Kolhāpur climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Kolhāpur?

Kolhāpur has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.5 °C and it receives 978 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Kolhāpur between 1940 and 2025 was 27 April 1956, reaching 41.6 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Kolhāpur?

The coldest day measured in Kolhāpur between 1940 and 2025 was 6 January 1945, at 8.0 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Kolhāpur?

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

Q: Has the climate of Kolhāpur warmed?

Yes: Kolhāpur warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Kolhāpur?

The wettest day measured in Kolhāpur between 1940 and 2025 was 25 June 1948, with 274 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Kolhāpur?

The windiest day measured in Kolhāpur between 1940 and 2025 was 22 June 1953, with winds reaching 42.6 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Kolhāpur?

The warmest month in Kolhāpur is April (28.2 °C on average); the coldest is December (22.0 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Kolhāpur?

Kolhāpur receives on average 978 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 125 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Kolhāpur?

Kolhāpur gets on average 9.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,504 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Kolhāpur (India) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 24.5 °C and it receives 978 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 April (28.2 °C on average) and the coldest is December (22.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.

Kolhāpur averages 0 frost days, 161 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 125 rainy days per year.

Kolhāpur has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.19 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 41.6 °C (on 27 April 1956) and the coldest 8.0 °C (on 6 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

KolhāpurMaharashtra

coords: 16.70°, 74.23°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthAprilColdest monthDecemberWettest monthJulyDriest monthFebruary

Mean daily temperature

24.5°C

Average daily high

30.0°C

Average daily low

20.1°C

Annual rainfall

978mm

Sunshine / day

9.6h

Mean relative humidity

67%

Average peak wind

16.8km/h

Seasonal range

6.2°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

161 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

125 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

31.5 °C

Average feels-like low

21.4 °C

Average peak gust

37.0 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

227 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.5 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.6 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.55 · 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

41.6 °C

27 April 1956

Coldest day

8.0 °C

6 January 1945

Wettest day

274 mm

25 June 1948

Windiest day

42.6 km/h

22 June 1953

Strongest gust

99.7 km/h

25 May 1961

Hottest feels-like

43.9 °C

27 April 2016

Coldest feels-like

4.6 °C

6 January 1945

Sunniest day

12.0 h

20 May 1995

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	39.0 °C2 May 2025	11.0 °C12 December 2025	25.1 °C	1,570 mm	151
2024	39.7 °C30 April 2024	13.0 °C16 December 2024	25.7 °C	1,139 mm	193
2023	39.0 °C20 May 2023	12.3 °C9 January 2023	25.5 °C	899 mm	215
2022	38.6 °C29 March 2022	11.8 °C25 January 2022	24.9 °C	1,056 mm	186
2021	38.3 °C5 April 2021	13.6 °C20 December 2021	25.1 °C	1,028 mm	184
2020	38.6 °C6 May 2020	12.8 °C11 November 2020	25.3 °C	1,456 mm	205
2019	40.3 °C26 April 2019	10.9 °C9 February 2019	25.3 °C	1,348 mm	163
2018	39.3 °C9 May 2018	11.8 °C30 December 2018	25.3 °C	758 mm	211
2017	39.4 °C14 April 2017	11.0 °C8 January 2017	25.2 °C	860 mm	189
2016	40.8 °C27 April 2016	11.3 °C11 December 2016	25.3 °C	866 mm	198
2015	38.1 °C4 May 2015	10.6 °C11 January 2015	25.7 °C	531 mm	226
2014	38.7 °C25 April 2014	11.5 °C17 February 2014	24.9 °C	890 mm	183
2013	39.3 °C30 April 2013	10.5 °C10 December 2013	24.6 °C	1,092 mm	155
2012	37.9 °C18 May 2012	10.8 °C18 November 2012	24.8 °C	794 mm	175
2011	37.3 °C27 April 2011	12.1 °C27 December 2011	24.9 °C	974 mm	208
2010	38.9 °C26 April 2010	12.4 °C20 December 2010	25.4 °C	1,014 mm	179
2009	38.7 °C18 April 2009	13.3 °C25 December 2009	25.3 °C	1,010 mm	199
2008	38.1 °C23 April 2008	11.5 °C26 January 2008	24.8 °C	1,010 mm	185
2007	39.0 °C4 April 2007	11.3 °C24 November 2007	25.2 °C	914 mm	199
2006	39.1 °C2 May 2006	10.1 °C27 January 2006	24.8 °C	1,180 mm	173
2005	40.6 °C20 May 2005	11.2 °C18 December 2005	24.8 °C	915 mm	163
2004	39.4 °C20 April 2004	12.9 °C7 December 2004	24.9 °C	746 mm	187
2003	39.4 °C15 April 2003	12.7 °C1 January 2003	25.4 °C	563 mm	201
2002	40.2 °C27 April 2002	11.2 °C29 January 2002	25.1 °C	615 mm	196
2001	39.6 °C1 May 2001	13.8 °C2 January 2001	24.7 °C	486 mm	168
2000	38.8 °C30 April 2000	11.4 °C27 December 2000	24.4 °C	796 mm	160
1999	37.9 °C11 April 1999	11.1 °C20 December 1999	24.3 °C	725 mm	125
1998	38.4 °C6 May 1998	12.3 °C22 January 1998	24.9 °C	875 mm	146
1997	36.7 °C12 May 1997	10.2 °C22 January 1997	24.5 °C	776 mm	144
1996	38.3 °C4 May 1996	11.7 °C19 January 1996	24.6 °C	869 mm	133
1995	37.8 °C27 April 1995	11.6 °C11 January 1995	24.6 °C	894 mm	145
1994	39.7 °C14 May 1994	11.4 °C23 December 1994	24.2 °C	1,073 mm	131
1993	37.9 °C22 April 1993	11.9 °C21 February 1993	24.3 °C	747 mm	133
1992	37.2 °C13 April 1992	10.5 °C5 January 1992	24.5 °C	707 mm	156
1991	38.1 °C17 April 1991	9.6 °C2 January 1991	24.7 °C	864 mm	181
1990	38.4 °C18 April 1990	12.3 °C20 February 1990	24.3 °C	711 mm	136
1989	37.9 °C15 April 1989	13.0 °C17 December 1989	24.3 °C	839 mm	159
1988	38.9 °C8 May 1988	12.5 °C1 December 1988	24.7 °C	843 mm	172
1987	39.2 °C21 April 1987	10.8 °C21 December 1987	25.1 °C	514 mm	196
1986	39.6 °C16 April 1986	12.9 °C17 January 1986	24.7 °C	696 mm	176
1985	38.3 °C28 April 1985	12.7 °C1 December 1985	24.5 °C	652 mm	150
1984	38.6 °C17 May 1984	11.2 °C22 January 1984	24.5 °C	526 mm	151
1983	38.9 °C26 April 1983	11.4 °C8 February 1983	24.3 °C	974 mm	133
1982	38.0 °C31 March 1982	13.7 °C7 December 1982	24.5 °C	850 mm	141
1981	38.6 °C12 April 1981	9.2 °C11 December 1981	24.5 °C	975 mm	152
1980	37.6 °C12 April 1980	12.3 °C16 December 1980	25.0 °C	1,008 mm	194
1979	40.0 °C11 May 1979	13.0 °C9 February 1979	24.9 °C	842 mm	142
1978	37.9 °C8 May 1978	12.8 °C22 December 1978	24.2 °C	730 mm	125
1977	36.9 °C4 April 1977	12.1 °C17 December 1977	24.5 °C	844 mm	156
1976	37.8 °C20 April 1976	12.7 °C10 January 1976	24.5 °C	843 mm	162
1975	41.0 °C27 April 1975	10.6 °C11 January 1975	24.0 °C	941 mm	127
1974	39.2 °C2 May 1974	12.5 °C16 January 1974	24.3 °C	715 mm	134
1973	40.3 °C4 May 1973	12.6 °C16 December 1973	24.8 °C	765 mm	159
1972	39.2 °C9 May 1972	9.9 °C15 February 1972	25.1 °C	740 mm	215
1971	38.1 °C2 April 1971	11.2 °C31 January 1971	24.1 °C	605 mm	141
1970	40.0 °C21 April 1970	10.4 °C9 December 1970	24.3 °C	693 mm	145
1969	39.3 °C17 May 1969	9.6 °C2 January 1969	24.8 °C	762 mm	163
1968	38.9 °C19 April 1968	10.0 °C17 January 1968	24.2 °C	759 mm	144
1967	40.6 °C9 May 1967	12.3 °C8 January 1967	24.9 °C	1,187 mm	189
1966	38.7 °C1 May 1966	11.3 °C4 January 1966	24.0 °C	1,227 mm	134
1965	39.1 °C13 April 1965	12.7 °C13 January 1965	24.2 °C	918 mm	150
1964	40.7 °C20 April 1964	12.7 °C2 December 1964	24.3 °C	1,503 mm	157
1963	38.5 °C12 May 1963	14.6 °C5 January 1963	24.7 °C	986 mm	180
1962	39.2 °C4 May 1962	8.7 °C5 January 1962	24.5 °C	918 mm	181
1961	39.5 °C24 April 1961	11.0 °C9 February 1961	24.2 °C	1,414 mm	114
1960	39.9 °C24 April 1960	13.4 °C3 December 1960	24.7 °C	1,028 mm	160
1959	40.2 °C29 April 1959	10.6 °C1 February 1959	24.9 °C	1,393 mm	205
1958	38.7 °C7 April 1958	13.5 °C19 November 1958	24.8 °C	1,301 mm	197
1957	40.6 °C18 May 1957	13.2 °C10 February 1957	24.6 °C	849 mm	174
1956	41.6 °C27 April 1956	12.1 °C19 December 1956	23.9 °C	1,063 mm	112
1955	39.1 °C19 April 1955	12.2 °C18 November 1955	24.2 °C	1,008 mm	135
1954	40.2 °C20 April 1954	11.3 °C30 December 1954	24.2 °C	1,467 mm	147
1953	38.2 °C18 March 1953	11.0 °C23 January 1953	23.1 °C	1,523 mm	121
1952	37.6 °C13 April 1952	11.2 °C10 January 1952	23.1 °C	1,199 mm	130
1951	36.7 °C2 March 1951	9.2 °C2 January 1951	22.9 °C	1,147 mm	106
1950	39.4 °C21 April 1950	11.2 °C25 December 1950	22.4 °C	1,074 mm	99
1949	36.9 °C16 April 1949	12.3 °C16 November 1949	22.9 °C	1,424 mm	97
1948	38.6 °C22 March 1948	11.0 °C17 December 1948	24.1 °C	1,560 mm	140
1947	40.0 °C30 April 1947	13.0 °C2 January 1947	24.2 °C	1,355 mm	162
1946	40.1 °C2 April 1946	11.8 °C11 January 1946	24.2 °C	1,364 mm	153
1945	38.6 °C23 March 1945	8.0 °C6 January 1945	24.0 °C	939 mm	148
1944	39.5 °C1 May 1944	12.5 °C10 February 1944	24.2 °C	1,026 mm	149
1943	38.8 °C5 May 1943	9.5 °C8 December 1943	22.9 °C	1,945 mm	106
1942	38.6 °C28 March 1942	10.8 °C10 December 1942	23.7 °C	1,196 mm	130
1941	40.6 °C9 May 1941	12.4 °C27 January 1941	24.0 °C	912 mm	162
1940	38.6 °C6 April 1940	12.6 °C13 March 1940	23.7 °C	1,325 mm	162

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

Pick a year and see how it compares to normal — warmer, drier or more extreme than usual?

Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

30.1 °C

+0.1 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

151 d/yr

-10

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1570 mm

+592 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	29.7 °C	+0.6 °C	0 mm	-3 mm
Feb	32.8 °C	+1.3 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Mar	35.5 °C	+1.1 °C	1 mm	-4 mm
Apr	36.8 °C	+0.9 °C	18 mm	+1 mm
May	31.3 °C	-3.2 °C	444 mm	+399 mm
Jun	28.3 °C	-0.2 °C	215 mm	+27 mm
Jul	26.5 °C	+0.7 °C	279 mm	-30 mm
Aug	26.6 °C	+0.9 °C	262 mm	+62 mm
Sep	27.0 °C	-0.3 °C	254 mm	+140 mm
Oct	29.3 °C	0.0 °C	94 mm	+26 mm
Nov	29.4 °C	+0.3 °C	4 mm	-18 mm
Dec	28.4 °C	-0.1 °C	0 mm	-6 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

39.0 °C

2 May 2025

Coldest day

11.0 °C

12 Dec 2025

Wettest day

100.8 mm

27 May 2025

Windiest day

34.4 km/h

29 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

70.9 km/h

28 Jul 2025

Hottest feels-like

41.7 °C

23 Apr 2025

Coldest feels-like

7.9 °C

12 Dec 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

2 Apr 2025

What was the weather like that day?

Your birthday, a wedding, a memorable trip: discover the actual weather for any date since 1940.

Date

Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Kolhāpur?

Kolhāpur has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.5 °C and it receives 978 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kolhāpur?

The hottest day measured in Kolhāpur between 1940 and 2025 was 27 April 1956, reaching 41.6 °C.

What is the coldest day in Kolhāpur?

The coldest day measured in Kolhāpur between 1940 and 2025 was 6 January 1945, at 8.0 °C.

Does it snow in Kolhāpur?

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

Has the climate of Kolhāpur warmed?

Yes: Kolhāpur warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Kolhāpur?

The wettest day measured in Kolhāpur between 1940 and 2025 was 25 June 1948, with 274 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Kolhāpur?

The windiest day measured in Kolhāpur between 1940 and 2025 was 22 June 1953, with winds reaching 42.6 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Kolhāpur?

The warmest month in Kolhāpur is April (28.2 °C on average); the coldest is December (22.0 °C).

How much does it rain in Kolhāpur?

Kolhāpur receives on average 978 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 125 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Kolhāpur?

Kolhāpur gets on average 9.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,504 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Kolhāpur?

Yes: Kolhāpur has on average 227 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kolhāpur?

In Kolhāpur, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.9 °C on 27 April 2016, and the lowest was 4.6 °C on 6 January 1945.

Compare Kolhāpur with another city

Pick a second city: its normals will be set against these, indicator by indicator.

Nearby cities

The climate around Kolhāpur

Other cities — India

All cities in India →