Bathinda climate — normals and trends
Bathinda (India) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 24.9 °C and it receives 532 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 June (34.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (12.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Bathinda averages 0 frost days, 227 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 72 rainy days per year.
The mean temperature of Bathinda has changed by -0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or -0.09 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 49.3 °C (on 28 May 1944) and the coldest 0.1 °C (on 16 January 1964).
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
BathindaPunjab
- coords
- 30.21°, 74.94°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
24.9°C
Average daily high
31.6°C
Average daily low
19.2°C
Annual rainfall
532mm
Sunshine / day
10.8h
Mean relative humidity
56%
Average peak wind
13.7km/h
Seasonal range
22.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
227 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
72 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
32.6 °C
Average feels-like low
19.7 °C
Average peak gust
28.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
187 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
-0.8 °C
since 1940
-0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.12 · p = 0.001
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
49.3 °C
28 May 1944
Coldest day
0.1 °C
16 January 1964
Wettest day
251 mm
13 September 1943
Windiest day
42.8 km/h
25 March 1967
Strongest gust
75.2 km/h
25 March 1967
Hottest feels-like
50.4 °C
7 June 1994
Coldest feels-like
-3.4 °C
24 December 1945
Sunniest day
13.9 h
9 June 2024
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 19.2 °C | -0.4 °C | 25 mm | +4 mm |
| Feb | 23.9 °C | +0.5 °C | 16 mm | -9 mm |
| Mar | 29.6 °C | +0.3 °C | 5 mm | -19 mm |
| Apr | 38.5 °C | +2.3 °C | 12 mm | -2 mm |
| May | 38.9 °C | -1.7 °C | 41 mm | +23 mm |
| Jun | 38.3 °C | -2.3 °C | 77 mm | +33 mm |
| Jul | 34.0 °C | -2.2 °C | 208 mm | +59 mm |
| Aug | 33.5 °C | -0.9 °C | 274 mm | +143 mm |
| Sep | 34.0 °C | -0.8 °C | 70 mm | -4 mm |
| Oct | 31.5 °C | -1.8 °C | 58 mm | +42 mm |
| Nov | 27.3 °C | -0.7 °C | 0 mm | -6 mm |
| Dec | 22.6 °C | +0.4 °C | 3 mm | -8 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Bathinda?
Bathinda has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.9 °C and it receives 532 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bathinda?
The hottest day measured in Bathinda between 1940 and 2025 was 28 May 1944, reaching 49.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Bathinda?
The coldest day measured in Bathinda between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1964, at 0.1 °C.
Does it snow in Bathinda?
Almost never: Bathinda sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Bathinda warmed?
Between 1940 and 2025, no statistically significant temperature trend emerges in Bathinda.
What is the wettest day in Bathinda?
The wettest day measured in Bathinda between 1940 and 2025 was 13 September 1943, with 251 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Bathinda?
The windiest day measured in Bathinda between 1940 and 2025 was 25 March 1967, with winds reaching 42.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Bathinda?
The warmest month in Bathinda is June (34.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (12.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Bathinda?
Bathinda receives on average 532 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 72 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Bathinda?
Bathinda gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Bathinda?
Yes: Bathinda has on average 187 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bathinda?
In Bathinda, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 50.4 °C on 7 June 1994, and the lowest was -3.4 °C on 24 December 1945.
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