Climate Varanasi 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Varanasi (VEBN) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
February	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
March	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
April	0.0		0	0	0	0
May	0.0		0	0	0	0
June	0.0		0	0	0	0
July	0.0		0	0	0	0
August	0.0		0	0	0	0
September	0.0		0	0	0	0
October	0.0		0	0	0	0
November	0.0		0	0	0	0
December	0.0		0	0	0	0
Average

47th best VFR conditions of India

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	2.0	0	1	2	1	4
February	16.2	11	19	20	17	18
March	28.9	30	11	20	25	41
April	30.0		18	11	35	45
May	26.4		23	5	22	35
June	28.8		18	6	18	28
July	31.7		15	39	29	29
August	26.9		0	23	14	42
September	27.7		7	12	31	15
October	24.7		17	15	22	18
November	3.5		0	0	1	6
December	0.8		0	1	1	1
Average	21.1	14.4	11.2	13.5	18.6	24.0

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	20.2	19	21	19	20	20
February	26.0	25	29	25	28	24
March	32.3	32	33	34	34	30
April	38.5		37	42	39	37
May	38.8		39	39	36	38
June	38.2		40	40	34	34
July	34.4		35	36	35	33
August	33.7		34	34	33	34
September	33.7		35	34	34	34
October	32.9		33	33	33	34
November	28.8		30	30	28	28
December	23.0		24	26	23	23
Average	31.0	25.2	32.3	32.8	31.4	30.7

15th 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	10.1	8	10	11	9	11
February	13.3	13	13	12	14	13
March	18.6	17	18	20	20	19
April	24.3		22	25	24	24
May	26.4		25	27	25	25
June	28.4		29	29	26	26
July	26.9		28	28	27	27
August	26.8		27	26	26	28
September	26.3		27	26	26	26
October	22.6		22	22	22	24
November	16.3		17	14	16	15
December	11.7		13	12	12	12
Average	20.0	12.5	20.8	21.3	20.6	20.6

29th lowest temperature of India

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	0.9	1	1	2	0	1
February	0.5	2	0	0	0	0
March	0.3	0	1	0	0	2
April	0.4		0	0	0	1
May	1.8		1	1	10	0
June	4.4		2	2	10	12
July	9.6		4	2	8	11
August	4.9		4	4	7	4
September	5.4		3	3	8	6
October	1.7		3	3	3	1
November	0.0		0	0	0	0
December	0.8		3	0	1	0
Average	2.5	1.0	1.7	1.4	4.2	3.3

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 (knots)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	3.8	3	2	4	4	5
February	4.5	5	3	5	4	5
March	4.9	4	4	5	5	5
April	6.0		6	6	6	6
May	5.9		4	6	5	6
June	6.1		7	6	5	5
July	5.8		6	8	6	4
August	5.7		6	6	5	7
September	5.3		5	5	7	4
October	3.8		3	4	5	4
November	3.2		2	3	2	4
December	3.5		3	4	3	3
Average	4.8	3.8	4.4	5.3	4.8	4.9

15th 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	297°	273°	325°	303°	297°
February	258°	259°	330°	285°	297°
March	272°	279°	311°	285°	293°
April		263°	323°	303°	323°
May		297°	051°	028°	026°
June		292°	301°	350°	049°
July		081°	084°	073°	194°
August		260°	080°	292°	079°
September		052°	087°	085°	341°
October		277°	353°	325°	351°
November		303°	262°	300°	327°
December		269°	263°	316°	287°

Prevailing wind direction

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