Ranchi
Elevation 651 m23.36° N, 85.34° E
When to go?
Mean 16 °C, 2 rain days in the month (14 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 20 °C, 2 rain days in the month (26 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 24 °C, 2 rain days in the month (34 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 29 °C, 2 rain days in the month (25 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 36 °C
Mean 31 °C, 4 rain days in the month (52 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 37 °C
Mean 29 °C, 11 rain days in the month (204 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 34 °C
Mean 27 °C, 21 rain days in the month (365 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 30 °C
- Often rainyrain on 7 days in 10
- Torrential rain17 mm per rain day
Mean 26 °C, 20 rain days in the month (395 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 30 °C
- Often rainyrain on 6 days in 10
- Torrential rain20 mm per rain day
Mean 26 °C, 13 rain days in the month (236 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 30 °C
Mean 24 °C, 4 rain days in the month (67 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 21 °C, 1 rain day in the month (7 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 17 °C, 1 rain day in the month (8 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
The best months are November–February. Avoid April–September (hot, at times 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: 2010 (+1.3 °C), coldest: 1952 (−1.4 °C).
February and October warmed the most (+0.6 and +0.4 °C), May the least (−0.5 °C). The warm season (above the annual mean of then, 24 °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.