Climate
Agra features a semiarid climate that borders on a humid subtropical climate. The city features mild winters, hot and dry summers and a monsoon season. However the monsoons, though substantial in Agra, are not quite as heavy as the monsoon in other parts of India. This is a primary factor in Agra featuring a semiarid climate as opposed to a humid subtropical climate.
| Climate data for Agra, India | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 22.3 (72.1) |
25.5 (77.9) |
31.9 (89.4) |
37.9 (100.2) |
41.7 (107.1) |
40.7 (105.3) |
35.3 (95.5) |
33.2 (91.8) |
34.0 (93.2) |
34.0 (93.2) |
29.2 (84.6) |
23.9 (75.0) |
32.47 (90.44) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 7.7 (45.9) |
10.3 (50.5) |
15.4 (59.7) |
21.5 (70.7) |
26.5 (79.7) |
28.9 (84.0) |
26.8 (80.2) |
25.7 (78.3) |
24.3 (75.7) |
19.1 (66.4) |
12.5 (54.5) |
8.2 (46.8) |
18.91 (66.03) |
| Rainfall mm (inches) | 13.3 (0.524) |
17.7 (0.697) |
9.1 (0.358) |
6.7 (0.264) |
11.9 (0.469) |
55.7 (2.193) |
203.3 (8.004) |
241.1 (9.492) |
128.5 (5.059) |
25.2 (0.992) |
4.3 (0.169) |
6.0 (0.236) |
722.8 (28.457) |
| Avg. rainy days | 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 4.7 | 13.8 | 14.9 | 7.7 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 53.3 |
| Source: World Meteorological Organization. | |||||||||||||
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