Rāpar climate — normals and trends
Rāpar (India) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 27.3 °C and it receives 407 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 (32.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (19.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Rāpar averages 0 frost days, 282 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 36 rainy days per year.
Rāpar has warmed by +0.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.08 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 47.4 °C (on 2 June 1991) and the coldest 4.0 °C (on 1 January 1991).
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
RāparGujarat
- coords
- 23.57°, 70.65°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
27.3°C
Average daily high
33.6°C
Average daily low
21.9°C
Annual rainfall
407mm
Sunshine / day
10.6h
Mean relative humidity
52%
Average peak wind
18.5km/h
Seasonal range
13.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
282 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
36 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
34.4 °C
Average feels-like low
22.7 °C
Average peak gust
34.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
243 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+0.7 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.20 · 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
47.4 °C
2 June 1991
Coldest day
4.0 °C
1 January 1991
Wettest day
275 mm
30 August 2009
Windiest day
71.2 km/h
16 June 2023
Strongest gust
128.5 km/h
16 June 2023
Hottest feels-like
50.1 °C
2 June 1991
Coldest feels-like
-0.2 °C
10 February 1950
Sunniest day
13.0 h
4 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 27.1 °C | +0.6 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Feb | 31.6 °C | +1.8 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Mar | 36.1 °C | +1.3 °C | 0 mm | -2 mm |
| Apr | 41.6 °C | +2.7 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| May | 39.4 °C | -1.0 °C | 29 mm | +26 mm |
| Jun | 36.3 °C | -1.8 °C | 101 mm | +67 mm |
| Jul | 32.4 °C | -1.4 °C | 144 mm | +6 mm |
| Aug | 32.5 °C | +0.3 °C | 139 mm | +6 mm |
| Sep | 32.5 °C | -1.2 °C | 199 mm | +129 mm |
| Oct | 32.7 °C | -2.7 °C | 91 mm | +76 mm |
| Nov | 29.7 °C | -2.3 °C | 3 mm | -5 mm |
| Dec | 28.9 °C | +1.0 °C | 1 mm | -1 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Rāpar?
Rāpar has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.3 °C and it receives 407 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Rāpar?
The hottest day measured in Rāpar between 1940 and 2025 was 2 June 1991, reaching 47.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Rāpar?
The coldest day measured in Rāpar between 1940 and 2025 was 1 January 1991, at 4.0 °C.
Does it snow in Rāpar?
Almost never: Rāpar sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Rāpar warmed?
Yes: Rāpar warmed by +0.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Rāpar?
The wettest day measured in Rāpar between 1940 and 2025 was 30 August 2009, with 275 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Rāpar?
The windiest day measured in Rāpar between 1940 and 2025 was 16 June 2023, with winds reaching 71.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Rāpar?
The warmest month in Rāpar is May (32.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (19.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Rāpar?
Rāpar receives on average 407 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 36 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Rāpar?
Rāpar gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Rāpar?
Yes: Rāpar has on average 243 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Rāpar?
In Rāpar, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 50.1 °C on 2 June 1991, and the lowest was -0.2 °C on 10 February 1950.
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