °C5 May 1960	8.5 °C21 January 1960	24.7 °C	1,771 mm	134
1959	41.9 °C17 May 1959	9.1 °C24 December 1959	24.6 °C	1,482 mm	135
1958	43.0 °C5 June 1958	10.3 °C23 January 1958	25.2 °C	1,649 mm	142
1957	42.8 °C18 May 1957	10.1 °C23 January 1957	25.1 °C	1,175 mm	150
1956	43.7 °C5 May 1956	9.8 °C21 December 1956	24.1 °C	1,758 mm	107
1955	43.1 °C3 June 1955	8.3 °C29 December 1955	24.6 °C	1,218 mm	138
1954	41.0 °C17 April 1954	8.1 °C24 January 1954	24.3 °C	1,257 mm	136
1953	37.3 °C31 May 1953	7.4 °C24 January 1953	22.5 °C	1,975 mm	89
1952	35.1 °C13 June 1952	9.0 °C30 December 1952	22.5 °C	2,332 mm	69
1951	37.6 °C14 May 1951	9.1 °C26 January 1951	22.8 °C	1,895 mm	78
1950	38.3 °C3 June 1950	7.0 °C13 February 1950	23.1 °C	1,871 mm	84
1949	35.5 °C5 May 1949	8.8 °C8 February 1949	22.5 °C	2,316 mm	68
1948	41.5 °C20 May 1948	7.4 °C14 December 1948	23.9 °C	1,632 mm	105
1947	42.7 °C24 May 1947	8.5 °C30 December 1947	24.3 °C	1,340 mm	111
1946	39.2 °C22 May 1946	9.4 °C1 January 1946	23.9 °C	1,513 mm	114
1945	42.7 °C14 June 1945	7.4 °C9 January 1945	24.0 °C	1,588 mm	125
1944	42.3 °C23 May 1944	9.7 °C6 January 1944	24.0 °C	1,434 mm	114
1943	40.4 °C25 May 1943	8.3 °C7 December 1943	23.2 °C	1,373 mm	112
1942	39.9 °C5 May 1942	9.4 °C24 January 1942	24.0 °C	1,370 mm	125
1941	40.4 °C27 May 1941	9.3 °C4 January 1941	23.6 °C	1,703 mm	122
1940	38.1 °C11 April 1940	10.2 °C8 January 1940	23.2 °C	1,571 mm	100

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

29.7 °C

+0.3 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

182 d/yr

+39

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

2191 mm

+610 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	26.0 °C	+1.6 °C	0 mm	-24 mm
Feb	29.8 °C	+2.2 °C	34 mm	+1 mm
Mar	33.2 °C	+1.1 °C	65 mm	+20 mm
Apr	34.2 °C	-1.2 °C	70 mm	+11 mm
May	33.5 °C	-2.5 °C	143 mm	+44 mm
Jun	31.1 °C	-1.4 °C	531 mm	+266 mm
Jul	28.5 °C	-0.3 °C	612 mm	+258 mm
Aug	29.5 °C	+0.8 °C	349 mm	+20 mm
Sep	30.2 °C	+1.2 °C	290 mm	+56 mm
Oct	29.6 °C	+1.2 °C	96 mm	-6 mm
Nov	26.9 °C	+0.7 °C	1 mm	-21 mm
Dec	24.4 °C	+0.2 °C	0 mm	-14 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

38.9 °C

22 Apr 2025

Coldest day

10.2 °C

12 Jan 2025

Wettest day

137.2 mm

7 Jul 2025

Windiest day

28.5 km/h

19 Jun 2025

Strongest gust

62.6 km/h

19 Jun 2025

Hottest feels-like

42.5 °C

11 May 2025

Coldest feels-like

9.2 °C

9 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.6 h

10 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Barbil?

Barbil has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.3 °C and it receives 1,581 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Barbil?

The hottest day measured in Barbil between 1940 and 2025 was 5 May 1956, reaching 43.7 °C.

What is the coldest day in Barbil?

The coldest day measured in Barbil between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1981, at 6.1 °C.

Does it snow in Barbil?

Almost never: Barbil sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Barbil warmed?

Yes: Barbil warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Barbil?

The wettest day measured in Barbil between 1940 and 2025 was 3 August 1965, with 207 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Barbil?

The windiest day measured in Barbil between 1940 and 2025 was 22 April 1996, with winds reaching 50.2 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Barbil?

The warmest month in Barbil is May (29.9 °C on average); the coldest is December (18.0 °C).

How much does it rain in Barbil?

Barbil receives on average 1,581 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 159 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Barbil?

Barbil gets on average 9.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,504 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Barbil?

Yes: Barbil has on average 217 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Barbil?

In Barbil, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.6 °C on 18 June 2023, and the lowest was 3.5 °C on 29 December 1968.

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