Zira climate — normals and trends
Zira (India) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 24.1 °C and it receives 680 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 June (34.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (12.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Zira averages 0 frost days, 218 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 85 rainy days per year.
The mean temperature of Zira has changed 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 49.8 °C (on 28 May 1944) and the coldest -0.9 °C (on 16 January 1964).
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
ZiraPunjab
- coords
- 30.97°, 74.99°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
24.1°C
Average daily high
30.8°C
Average daily low
18.5°C
Annual rainfall
680mm
Sunshine / day
10.8h
Mean relative humidity
61%
Average peak wind
12.2km/h
Seasonal range
22.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
218 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
85 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
32.4 °C
Average feels-like low
19.3 °C
Average peak gust
26.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
180 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
-0.7 °C
since 1940
-0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.09 · p = 0.004
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
49.8 °C
28 May 1944
Coldest day
-0.9 °C
16 January 1964
Wettest day
245 mm
24 September 1988
Windiest day
39.3 km/h
28 May 2010
Strongest gust
83.9 km/h
25 March 1967
Hottest feels-like
51.8 °C
7 June 1994
Coldest feels-like
-4.3 °C
16 January 1964
Sunniest day
14.0 h
7 June 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 | 18.8 °C | +0.1 °C | 7 mm | -24 mm |
| Feb | 23.4 °C | +1.2 °C | 38 mm | +0 mm |
| Mar | 29.2 °C | +1.1 °C | 5 mm | -34 mm |
| Apr | 38.3 °C | +2.8 °C | 12 mm | -10 mm |
| May | 38.8 °C | -1.4 °C | 46 mm | +22 mm |
| Jun | 38.3 °C | -2.3 °C | 79 mm | +28 mm |
| Jul | 33.6 °C | -1.9 °C | 162 mm | -28 mm |
| Aug | 32.8 °C | -0.9 °C | 374 mm | +219 mm |
| Sep | 33.9 °C | -0.2 °C | 105 mm | +20 mm |
| Oct | 31.2 °C | -1.5 °C | 79 mm | +59 mm |
| Nov | 26.5 °C | -0.8 °C | 3 mm | -6 mm |
| Dec | 21.2 °C | -0.1 °C | 2 mm | -14 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Zira?
Zira has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.1 °C and it receives 680 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Zira?
The hottest day measured in Zira between 1940 and 2025 was 28 May 1944, reaching 49.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Zira?
The coldest day measured in Zira between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1964, at -0.9 °C.
Does it snow in Zira?
Almost never: Zira sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Zira warmed?
Between 1940 and 2025, no statistically significant temperature trend emerges in Zira.
What is the wettest day in Zira?
The wettest day measured in Zira between 1940 and 2025 was 24 September 1988, with 245 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Zira?
The windiest day measured in Zira between 1940 and 2025 was 28 May 2010, with winds reaching 39.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Zira?
The warmest month in Zira is June (34.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (12.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Zira?
Zira receives on average 680 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 85 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Zira?
Zira gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Zira?
Yes: Zira has on average 180 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Zira?
In Zira, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 51.8 °C on 7 June 1994, and the lowest was -4.3 °C on 16 January 1964.
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