Sawar climate — normals and trends
Sawar (India) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 25.8 °C and it receives 656 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 (34.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (15.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Sawar averages 0 frost days, 236 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 62 rainy days per year.
Sawar has warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.16 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 47.9 °C (on 19 May 2016) and the coldest 0.2 °C (on 13 January 1967).
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
SawarRajasthan
- coords
- 25.76°, 75.22°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
25.8°C
Average daily high
32.2°C
Average daily low
20.2°C
Annual rainfall
656mm
Sunshine / day
10.4h
Mean relative humidity
49%
Average peak wind
14.3km/h
Seasonal range
18.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
236 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
62 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
32.9 °C
Average feels-like low
20.1 °C
Average peak gust
29.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
205 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.4 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.32 · 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
47.9 °C
19 May 2016
Coldest day
0.2 °C
13 January 1967
Wettest day
241 mm
22 July 1957
Windiest day
40.7 km/h
10 June 1998
Strongest gust
79.6 km/h
7 June 2010
Hottest feels-like
48.2 °C
9 June 2019
Coldest feels-like
-4.2 °C
13 January 1967
Sunniest day
12.8 h
28 May 1972
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 23.3 °C | 0.0 °C | 7 mm | -2 mm |
| Feb | 29.3 °C | +2.3 °C | 0 mm | -4 mm |
| Mar | 34.3 °C | +1.5 °C | 0 mm | -3 mm |
| Apr | 40.9 °C | +2.7 °C | 2 mm | -3 mm |
| May | 39.2 °C | -2.1 °C | 44 mm | +36 mm |
| Jun | 37.4 °C | -2.1 °C | 187 mm | +130 mm |
| Jul | 31.2 °C | -2.2 °C | 620 mm | +379 mm |
| Aug | 31.7 °C | +0.6 °C | 295 mm | +74 mm |
| Sep | 32.1 °C | -0.4 °C | 108 mm | +29 mm |
| Oct | 30.4 °C | -2.8 °C | 90 mm | +75 mm |
| Nov | 27.4 °C | -1.7 °C | 6 mm | -2 mm |
| Dec | 25.9 °C | +1.1 °C | 0 mm | -4 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Sawar?
Sawar has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 25.8 °C and it receives 656 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sawar?
The hottest day measured in Sawar between 1940 and 2025 was 19 May 2016, reaching 47.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Sawar?
The coldest day measured in Sawar between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 1967, at 0.2 °C.
Does it snow in Sawar?
Almost never: Sawar sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Sawar warmed?
Yes: Sawar warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Sawar?
The wettest day measured in Sawar between 1940 and 2025 was 22 July 1957, with 241 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Sawar?
The windiest day measured in Sawar between 1940 and 2025 was 10 June 1998, with winds reaching 40.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Sawar?
The warmest month in Sawar is May (34.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (15.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Sawar?
Sawar receives on average 656 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 62 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Sawar?
Sawar gets on average 10.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,796 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Sawar?
Yes: Sawar has on average 205 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sawar?
In Sawar, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 48.2 °C on 9 June 2019, and the lowest was -4.2 °C on 13 January 1967.
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