Weather in Odisha

Calculated from weather data of Biju Patnaik International Airport (VEBS) between 2020 and 2024.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	28.1	26.6	29.0	26.5	30.3	27.1
February	31.6	30.8	32.7	29.8	33.2	27.6
March	34.5	33.0	33.5	34.7	36.7	33.3
April	36.3		36.8	35.7	36.2	35.5
May	35.8		36.5	34.7	35.0	34.7
June	34.4		36.0	33.8	33.1	33.7
July	31.9		31.6	31.3	32.2	33.2
August	31.7		32.1	31.1	32.5	31.5
September	32.0		31.6	31.8	31.3	33.2
October	31.4		32.2	30.6	31.6	30.1
November	30.1		30.3	29.8	29.1	30.8
December	27.5		27.0	28.5	26.1	29.3
Average	31.9	30.1	32.4	31.6	32.3	31.7

31st highest temperature of India

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	15.7	17	17	15	18	16
February	17.9	20	19	18	18	17
March	23.1	23	22	23	23	23
April	25.6		25	27	26	25
May	26.2		26	26	26	26
June	26.5		27	27	26	27
July	25.9		26	26	26	26
August	26.0		26	26	26	26
September	25.6		26	26	26	27
October	24.0		23	24	25	25
November	19.8		20	19	21	20
December	16.0		16	17	16	16
Average	22.3	19.8	22.9	22.9	23.0	22.7

44th lowest temperature of India

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Cold and hot days

Number of days	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
30 °C or warmer	45	267	231	254	246
25 °C or warmer	84	358	343	356	349
20 °C or warmer	90	363	354	365	364
0 °C or colder	0	0	0	0	0

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	1.3	2	0	4	0	4
February	1.3	1	0	1	1	8
March	1.1	4	1	0	0	3
April	0.2		1	0	0	1
May	3.0		2	2	8	6
June	7.0		7	3	10	6
July	15.8		16	20	15	8
August	15.3		13	24	11	16
September	12.3		9	15	16	10
October	7.8		1	9	10	10
November	2.8		2	0	7	1
December	2.7		3	0	8	0
Average	5.6	2.2	4.8	6.9	7.1	6.1

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (km/h)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	6.4	7	7	8	7	5
February	7.9	9	9	10	8	6
March	9.9	11	9	12	11	5
April	14.6		9	18	15	11
May	15.6		12	14	17	14
June	11.6		11	14	9	14
July	10.3		10	9	8	13
August	9.3		9	10	6	13
September	8.8		10	9	6	11
October	7.5		8	9	5	9
November	7.5		8	8	6	9
December	6.5		8	8	9	5
Average	9.7	9.1	9.2	10.9	9.1	9.6

35th highest wind speed of India

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	NE	NE	N	NE	N
February	SE	SW	S	E	N
March	S	S	S	S	SE
April		SW	S	S	S
May		S	S	S	S
June		S	S	SW	S
July		SE	S	SW	S
August		W	S	SW	S
September		SW	S	S	S
October		NW	N	N	N
November		N	N	NE	N
December		N	NE	N	N

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Odisha weather Q&A

What is the warmest month in Odisha?

The warmest month is April with an average temperature of 36 °C over the past years.

What is the coldest month in Odisha?

The coldest month is December with an average daytime temperature of 28 °C in the past few years.

Which month is the wettest in Odisha?

Chance of precipitation is the highest in July with a probability of around 15.9 %.

Which month is the driest in Odisha?

The least rainfall and snow can be expected in April. The probability is about 0.3 %.