Patna weather by month & the best time to visit
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The best time to visit Patna is November — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 93/100), with December and January close behind. Patna averages about 2,417 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 27°C / 81°F and roughly 2 mm of rain in November.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,417
- Sunniest month
- November
- Peak score
- 93/100
- Rain / year
- 996 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 8 (very high)
- Population
- 2.2M
- Elevation
- 52 m
When is the best time to visit Patna?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Patna is November, then December and January. The dullest month is May (0/100, 50 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Patna?
Patna gets a moderate 2,417 hours of sunshine a year. 93 Sunshine Score points separate November (93) from May (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #89 of 112 destinations in India for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,654 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 69% of the year's 996 mm falls in the three months around August.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 91 | 23° / 73°F | 8° / 46°F | 11 mm | 3 |
| February | 90 | 28° / 82°F | 12° / 54°F | 14 mm | 5 |
| March | 64 | 35° / 95°F | 18° / 64°F | 9 mm | 7 |
| April | 9 | 41° / 106°F | 24° / 75°F | 14 mm | 8 |
| May | 0 | 42° / 108°F | 28° / 82°F | 50 mm | 8 |
| June | 13 | 40° / 104°F | 30° / 86°F | 152 mm | 8 |
| July | 52 | 34° / 93°F | 27° / 81°F | 276 mm | 7 |
| August | 66 | 32° / 90°F | 26° / 79°F | 233 mm | 8 |
| September | 66 | 31° / 88°F | 25° / 77°F | 181 mm | 7 |
| October | 84 | 31° / 88°F | 20° / 68°F | 51 mm | 6 |
| November | 93 | 27° / 81°F | 14° / 57°F | 2 mm | 5 |
| December | 92 | 24° / 75°F | 10° / 50°F | 3 mm | 3 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Varanasi India · 224 km · best in Nov · 2,462 h sun/yr
- Kathmandu Nepal · 236 km · best in Mar · 2,569 h sun/yr
- Biratnagar Nepal · 239 km · best in Jan · 2,215 h sun/yr
- Ranchi India · 254 km · best in Nov · 2,341 h sun/yr
- Siddharthanagar (Bhairahawa) Nepal · 270 km · best in Nov · 2,692 h sun/yr
- Pokhara Nepal · 310 km · best in Nov · 2,469 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Gaya India · 95 km · 2,611 h sun/yr · best in Nov
- Darbhanga India · 107 km · 2,402 h sun/yr · best in Nov
- Janakpur Nepal · 150 km · 2,402 h sun/yr · best in Nov
- Simara Nepal · 175 km · 2,644 h sun/yr · best in Nov
- Deoghar India · 207 km · 2,399 h sun/yr · best in Nov
Head-to-head
How Patna compares month by month: Patna vs Kathmandu · Patna vs Varanasi · Patna vs Ranchi · Patna vs Biratnagar · all comparisons
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