Rajkot has a hot semi-arid climate, with hot, dry summers from mid-March to mid-June
and the wet monsoon season from mid-June to October, when the city receives 670
millimetres or 26 inches of rain on average, although this rainfall varies greatly
from year to year – for instance less than 160 millimetres or 6.3 inches fell in
1911 and 1939 but more than 1,300 millimetres or 51 inches in 1878 and over 1,450
millimetres or 57 inches in the incomplete year of 1959. The months from November
to February are mild, the average temperature being around 20 °C or 68 °F, with
low humidity.