Dehradun climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Dehradun?

Dehradun has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.6 °C and it receives 1,563 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Dehradun between 1940 and 2025 was 27 May 1944, reaching 42.5 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Dehradun?

The coldest day measured in Dehradun between 1940 and 2025 was 11 February 1950, at -1.6 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Dehradun?

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

Q: Has the climate of Dehradun warmed?

Yes: Dehradun warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Dehradun?

The wettest day measured in Dehradun between 1940 and 2025 was 22 July 1953, with 293 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Dehradun?

The windiest day measured in Dehradun between 1940 and 2025 was 8 May 1975, with winds reaching 28.8 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Dehradun?

The warmest month in Dehradun is June (28.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (10.8 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Dehradun?

Dehradun receives on average 1,563 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 127 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Dehradun?

Dehradun gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Dehradun (India) has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Cwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.6 °C and it receives 1,563 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 (28.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (10.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.

Dehradun averages 0 frost days, 97 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 127 rainy days per year.

Dehradun has warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.13 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 42.5 °C (on 27 May 1944) and the coldest -1.6 °C (on 11 February 1950).

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

DehradunUttarakhand

coords: 30.32°, 78.03°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CwaHumid subtropical, dry winterWarmest monthJuneColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJulyDriest monthNovember

Mean daily temperature

20.6°C

Average daily high

26.3°C

Average daily low

15.2°C

Annual rainfall

1,563mm

Sunshine / day

10.3h

Mean relative humidity

68%

Average peak wind

9.8km/h

Seasonal range

17.7°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

97 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

127 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.2 cm

Average feels-like high

27.8 °C

Average feels-like low

15.5 °C

Average peak gust

27.0 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

134 d/yr

Solar radiation

17.9 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.1 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.43 · 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

42.5 °C

27 May 1944

Coldest day

-1.6 °C

11 February 1950

Wettest day

293 mm

22 July 1953

Windiest day

28.8 km/h

8 May 1975

Strongest gust

76.3 km/h

9 March 1963

Hottest feels-like

42.9 °C

7 June 1995

Coldest feels-like

-5.2 °C

24 January 1953

Snowiest day

2.2 cm

5 January 1945

Sunniest day

13.7 h

21 June 1947

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	36.1 °C9 June 2025	5.2 °C14 January 2025	21.3 °C	1,468 mm	122	0
2024	39.9 °C17 June 2024	3.3 °C10 December 2024	21.4 °C	1,547 mm	137	0
2023	36.4 °C22 May 2023	3.8 °C18 January 2023	21.0 °C	1,239 mm	100	0
2022	39.5 °C13 June 2022	3.5 °C5 February 2022	21.7 °C	1,381 mm	153	0
2021	36.8 °C30 June 2021	1.5 °C19 December 2021	21.5 °C	1,114 mm	131	0
2020	38.2 °C26 May 2020	2.5 °C2 February 2020	20.7 °C	1,209 mm	124	0
2019	39.5 °C15 June 2019	2.5 °C29 January 2019	21.2 °C	1,252 mm	126	0
2018	39.4 °C22 May 2018	0.9 °C28 December 2018	21.2 °C	1,405 mm	109	0
2017	38.7 °C4 June 2017	2.4 °C11 January 2017	21.6 °C	1,514 mm	140	0
2016	37.3 °C17 May 2016	3.3 °C24 January 2016	21.6 °C	1,347 mm	134	0
2015	39.2 °C9 June 2015	1.8 °C25 December 2015	21.2 °C	1,182 mm	124	0
2014	40.2 °C7 June 2014	1.9 °C7 January 2014	20.7 °C	1,099 mm	105	0
2013	38.6 °C23 May 2013	0.4 °C8 January 2013	20.9 °C	1,627 mm	94	0
2012	40.5 °C30 May 2012	1.4 °C9 February 2012	21.0 °C	1,218 mm	111	0
2011	37.5 °C17 May 2011	2.3 °C19 January 2011	20.9 °C	1,465 mm	86	0
2010	37.6 °C17 April 2010	2.2 °C14 January 2010	21.8 °C	2,304 mm	121	0
2009	39.0 °C23 June 2009	3.3 °C29 December 2009	21.6 °C	981 mm	123	0
2008	37.6 °C1 May 2008	0.6 °C27 January 2008	20.9 °C	1,551 mm	98	0
2007	39.0 °C3 June 2007	2.0 °C3 January 2007	21.0 °C	1,497 mm	121	0
2006	37.4 °C6 May 2006	2.7 °C6 January 2006	21.5 °C	1,080 mm	112	0
2005	39.5 °C20 June 2005	2.4 °C20 January 2005	20.9 °C	1,286 mm	102	0
2004	39.7 °C17 May 2004	2.5 °C27 December 2004	21.1 °C	1,123 mm	115	0
2003	38.8 °C4 June 2003	1.5 °C10 January 2003	20.7 °C	1,451 mm	104	0
2002	38.0 °C22 May 2002	1.5 °C28 January 2002	20.9 °C	1,284 mm	117	0
2001	37.9 °C10 May 2001	2.1 °C10 January 2001	20.7 °C	1,100 mm	100	0
2000	36.2 °C1 May 2000	1.9 °C17 January 2000	20.4 °C	1,313 mm	82	0
1999	39.6 °C30 April 1999	3.8 °C25 December 1999	21.1 °C	1,384 mm	102	0
1998	41.1 °C22 May 1998	2.0 °C3 January 1998	21.0 °C	1,468 mm	101	0
1997	37.2 °C16 June 1997	1.6 °C23 January 1997	19.8 °C	1,517 mm	73	0
1996	37.7 °C1 June 1996	2.8 °C29 January 1996	20.6 °C	1,786 mm	92	0
1995	40.8 °C16 June 1995	2.1 °C10 January 1995	20.7 °C	1,654 mm	84	0
1994	41.3 °C30 May 1994	2.4 °C17 January 1994	21.0 °C	1,822 mm	93	0
1993	38.8 °C6 June 1993	1.1 °C14 January 1993	20.6 °C	1,255 mm	98	0
1992	38.7 °C6 June 1992	0.5 °C3 January 1992	20.4 °C	1,156 mm	99	0
1991	39.9 °C15 May 1991	0.6 °C5 January 1991	20.4 °C	1,155 mm	105	0
1990	37.6 °C3 June 1990	2.1 °C1 January 1990	20.4 °C	1,747 mm	89	0
1989	38.1 °C16 May 1989	0.2 °C12 January 1989	20.2 °C	1,423 mm	101	0
1988	41.1 °C27 May 1988	2.2 °C26 January 1988	21.1 °C	2,049 mm	100	0
1987	40.7 °C29 June 1987	1.6 °C3 January 1987	21.1 °C	678 mm	127	0
1986	38.1 °C10 June 1986	0.5 °C28 December 1986	20.3 °C	1,383 mm	95	0
1985	38.2 °C28 May 1985	2.2 °C31 December 1985	20.9 °C	1,491 mm	92	0
1984	40.6 °C24 May 1984	0.8 °C20 December 1984	20.6 °C	1,422 mm	79	0
1983	40.3 °C22 June 1983	1.2 °C27 December 1983	19.9 °C	1,424 mm	87	0
1982	37.7 °C30 May 1982	2.2 °C31 December 1982	20.0 °C	1,429 mm	97	0
1981	37.5 °C16 June 1981	-0.1 °C19 December 1981	20.2 °C	1,309 mm	102	2
1980	38.4 °C18 May 1980	-0.9 °C7 February 1980	20.6 °C	1,276 mm	100	3
1979	39.2 °C6 June 1979	1.7 °C9 March 1979	20.6 °C	1,226 mm	104	0
1978	39.0 °C21 May 1978	0.7 °C4 January 1978	20.3 °C	1,925 mm	83	0
1977	37.7 °C2 June 1977	1.0 °C29 January 1977	20.4 °C	1,725 mm	68	0
1976	38.1 °C3 June 1976	2.4 °C9 December 1976	20.2 °C	1,503 mm	68	0
1975	38.3 °C14 June 1975	1.7 °C25 January 1975	20.2 °C	2,200 mm	80	0
1974	38.1 °C14 June 1974	-0.3 °C9 February 1974	20.5 °C	1,505 mm	96	2
1973	39.0 °C6 May 1973	0.6 °C28 January 1973	20.4 °C	2,107 mm	77	0
1972	40.2 °C15 June 1972	1.3 °C9 February 1972	20.6 °C	1,144 mm	93	0
1971	33.7 °C2 May 1971	1.6 °C1 January 1971	20.0 °C	2,118 mm	45	0
1970	38.3 °C13 May 1970	1.8 °C28 January 1970	20.6 °C	1,472 mm	79	0
1969	37.6 °C26 May 1969	0.9 °C5 January 1969	20.7 °C	1,372 mm	77	0
1968	38.3 °C30 May 1968	0.6 °C27 December 1968	20.1 °C	1,419 mm	80	0
1967	38.5 °C7 June 1967	0.8 °C13 January 1967	20.4 °C	2,059 mm	82	0
1966	40.3 °C8 June 1966	3.0 °C7 January 1966	20.4 °C	1,748 mm	88	0
1965	38.6 °C15 June 1965	1.4 °C20 December 1965	20.0 °C	1,276 mm	82	0
1964	39.7 °C11 June 1964	-0.7 °C16 January 1964	20.5 °C	1,692 mm	93	2
1963	39.0 °C25 May 1963	1.4 °C3 January 1963	20.6 °C	2,057 mm	98	0
1962	39.2 °C28 May 1962	0.3 °C16 January 1962	20.3 °C	1,712 mm	93	0
1961	39.5 °C1 June 1961	0.2 °C8 February 1961	20.1 °C	2,298 mm	82	0
1960	39.9 °C9 June 1960	0.6 °C24 January 1960	20.5 °C	1,837 mm	81	0
1959	38.1 °C23 May 1959	2.7 °C14 January 1959	20.6 °C	2,357 mm	94	0
1958	39.7 °C5 June 1958	2.0 °C11 February 1958	21.2 °C	1,751 mm	106	0
1957	40.1 °C28 May 1957	1.2 °C11 February 1957	20.3 °C	1,737 mm	95	0
1956	40.6 °C3 May 1956	2.4 °C15 January 1956	20.6 °C	2,031 mm	95	0
1955	41.0 °C3 June 1955	-0.6 °C1 January 1955	20.3 °C	1,603 mm	98	1
1954	40.6 °C23 June 1954	-0.3 °C31 December 1954	20.3 °C	2,028 mm	99	1
1953	39.7 °C31 May 1953	-1.5 °C24 January 1953	19.5 °C	2,573 mm	53	5
1952	33.6 °C29 May 1952	1.3 °C12 January 1952	19.4 °C	1,585 mm	53	0
1951	39.8 °C15 June 1951	1.0 °C22 January 1951	20.1 °C	1,654 mm	87	0
1950	39.7 °C23 May 1950	-1.6 °C11 February 1950	19.9 °C	2,280 mm	77	3
1949	39.3 °C22 June 1949	1.1 °C14 February 1949	20.1 °C	1,863 mm	75	0
1948	41.7 °C18 June 1948	1.2 °C31 December 1948	20.6 °C	2,219 mm	97	0
1947	41.7 °C1 June 1947	2.0 °C14 January 1947	21.0 °C	1,673 mm	106	0
1946	39.2 °C4 June 1946	1.0 °C1 January 1946	20.9 °C	1,347 mm	110	0
1945	41.1 °C5 June 1945	-0.2 °C11 January 1945	20.1 °C	1,746 mm	84	1
1944	42.5 °C27 May 1944	1.7 °C15 December 1944	20.5 °C	1,925 mm	92	0
1943	40.2 °C17 May 1943	1.4 °C1 February 1943	20.3 °C	1,615 mm	76	0
1942	41.2 °C4 June 1942	1.4 °C12 January 1942	20.6 °C	1,762 mm	85	0
1941	41.2 °C30 May 1941	0.4 °C23 January 1941	20.4 °C	1,282 mm	83	0
1940	40.7 °C12 June 1940	-1.3 °C7 February 1940	20.0 °C	1,090 mm	91	2

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

26.8 °C

+0.5 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

122 d/yr

+25

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1468 mm

-95 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	18.8 °C	+1.5 °C	18 mm	-30 mm
Feb	22.0 °C	+1.9 °C	67 mm	+16 mm
Mar	26.3 °C	+1.3 °C	20 mm	-24 mm
Apr	31.8 °C	+1.0 °C	24 mm	+1 mm
May	31.5 °C	-2.6 °C	76 mm	+44 mm
Jun	31.4 °C	-2.1 °C	190 mm	+56 mm
Jul	29.8 °C	+0.4 °C	455 mm	-51 mm
Aug	28.9 °C	+0.4 °C	397 mm	-91 mm
Sep	29.6 °C	+1.3 °C	201 mm	+19 mm
Oct	28.0 °C	+1.3 °C	21 mm	-8 mm
Nov	23.9 °C	+0.9 °C	0 mm	-7 mm
Dec	19.1 °C	+0.1 °C	0 mm	-20 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

36.1 °C

9 Jun 2025

Coldest day

5.2 °C

14 Jan 2025

Wettest day

70.7 mm

29 Jul 2025

Windiest day

18.2 km/h

13 Feb 2025

Strongest gust

42.5 km/h

13 Feb 2025

Hottest feels-like

42.4 °C

10 Jun 2025

Coldest feels-like

2.6 °C

14 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

13.3 h

9 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Dehradun?

Dehradun has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.6 °C and it receives 1,563 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Dehradun?

The hottest day measured in Dehradun between 1940 and 2025 was 27 May 1944, reaching 42.5 °C.

What is the coldest day in Dehradun?

The coldest day measured in Dehradun between 1940 and 2025 was 11 February 1950, at -1.6 °C.

Does it snow in Dehradun?

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

Has the climate of Dehradun warmed?

Yes: Dehradun warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Dehradun?

The wettest day measured in Dehradun between 1940 and 2025 was 22 July 1953, with 293 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Dehradun?

The windiest day measured in Dehradun between 1940 and 2025 was 8 May 1975, with winds reaching 28.8 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Dehradun?

The warmest month in Dehradun is June (28.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (10.8 °C).

How much does it rain in Dehradun?

Dehradun receives on average 1,563 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 127 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Dehradun?

Dehradun gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Dehradun?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Dehradun between 1940 and 2025 was 5 January 1945, with 2.2 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Dehradun?

Yes: Dehradun has on average 134 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Dehradun?

In Dehradun, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.9 °C on 7 June 1995, and the lowest was -5.2 °C on 24 January 1953.

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