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Amritsar, the largest city of Punjab and home of the Golden Temple, sits on the flat Punjab plain in the far northwest of India, close to the Pakistani border at approximately 31.63°N, 74.87°E. Its northerly, inland position gives it a humid subtropical climate with dry winters (Köppen Cwa) — with the coldest winters and one of the widest temperature ranges of any major Indian city.
Summer, from April to June, is extremely hot and dry, with May and June the hottest — highs regularly reaching 40–45°C — with low humidity and hot, dusty winds. The monsoon then arrives around late June or early July and lasts into September, bringing the bulk of the year's rain, high humidity and cooler, muggier conditions before withdrawing in late September.
Winter, from December to February, is genuinely cold by Indian standards, with January the coolest month — highs around 18–19°C but nights near 4–6°C, dropping to freezing during cold waves. Dense fog regularly blankets the Punjab plain from November to February, disrupting flights and rail, and winter disturbances of Mediterranean origin can bring light rain and sharp cold snaps.
Amritsar receives around 650–700 mm of precipitation a year, most of it delivered by the southwest monsoon between July and September, though its far-northern position also brings modest winter rain from western disturbances — a pattern that distinguishes Punjab from the rest of the plains. Live rainfall, humidity, and pressure readings for the city are shown in the panels above.
Amritsar experiences one of the widest temperature ranges of any major Indian city, from near-freezing winter nights to pre-monsoon days above 45°C. Its winter fog is among the densest on the Gangetic-Punjab plain, and, unlike most of India, it also receives rain in winter from western disturbances — the same Mediterranean-origin systems that bring snow to the Himalayas to the north.
To follow any single measurement in Amritsar more closely, use our live instruments: the online barometer for atmospheric pressure, the thermometer for temperature, the hygrometer for humidity, the anemometer for wind speed, the wind vane for wind direction, and the rain gauge for rainfall.