Dhanbad
Elevation 222 m23.79° N, 86.44° E
When to go?
Mean 18 °C, 1 rain day in the month (8 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 21 °C, 1 rain day in the month (14 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 26 °C, 1 rain day in the month (17 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 34 °C
Mean 31 °C, 2 rain days in the month (21 mm).
Against
- Extreme heathighs of 39 °C
Mean 32 °C, 4 rain days in the month (57 mm).
Against
- Extreme heathighs of 39 °C
Mean 31 °C, 9 rain days in the month (163 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 36 °C
Mean 29 °C, 19 rain days in the month (278 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 32 °C
- Often rainyrain on 6 days in 10
Mean 28 °C, 19 rain days in the month (329 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 32 °C
- Often rainyrain on 6 days in 10
- Torrential rain17 mm per rain day
Mean 28 °C, 12 rain days in the month (264 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 32 °C
Mean 26 °C, 3 rain days in the month (69 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 32 °C
Mean 23 °C, it hardly ever rains (4 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 19 °C, it hardly ever rains (5 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
The best months are November–February. Avoid March–October (hot, at times extreme heat and often rainy and torrential rain).
What is the climate like?
Temperature and rain
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
How much it rains
Rain days and how much water
Rain days and how much water
Bars: length = rain days, thickness = mm on a rain day, area = the month's rain. 3 mm a day7 mm a day15 mm a day
Colour = the month's rain: 103060100160250400mm
Daylight hours
Daylight and sky: sunrise, sunset and cloud cover
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
Times on the 15th of each month, in local time: daylight saving where and when it applies, standard time in the other months.
Effect of climate change
Today's climate (1996–2025) compared with 1961–1990:
In short
Year by year
Temperature of each year
Against 1961–1990 the mean temperature of today (1996–2025) has changed by +0.1 °C; in the last ten years by +0.2 °C. Warmest year: 1958 (+1.1 °C), coldest: 1952 (−1.5 °C).
October and February warmed the most (+0.5 and +0.3 °C), May the least (−0.6 °C). The warm season (above the annual mean of then, 26 °C) begins 1 day earlier and ends 4 days later.
Warming stripes: after an idea by Ed Hawkins (University of Reading), showyourstripes.info, CC BY 4.0.
Rain of each year (% against 1961–1990)
more rain than in 1961–1990less rain
Rain in a year: no clear trend, dry and wet years alternate as before.