Gorakhpur climate — normals and trends
Gorakhpur (India) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 25.0 °C and it receives 550 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 (34.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (13.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Gorakhpur averages 0 frost days, 227 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 71 rainy days per year.
The mean temperature of Gorakhpur has changed by -0.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or -0.06 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 48.8 °C (on 28 May 1944) and the coldest 0.3 °C (on 11 January 1945).
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
GorakhpurHaryana
- coords
- 29.45°, 75.67°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
25.0°C
Average daily high
31.5°C
Average daily low
19.4°C
Annual rainfall
550mm
Sunshine / day
10.8h
Mean relative humidity
56%
Average peak wind
14.1km/h
Seasonal range
21.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
227 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
71 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
32.5 °C
Average feels-like low
19.9 °C
Average peak gust
28.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
191 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
-0.5 °C
since 1940
-0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.06 · p = 0.027
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
48.8 °C
28 May 1944
Coldest day
0.3 °C
11 January 1945
Wettest day
161 mm
4 September 1995
Windiest day
41.3 km/h
25 March 1967
Strongest gust
78.5 km/h
7 April 1945
Hottest feels-like
51.4 °C
18 June 2020
Coldest feels-like
-3.5 °C
3 January 1946
Sunniest day
13.9 h
17 June 1942
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 19.6 °C | -0.4 °C | 24 mm | +0 mm |
| Feb | 24.7 °C | +1.0 °C | 18 mm | -5 mm |
| Mar | 30.4 °C | +0.8 °C | 9 mm | -11 mm |
| Apr | 38.6 °C | +2.1 °C | 6 mm | -4 mm |
| May | 38.5 °C | -2.0 °C | 30 mm | +13 mm |
| Jun | 37.1 °C | -3.1 °C | 167 mm | +120 mm |
| Jul | 33.7 °C | -1.9 °C | 227 mm | +68 mm |
| Aug | 33.1 °C | -0.7 °C | 162 mm | +16 mm |
| Sep | 34.0 °C | -0.2 °C | 86 mm | +13 mm |
| Oct | 32.3 °C | -0.9 °C | 37 mm | +20 mm |
| Nov | 28.3 °C | +0.1 °C | 0 mm | -6 mm |
| Dec | 23.5 °C | +0.9 °C | 0 mm | -10 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Gorakhpur?
Gorakhpur has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 25.0 °C and it receives 550 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Gorakhpur?
The hottest day measured in Gorakhpur between 1940 and 2025 was 28 May 1944, reaching 48.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Gorakhpur?
The coldest day measured in Gorakhpur between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1945, at 0.3 °C.
Does it snow in Gorakhpur?
Almost never: Gorakhpur sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Gorakhpur warmed?
Between 1940 and 2025, no statistically significant temperature trend emerges in Gorakhpur.
What is the wettest day in Gorakhpur?
The wettest day measured in Gorakhpur between 1940 and 2025 was 4 September 1995, with 161 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Gorakhpur?
The windiest day measured in Gorakhpur between 1940 and 2025 was 25 March 1967, with winds reaching 41.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Gorakhpur?
The warmest month in Gorakhpur is June (34.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (13.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Gorakhpur?
Gorakhpur receives on average 550 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 71 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Gorakhpur?
Gorakhpur gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Gorakhpur?
Yes: Gorakhpur has on average 191 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Gorakhpur?
In Gorakhpur, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 51.4 °C on 18 June 2020, and the lowest was -3.5 °C on 3 January 1946.
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