Weather in Kanpur in June

The month to avoid. June is the month most people should skip in Kanpur. Daytime highs average 41.3 °C and the afternoon is not negotiable — outdoor plans move to early morning or evening.

June ranks 12 of 12 — near the bottom of Kanpur's year. December is the month that works, and the swing between the two is 71 points, which is a different holiday rather than a slightly better one.

Rain on 12 days, 3 of them heavy. Enough to need a plan B, not enough to need a plan around it. Pack for heat management rather than style: shade, water, and a schedule that gives up on the middle of the day.

What the averages hide

Averages flatten a month, and this one hides a few things: 27 days of the month clear 35 °C — that is not a heatwave, it is the month. Across the twenty years measured, the hottest June day reached 49.4 °C and the coldest night fell to 22.6 °C, and the wettest single day dropped 75 mm — roughly 71% of the month's rain in one day.

June is moderately variable: 8 mm in the driest year against 250 mm in the wettest, around an average of 106 mm. Roughly two Junes in three land near that average, and the third does something else entirely.

Wind is light at 9.8 km/h, so the temperature on the page is close to the temperature on your skin, and the air is dry at 40% humidity, which makes the heat far more bearable than the same figure somewhere humid — and dehydrates you faster than you expect.

How June sits in the year

The month is on the way down: 2 °C cooler than May, with July dropping another 6.4 °C. The first week and the last are not the same trip. Rain is the thing that moves: July brings 11 days more of it, so the earlier half of a flexible trip is the safer half.

Daylight in June

June is at or near the longest days of Kanpur's year: 13.8 hours of daylight, holding steady all month. Evenings are the real gain — dinner outdoors still happens in full light.

An inland climate

With no coast nearby, the year swings a fair way — 35.1 °C between the warmest afternoons and the coldest nights, wider than any coastal city at this latitude would manage.

How busy it gets

Off season. The genuine off season: cheapest by a distance, with the caveat that some tours and restaurants close entirely.

Crowd levels are estimated from climate desirability and school-holiday calendars, not from visitor numbers.

June in Kanpur versus nearby

If Kanpur is one option among several, the nearby comparison is worth making. Agra is close enough to be a coin toss — within a degree on temperature, 2 days less rain. Varanasi is close enough to be a coin toss — within a degree on temperature, the same number of rain days.

So: June is a compromise. December is 71 points better and is what Kanpur is actually like at its best — worth moving the trip for if that is possible, and worth adjusting expectations for if it is not.

Every month in Kanpur

See all twelve months in Kanpur, or where else to go in June.