Geography and Climate
Amritsar is located at 31°38′N 74°52′E / 31.63°N 74.87°E / 31.63; 74.87 with an average elevation of 234 metres (768 ft).
Amritsar has a semiarid climate, typical of Northwestern India and experiences four seasons primarily: winter season (November to March) with temperature ranges from 4 °C (39 °F) to about 19 °C (66 °F), summer season (April to June) where temperatures can reach 45 °C (113 °F), monsoon season (July to September) and post-monsoon season (September to November). Annual rainfall is about 681 millimetres (26.8 in). Since 1970, the lowest temperature, −6.6 °C (20.1 °F), was recorded on 21 Jan 2005 and the highest temperature, 49.7 °C (121.5 °F), was recorded on 21 May 1978.
| Climate data for Amritsar | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 19.2 (66.6) |
21.9 (71.4) |
26.9 (80.4) |
33.9 (93.0) |
38.8 (101.8) |
39.8 (103.6) |
35.3 (95.5) |
34.3 (93.7) |
34.4 (93.9) |
32.3 (90.1) |
27.0 (80.6) |
21.3 (70.3) |
30.43 (86.77) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 3.9 (39.0) |
6.3 (43.3) |
11.0 (51.8) |
16.2 (61.2) |
21.2 (70.2) |
24.9 (76.8) |
25.6 (78.1) |
25.2 (77.4) |
22.7 (72.9) |
15.7 (60.3) |
8.6 (47.5) |
4.3 (39.7) |
15.47 (59.84) |
| Rainfall mm (inches) | 28.3 (1.114) |
29.2 (1.15) |
34.8 (1.37) |
19.3 (0.76) |
19.6 (0.772) |
51.7 (2.035) |
224.7 (8.846) |
174.5 (6.87) |
94.6 (3.724) |
21.3 (0.839) |
5.7 (0.224) |
14.6 (0.575) |
718.3 (28.28) |
| Avg. rainy days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 2.4 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 3.1 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 3.6 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 35.8 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 182.9 | 193.2 | 220.1 | 264.0 | 294.5 | 270.0 | 217.0 | 226.3 | 240.0 | 254.2 | 219.0 | 182.9 | 2,764.1 |
| Source #1: IMD | |||||||||||||
| Source #2: HKO | |||||||||||||
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