Kullu climate — normals and trends
Kullu (India) has a warm-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.7 °C and it receives 2,479 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 July (17.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Kullu averages 139 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 205 rainy days per year.
Kullu has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 156 to 122 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 27.9 °C (on 9 June 1947) and the coldest -19.1 °C (on 1 January 1955).
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
KulluHimachal Pradesh
- coords
- 31.96°, 77.11°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.7°C
Average daily high
14.5°C
Average daily low
3.1°C
Annual rainfall
2,479mm
Sunshine / day
10.1h
Mean relative humidity
65%
Average peak wind
7.1km/h
Seasonal range
19.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
139 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
205 d/yr
Annual snowfall
233.8 cm
Average feels-like high
14.0 °C
Average feels-like low
0.4 °C
Average peak gust
30.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.59 · 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
27.9 °C
9 June 1947
Coldest day
-19.1 °C
1 January 1955
Wettest day
180 mm
28 July 1981
Windiest day
14.4 km/h
22 February 1940
Strongest gust
97.6 km/h
5 February 2013
Hottest feels-like
33.0 °C
31 July 2024
Coldest feels-like
-23.8 °C
5 January 1953
Snowiest day
40.5 cm
18 January 2013
Sunniest day
14.0 h
2 July 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 8.4 °C | +3.7 °C | 43 mm | -86 mm |
| Feb | 8.8 °C | +2.3 °C | 253 mm | +108 mm |
| Mar | 12.8 °C | +2.0 °C | 83 mm | -71 mm |
| Apr | 18.4 °C | +3.1 °C | 73 mm | -24 mm |
| May | 20.0 °C | +0.5 °C | 143 mm | +42 mm |
| Jun | 21.6 °C | -0.2 °C | 527 mm | +315 mm |
| Jul | 21.6 °C | +1.0 °C | 693 mm | +48 mm |
| Aug | 20.6 °C | +0.5 °C | 811 mm | +166 mm |
| Sep | 20.8 °C | +1.8 °C | 501 mm | +291 mm |
| Oct | 17.4 °C | +1.4 °C | 68 mm | +18 mm |
| Nov | 14.1 °C | +1.9 °C | 11 mm | -18 mm |
| Dec | 11.8 °C | +4.0 °C | 4 mm | -59 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kullu?
Kullu has a warm-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.7 °C and it receives 2,479 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kullu?
The hottest day measured in Kullu between 1940 and 2025 was 9 June 1947, reaching 27.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kullu?
The coldest day measured in Kullu between 1940 and 2025 was 1 January 1955, at -19.1 °C.
Does it snow in Kullu?
Yes. Kullu gets on average 233.8 cm of snow per year and has around 139 frost days.
Has the climate of Kullu warmed?
Yes: Kullu warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kullu?
The wettest day measured in Kullu between 1940 and 2025 was 28 July 1981, with 180 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kullu?
The windiest day measured in Kullu between 1940 and 2025 was 22 February 1940, with winds reaching 14.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kullu?
The warmest month in Kullu is July (17.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Kullu?
Kullu receives on average 2,479 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 205 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kullu?
Kullu gets on average 10.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,687 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kullu?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kullu between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 2013, with 40.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kullu?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Kullu.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kullu?
In Kullu, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 33.0 °C on 31 July 2024, and the lowest was -23.8 °C on 5 January 1953.
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