Weather in Nagpur in October
India · 20-year averages, October
A good month. October is a solid month to be in Nagpur. Highs average 29.7 °C, lows 19.3 °C, and rain falls on 6 days — nothing in the month is working against you.
October ranks 4 of 12 in Nagpur: past the worst of the year but short of December, which is the month to book if the dates are open.
Rain falls on only 6 days, so an itinerary with no wet-weather fallback is a reasonable risk. Pack for 29.7 °C days and 19.3 °C nights; the spread matters more here than any single number.
What the averages hide
Averages flatten a month, and this one hides a few things: 13 days top 30 °C — hot spells arrive, but they break. Across the twenty years measured, the hottest October day reached 34.3 °C and the coldest night fell to 12.5 °C, and the wettest single day dropped 48 mm — roughly 100% of the month's rain in one day.
This is the volatile part. October rainfall has ranged from 0 mm to 160 mm across the twenty years measured — a 160 mm spread around an average of 48 mm. The average is real but almost no individual October looks like it, so treat the figure as the middle of a wide range rather than a forecast.
Wind is light at 5.1 km/h, so the temperature on the page is close to the temperature on your skin, and humidity runs at 76%, high enough to notice on the warm days without dominating them.
How October sits in the year
Temperatures hold steady either side: 30 °C in September, 29.7 here, 29.1 in November. Nothing about the timing within the month matters much. Rain has already shifted: 12 days fewer than September had.
Daylight in October
11.7 hours of daylight, losing 0.6 hours across the month. That is between Nagpur's extremes of 13.4 and 10.9 hours, so days are long enough not to constrain the plan.
An inland climate
With no coast nearby, the year swings a fair way — 31.7 °C between the warmest afternoons and the coldest nights, wider than any coastal city at this latitude would manage.
How busy it gets
Busy. Popular without being frantic; book the things you care about, improvise the rest.
Crowd levels are estimated from climate desirability and school-holiday calendars, not from visitor numbers.
October in Nagpur versus nearby
If Nagpur is one option among several, the nearby comparison is worth making. Jabalpur is close enough to be a coin toss — within a degree on temperature, 1 day less rain. Raipur is close enough to be a coin toss — within a degree on temperature, 2 days more rain.
So: October works, with December the better month by 14 points if the dates can move. If they cannot, nothing here should stop you booking.
Every month in Nagpur
| Month | High °C | Low °C | Rain days | Rain mm | Humidity % | Daylight h | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.4 | 12.2 | 2 | 15 | 43 | 11 | 86 |
| February | 33.2 | 15.6 | 2 | 10 | 35 | 11.4 | 69 |
| March | 37.5 | 20.2 | 4 | 20 | 29 | 12 | 30 |
| April | 41.8 | 25.2 | 3 | 13 | 23 | 12.6 | 30 |
| May | 43.9 | 29.1 | 4 | 21 | 25 | 13.1 | 30 |
| June | 37.1 | 27 | 17 | 223 | 58 | 13.4 | 20 |
| July | 30.8 | 24.1 | 25 | 361 | 82 | 13.3 | 46 |
| August | 29.5 | 23.5 | 24 | 310 | 87 | 12.9 | 47 |
| September | 30 | 22.8 | 18 | 200 | 85 | 12.3 | 47 |
| October | 29.7 | 19.3 | 6 | 48 | 76 | 11.7 | 77 |
| November | 29.1 | 15.2 | 2 | 10 | 68 | 11.1 | 87 |
| December | 28.7 | 12.2 | 1 | 3 | 56 | 10.9 | 91 |
See all twelve months in Nagpur, or where else to go in October.
Planning the rest of the trip
- Where to eat & stay in Nagpur every café, restaurant and hotel
- Flight time to Nagpur how long you are actually in the air
- Nagpur time zone and the difference from home
- Days until your trip count down to the departure date