Kanpur climate — normals and trends
Kanpur (India) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 25.4 °C and it receives 968 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 (33.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (15.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Kanpur averages 0 frost days, 226 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 93 rainy days per year.
No statistically significant temperature trend emerges for Kanpur between 1940 and 2025: over this span, year-to-year swings outweigh the climate signal.
The hottest day of the period reached 47.9 °C (on 27 May 1944) and the coldest 2.9 °C (on 26 December 1961).
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
KanpurUttar Pradesh
- coords
- 26.47°, 80.35°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
25.4°C
Average daily high
31.5°C
Average daily low
20.2°C
Annual rainfall
968mm
Sunshine / day
10.3h
Mean relative humidity
61%
Average peak wind
14.3km/h
Seasonal range
18.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
226 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
93 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
33.2 °C
Average feels-like low
21.2 °C
Average peak gust
29.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
203 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
No clear trend over this period
Over a short window, year-to-year swings outweigh the climate signal. Try 86 years.
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
47.9 °C
27 May 1944
Coldest day
2.9 °C
26 December 1961
Wettest day
208 mm
12 August 2002
Windiest day
43.5 km/h
4 August 2024
Strongest gust
81.0 km/h
13 September 1972
Hottest feels-like
50.5 °C
29 May 2024
Coldest feels-like
-0.3 °C
1 January 1946
Sunniest day
13.0 h
4 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 21.0 °C | -0.9 °C | 3 mm | -19 mm |
| Feb | 27.5 °C | +1.8 °C | 1 mm | -19 mm |
| Mar | 32.9 °C | +1.0 °C | 3 mm | -9 mm |
| Apr | 38.4 °C | +0.5 °C | 3 mm | -5 mm |
| May | 39.1 °C | -1.4 °C | 5 mm | -7 mm |
| Jun | 37.4 °C | -1.4 °C | 135 mm | +45 mm |
| Jul | 33.2 °C | -0.1 °C | 286 mm | -15 mm |
| Aug | 32.6 °C | +0.7 °C | 223 mm | -50 mm |
| Sep | 33.4 °C | +1.3 °C | 170 mm | -1 mm |
| Oct | 30.8 °C | -0.9 °C | 73 mm | +31 mm |
| Nov | 27.9 °C | -0.3 °C | 1 mm | -7 mm |
| Dec | 22.0 °C | -1.8 °C | 0 mm | -9 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kanpur?
Kanpur has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 25.4 °C and it receives 968 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kanpur?
The hottest day measured in Kanpur between 1940 and 2025 was 27 May 1944, reaching 47.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kanpur?
The coldest day measured in Kanpur between 1940 and 2025 was 26 December 1961, at 2.9 °C.
Does it snow in Kanpur?
Almost never: Kanpur sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Kanpur warmed?
Between 1940 and 2025, no statistically significant temperature trend emerges in Kanpur.
What is the wettest day in Kanpur?
The wettest day measured in Kanpur between 1940 and 2025 was 12 August 2002, with 208 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kanpur?
The windiest day measured in Kanpur between 1940 and 2025 was 4 August 2024, with winds reaching 43.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kanpur?
The warmest month in Kanpur is May (33.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (15.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Kanpur?
Kanpur receives on average 968 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 93 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kanpur?
Kanpur gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Kanpur?
Yes: Kanpur has on average 203 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kanpur?
In Kanpur, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 50.5 °C on 29 May 2024, and the lowest was -0.3 °C on 1 January 1946.
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