Kolkata Weather

Kolkata Weather

“Is it so small a thing
To have enjoy'd the sun,
To have lived light in the spring,
To have loved, to have thought, to have done”
Matthew Arnold

Enjoy the sun, the monsoon, as well as the spring while you are on a trip to the City of Joy! From the perspective of Kolkata Weather the best time to visit this magnificent city is between October and March. By June, the monsoon rains start to fall and they last until September. Never mind! The Kolkatans know how to dance even in the tune of the shower!

The city of Kolkata has a tropical climate. There lies a hot climate for this hot city for the maximum temperature in the summer can reach 41.7°C (min. 38.1°C). However, the winter is soothing in its own way for the climate ranges between 36.3°C to 9.6°C in the months of December, January and he mid of February.

The annual mean temperature is 26.8 °C; monthly mean temperatures range from 19 °C to 30 °C (67 °F to 86 °F). Here you will feel summers are hot and humid and maximum temperatures often exceed 40 °C during the months of May and June. Winter tends to last for only about two and a half months. This time seasonal temperature dips to the 12 °C – 14 °C between December and January.

To say something about Kolkata Weather, it has to be admitted that often during early summer, dusty squalls followed by spells of thunderstorm and heavy rains lash the city. However, this brings relief from the humid heat. These thunderstorms often depicted elaborately by the Bengali nature poets are locally acknowledged as Kal baisakhi—the Nor'westers.

The southeast monsoon supplies the city with most of its annual rainfall of 1,582 mm. Do visit the city.

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