Alahabad climate — normals and trends
Alahabad (Pakistan) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 25.0 °C and it receives 512 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 (34.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (12.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Alahabad averages 0 frost days, 226 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 75 rainy days per year.
The mean temperature of Alahabad has changed by -1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or -0.14 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 49.9 °C (on 29 May 1944) and the coldest -0.6 °C (on 11 February 1950).
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
AlahabadPunjab
- coords
- 30.88°, 74.06°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
25.0°C
Average daily high
31.6°C
Average daily low
19.2°C
Annual rainfall
512mm
Sunshine / day
10.9h
Mean relative humidity
55%
Average peak wind
12.7km/h
Seasonal range
22.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
226 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
75 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
32.8 °C
Average feels-like low
19.7 °C
Average peak gust
26.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
186 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
-1.2 °C
since 1940
-0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.23 · 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
49.9 °C
29 May 1944
Coldest day
-0.6 °C
11 February 1950
Wettest day
163 mm
26 August 1967
Windiest day
46.0 km/h
14 May 1958
Strongest gust
87.1 km/h
14 May 1958
Hottest feels-like
51.3 °C
7 June 1987
Coldest feels-like
-4.5 °C
30 December 1945
Sunniest day
13.9 h
6 June 2022
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 19.3 °C | -0.2 °C | 13 mm | -8 mm |
| Feb | 23.5 °C | +0.4 °C | 34 mm | +8 mm |
| Mar | 28.6 °C | -0.2 °C | 6 mm | -20 mm |
| Apr | 37.8 °C | +2.0 °C | 9 mm | -8 mm |
| May | 38.3 °C | -2.1 °C | 9 mm | -11 mm |
| Jun | 38.4 °C | -2.7 °C | 73 mm | +31 mm |
| Jul | 34.2 °C | -2.7 °C | 145 mm | +6 mm |
| Aug | 33.8 °C | -1.6 °C | 316 mm | +186 mm |
| Sep | 34.0 °C | -1.6 °C | 55 mm | -7 mm |
| Oct | 30.9 °C | -2.5 °C | 54 mm | +42 mm |
| Nov | 26.1 °C | -1.6 °C | 1 mm | -5 mm |
| Dec | 21.5 °C | -0.4 °C | 3 mm | -9 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Alahabad?
Alahabad has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 25.0 °C and it receives 512 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Alahabad?
The hottest day measured in Alahabad between 1940 and 2025 was 29 May 1944, reaching 49.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Alahabad?
The coldest day measured in Alahabad between 1940 and 2025 was 11 February 1950, at -0.6 °C.
Does it snow in Alahabad?
Almost never: Alahabad sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Alahabad warmed?
Between 1940 and 2025, no statistically significant temperature trend emerges in Alahabad.
What is the wettest day in Alahabad?
The wettest day measured in Alahabad between 1940 and 2025 was 26 August 1967, with 163 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Alahabad?
The windiest day measured in Alahabad between 1940 and 2025 was 14 May 1958, with winds reaching 46.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Alahabad?
The warmest month in Alahabad is June (34.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (12.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Alahabad?
Alahabad receives on average 512 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 75 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Alahabad?
Alahabad gets on average 10.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,979 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Alahabad?
Yes: Alahabad has on average 186 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Alahabad?
In Alahabad, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 51.3 °C on 7 June 1987, and the lowest was -4.5 °C on 30 December 1945.
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