Korba climate — normals and trends
Korba (India) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 26.0 °C and it receives 1,500 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 (33.8 °C on average) and the coldest is December (19.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Korba averages 0 frost days, 210 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 122 rainy days per year.
Korba has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.17 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 47.5 °C (on 28 May 1998) and the coldest 5.3 °C (on 29 December 1968).
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
KorbaChhattisgarh
- coords
- 22.35°, 82.70°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
26.0°C
Average daily high
31.8°C
Average daily low
21.0°C
Annual rainfall
1,500mm
Sunshine / day
9.8h
Mean relative humidity
62%
Average peak wind
11.4km/h
Seasonal range
14.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
210 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
122 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
34.2 °C
Average feels-like low
22.6 °C
Average peak gust
27.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
226 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.5 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.35 · p = < 0.001
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
47.5 °C
28 May 1998
Coldest day
5.3 °C
29 December 1968
Wettest day
260 mm
29 June 1964
Windiest day
35.4 km/h
13 October 2014
Strongest gust
82.1 km/h
11 September 1972
Hottest feels-like
52.2 °C
30 May 2024
Coldest feels-like
2.5 °C
29 December 1968
Sunniest day
13.0 h
13 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 | 27.7 °C | +1.5 °C | 0 mm | -18 mm |
| Feb | 32.2 °C | +2.5 °C | 0 mm | -18 mm |
| Mar | 36.6 °C | +2.0 °C | 7 mm | -13 mm |
| Apr | 39.4 °C | +0.4 °C | 14 mm | -1 mm |
| May | 37.2 °C | -3.6 °C | 78 mm | +57 mm |
| Jun | 33.9 °C | -2.0 °C | 329 mm | +88 mm |
| Jul | 29.7 °C | -0.4 °C | 579 mm | +136 mm |
| Aug | 31.1 °C | +1.3 °C | 267 mm | -148 mm |
| Sep | 31.4 °C | +0.9 °C | 385 mm | +164 mm |
| Oct | 30.8 °C | +0.3 °C | 122 mm | +59 mm |
| Nov | 28.2 °C | -0.4 °C | 0 mm | -13 mm |
| Dec | 26.1 °C | -0.2 °C | 0 mm | -11 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Korba?
Korba has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 26.0 °C and it receives 1,500 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Korba?
The hottest day measured in Korba between 1940 and 2025 was 28 May 1998, reaching 47.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Korba?
The coldest day measured in Korba between 1940 and 2025 was 29 December 1968, at 5.3 °C.
Does it snow in Korba?
Almost never: Korba sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Korba warmed?
Yes: Korba warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Korba?
The wettest day measured in Korba between 1940 and 2025 was 29 June 1964, with 260 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Korba?
The windiest day measured in Korba between 1940 and 2025 was 13 October 2014, with winds reaching 35.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Korba?
The warmest month in Korba is May (33.8 °C on average); the coldest is December (19.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Korba?
Korba receives on average 1,500 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 122 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Korba?
Korba gets on average 9.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,577 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Korba?
Yes: Korba has on average 226 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Korba?
In Korba, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 52.2 °C on 30 May 2024, and the lowest was 2.5 °C on 29 December 1968.
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