Gokarna climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Gokarna?

Gokarna has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 26.7 °C and it receives 3,239 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Gokarna between 1940 and 2025 was 1 January 2016, reaching 33.9 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Gokarna?

The coldest day measured in Gokarna between 1940 and 2025 was 2 January 1951, at 19.9 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Gokarna?

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

Q: Has the climate of Gokarna warmed?

Yes: Gokarna warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Gokarna?

The wettest day measured in Gokarna between 1940 and 2025 was 7 June 1957, with 295 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Gokarna?

The windiest day measured in Gokarna between 1940 and 2025 was 16 May 2021, with winds reaching 66.4 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Gokarna?

The warmest month in Gokarna is May (28.4 °C on average); the coldest is August (25.5 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Gokarna?

Gokarna receives on average 3,239 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 156 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Gokarna?

Gokarna gets on average 9.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,468 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Gokarna (India) has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 26.7 °C and it receives 3,239 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 (28.4 °C on average) and the coldest is August (25.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.

Gokarna averages 0 frost days, 45 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 156 rainy days per year.

Gokarna has warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.12 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 33.9 °C (on 1 January 2016) and the coldest 19.9 °C (on 2 January 1951).

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

GokarnaKarnataka

coords: 14.55°, 74.32°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AmTropical monsoonWarmest monthMayColdest monthAugustWettest monthJulyDriest monthFebruary

Mean daily temperature

26.7°C

Average daily high

28.0°C

Average daily low

25.5°C

Annual rainfall

3,239mm

Sunshine / day

9.5h

Mean relative humidity

80%

Average peak wind

19.9km/h

Seasonal range

2.9°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

45 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

156 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

32.5 °C

Average feels-like low

28.7 °C

Average peak gust

31.0 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

365 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.0 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.0 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.66 · 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

33.9 °C

1 January 2016

Coldest day

19.9 °C

2 January 1951

Wettest day

295 mm

7 June 1957

Windiest day

66.4 km/h

16 May 2021

Strongest gust

110.9 km/h

15 May 2021

Hottest feels-like

39.9 °C

6 May 1998

Coldest feels-like

17.8 °C

13 December 1945

Sunniest day

12.0 h

30 June 2021

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	33.4 °C11 March 2025	22.5 °C21 December 2025	27.2 °C	3,560 mm	93
2024	32.5 °C17 November 2024	23.6 °C18 December 2024	27.6 °C	3,252 mm	100
2023	32.8 °C27 October 2023	22.4 °C15 January 2023	27.5 °C	2,227 mm	101
2022	32.2 °C13 November 2022	22.1 °C25 January 2022	27.0 °C	2,854 mm	74
2021	32.6 °C8 February 2021	22.9 °C25 December 2021	27.1 °C	3,354 mm	72
2020	33.0 °C23 January 2020	23.0 °C9 February 2020	27.4 °C	3,282 mm	104
2019	33.1 °C26 November 2019	23.0 °C12 January 2019	27.2 °C	3,358 mm	68
2018	32.0 °C15 November 2018	23.0 °C8 January 2018	27.2 °C	2,229 mm	82
2017	32.0 °C1 December 2017	22.7 °C30 December 2017	27.2 °C	2,271 mm	70
2016	33.9 °C1 January 2016	22.2 °C26 December 2016	27.1 °C	2,627 mm	74
2015	33.3 °C5 December 2015	22.1 °C14 January 2015	27.4 °C	1,876 mm	69
2014	32.0 °C19 November 2014	23.6 °C26 December 2014	27.2 °C	2,623 mm	79
2013	32.0 °C5 March 2013	22.2 °C20 December 2013	26.8 °C	2,823 mm	54
2012	32.2 °C27 October 2012	22.3 °C17 January 2012	26.7 °C	2,870 mm	46
2011	32.0 °C18 November 2011	22.0 °C12 January 2011	26.9 °C	3,366 mm	62
2010	31.8 °C16 January 2010	22.4 °C25 December 2010	27.2 °C	3,151 mm	74
2009	32.1 °C10 April 2009	23.0 °C3 January 2009	27.2 °C	3,094 mm	58
2008	31.9 °C27 November 2008	22.2 °C8 February 2008	26.9 °C	2,584 mm	48
2007	32.4 °C17 December 2007	22.3 °C25 November 2007	27.0 °C	3,884 mm	56
2006	32.0 °C5 February 2006	23.3 °C3 January 2006	26.9 °C	3,532 mm	64
2005	31.2 °C13 February 2005	23.1 °C25 December 2005	26.9 °C	2,982 mm	54
2004	33.2 °C7 May 2004	22.2 °C19 January 2004	26.9 °C	2,509 mm	78
2003	32.2 °C10 November 2003	22.5 °C1 January 2003	27.2 °C	2,911 mm	86
2002	32.1 °C17 November 2002	22.6 °C28 January 2002	27.0 °C	2,440 mm	66
2001	32.1 °C10 November 2001	23.4 °C10 February 2001	26.8 °C	2,302 mm	50
2000	32.5 °C23 November 2000	22.3 °C8 February 2000	26.6 °C	2,720 mm	54
1999	31.6 °C22 February 1999	22.1 °C8 January 1999	26.6 °C	2,377 mm	51
1998	32.7 °C10 February 1998	23.0 °C21 December 1998	27.2 °C	2,935 mm	91
1997	31.9 °C5 November 1997	22.3 °C21 January 1997	26.9 °C	2,797 mm	33
1996	31.3 °C22 November 1996	22.8 °C16 January 1996	26.7 °C	2,584 mm	33
1995	31.6 °C3 November 1995	21.8 °C12 January 1995	26.8 °C	2,645 mm	44
1994	31.7 °C31 October 1994	22.4 °C12 December 1994	26.7 °C	3,213 mm	42
1993	33.1 °C26 January 1993	21.8 °C19 January 1993	26.6 °C	2,561 mm	50
1992	31.4 °C13 November 1992	21.3 °C21 February 1992	26.5 °C	2,666 mm	26
1991	30.9 °C24 November 1991	22.1 °C27 December 1991	26.9 °C	3,002 mm	46
1990	31.8 °C7 December 1990	22.5 °C15 January 1990	26.6 °C	2,985 mm	45
1989	32.8 °C29 November 1989	22.4 °C22 January 1989	26.7 °C	2,128 mm	59
1988	31.7 °C6 November 1988	22.5 °C1 December 1988	26.8 °C	2,649 mm	52
1987	32.0 °C14 May 1987	22.6 °C21 December 1987	27.0 °C	2,280 mm	57
1986	31.6 °C2 December 1986	22.5 °C2 February 1986	26.7 °C	2,327 mm	18
1985	31.6 °C1 November 1985	23.3 °C13 December 1985	26.5 °C	2,610 mm	15
1984	31.4 °C13 January 1984	22.8 °C30 November 1984	26.6 °C	2,460 mm	37
1983	31.3 °C19 December 1983	21.5 °C24 December 1983	26.4 °C	3,573 mm	28
1982	32.2 °C1 November 1982	23.0 °C24 January 1982	26.6 °C	3,417 mm	37
1981	31.2 °C24 October 1981	21.5 °C11 December 1981	26.7 °C	3,520 mm	23
1980	32.0 °C10 November 1980	22.0 °C4 January 1980	26.8 °C	3,947 mm	32
1979	31.4 °C23 October 1979	22.7 °C25 February 1979	26.9 °C	2,278 mm	34
1978	31.2 °C31 October 1978	22.4 °C20 January 1978	26.4 °C	3,360 mm	24
1977	32.7 °C12 November 1977	21.7 °C14 January 1977	26.8 °C	2,808 mm	38
1976	31.7 °C23 December 1976	22.1 °C8 January 1976	26.5 °C	2,956 mm	15
1975	31.5 °C28 January 1975	21.3 °C8 January 1975	26.3 °C	3,197 mm	17
1974	31.1 °C10 December 1974	22.2 °C19 November 1974	26.5 °C	3,513 mm	27
1973	31.1 °C12 February 1973	22.6 °C4 February 1973	26.7 °C	2,998 mm	34
1972	32.2 °C27 December 1972	21.6 °C16 February 1972	26.9 °C	2,108 mm	48
1971	31.8 °C14 December 1971	22.4 °C2 January 1971	26.5 °C	2,503 mm	34
1970	31.3 °C2 January 1970	21.8 °C4 December 1970	26.6 °C	3,182 mm	41
1969	31.6 °C18 November 1969	22.4 °C5 February 1969	27.0 °C	2,508 mm	62
1968	31.5 °C20 November 1968	22.0 °C22 January 1968	26.7 °C	3,452 mm	52
1967	31.3 °C12 November 1967	22.2 °C28 January 1967	26.8 °C	3,669 mm	40
1966	31.2 °C19 January 1966	21.7 °C15 December 1966	26.7 °C	3,806 mm	34
1965	32.6 °C17 November 1965	22.9 °C14 January 1965	26.8 °C	3,263 mm	52
1964	32.5 °C15 February 1964	22.4 °C28 November 1964	26.5 °C	3,868 mm	24
1963	32.1 °C5 November 1963	22.4 °C13 February 1963	26.7 °C	3,855 mm	44
1962	32.0 °C13 February 1962	22.3 °C5 January 1962	26.6 °C	3,927 mm	38
1961	31.9 °C17 January 1961	22.8 °C30 January 1961	26.5 °C	5,664 mm	51
1960	32.0 °C21 November 1960	22.6 °C2 December 1960	26.5 °C	3,220 mm	32
1959	32.0 °C29 November 1959	22.7 °C5 February 1959	26.7 °C	3,880 mm	53
1958	31.2 °C19 January 1958	23.3 °C23 December 1958	26.7 °C	3,858 mm	28
1957	31.4 °C4 November 1957	21.8 °C11 January 1957	26.4 °C	3,543 mm	42
1956	30.2 °C14 November 1956	22.1 °C20 December 1956	26.0 °C	3,984 mm	5
1955	30.6 °C2 December 1955	22.2 °C1 January 1955	26.3 °C	4,130 mm	9
1954	31.2 °C12 December 1954	22.1 °C31 December 1954	26.3 °C	4,087 mm	22
1953	31.3 °C10 December 1953	21.4 °C3 January 1953	26.3 °C	4,145 mm	24
1952	30.5 °C13 April 1952	21.8 °C3 January 1952	25.9 °C	3,547 mm	3
1951	31.1 °C4 November 1951	19.9 °C2 January 1951	26.1 °C	3,606 mm	12
1950	29.9 °C9 January 1950	20.4 °C25 December 1950	25.6 °C	3,022 mm	0
1949	32.5 °C28 November 1949	21.9 °C26 January 1949	25.9 °C	4,735 mm	12
1948	31.3 °C17 November 1948	22.3 °C15 December 1948	26.6 °C	3,172 mm	29
1947	31.6 °C27 November 1947	22.0 °C1 January 1947	26.5 °C	3,423 mm	21
1946	31.8 °C1 November 1946	21.4 °C26 January 1946	26.3 °C	4,851 mm	17
1945	31.7 °C19 November 1945	21.0 °C15 December 1945	26.3 °C	4,129 mm	29
1944	31.0 °C4 March 1944	22.4 °C31 January 1944	26.4 °C	3,438 mm	20
1943	31.0 °C23 February 1943	22.2 °C9 December 1943	26.0 °C	6,762 mm	24
1942	31.1 °C24 November 1942	22.9 °C17 January 1942	26.2 °C	4,474 mm	22
1941	31.9 °C20 October 1941	21.9 °C11 February 1941	26.5 °C	3,643 mm	36
1940	30.9 °C27 October 1940	21.5 °C5 February 1940	26.2 °C	4,607 mm	23

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

28.7 °C

+0.7 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

93 d/yr

+48

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

3560 mm

+321 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	30.0 °C	+1.7 °C	0 mm	-3 mm
Feb	29.6 °C	+1.7 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Mar	29.8 °C	+1.6 °C	1 mm	-5 mm
Apr	30.0 °C	+1.0 °C	34 mm	+12 mm
May	29.3 °C	+0.1 °C	710 mm	+540 mm
Jun	28.0 °C	+0.6 °C	717 mm	-161 mm
Jul	26.9 °C	+0.4 °C	808 mm	-220 mm
Aug	26.3 °C	+0.1 °C	729 mm	+60 mm
Sep	26.7 °C	+0.1 °C	281 mm	+16 mm
Oct	28.4 °C	+0.4 °C	269 mm	+125 mm
Nov	29.3 °C	-0.1 °C	12 mm	-30 mm
Dec	29.7 °C	+0.4 °C	0 mm	-11 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

33.4 °C

11 Mar 2025

Coldest day

22.5 °C

21 Dec 2025

Wettest day

145.5 mm

12 Jun 2025

Windiest day

42.3 km/h

26 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

68.8 km/h

26 Jul 2025

Hottest feels-like

39.5 °C

11 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

21.3 °C

21 Dec 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

31 Mar 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Gokarna?

Gokarna has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 26.7 °C and it receives 3,239 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Gokarna?

The hottest day measured in Gokarna between 1940 and 2025 was 1 January 2016, reaching 33.9 °C.

What is the coldest day in Gokarna?

The coldest day measured in Gokarna between 1940 and 2025 was 2 January 1951, at 19.9 °C.

Does it snow in Gokarna?

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

Has the climate of Gokarna warmed?

Yes: Gokarna warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Gokarna?

The wettest day measured in Gokarna between 1940 and 2025 was 7 June 1957, with 295 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Gokarna?

The windiest day measured in Gokarna between 1940 and 2025 was 16 May 2021, with winds reaching 66.4 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Gokarna?

The warmest month in Gokarna is May (28.4 °C on average); the coldest is August (25.5 °C).

How much does it rain in Gokarna?

Gokarna receives on average 3,239 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 156 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Gokarna?

Gokarna gets on average 9.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,468 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Gokarna?

Yes: Gokarna has on average 365 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Gokarna?

In Gokarna, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.9 °C on 6 May 1998, and the lowest was 17.8 °C on 13 December 1945.

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