Climate risk in Dhanbad
Jharkhand, India · 1.2M people in the urban area
What threatens Dhanbad most
- Water stress
- High WRI Aqueduct
- Drought
- High WRI Aqueduct
- Earthquake
- Low GSHAP
Tsunamis and landslides are not rated for a single city here. Climate risk profile of India
Dhanbad's hottest day of 2025 reached 42.2°C.
Mumbai: 35.4°C.
Dhanbad's climate in the 2050s
2041-2060 compared with 1991-2020, moderate emissions
By the 2050s, Dhanbad is projected to have the climate that Asansol (India) has today.
+1.3°C
Mean temperature over the year
+1.5°C
Highest in the warmest month
+1.4°C
Lowest in the coldest month
+2%
Precipitation over the year
Under high emissions, Dhanbad would have the climate that Asansol (India) has today.
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How close the match is: 0.1 σ to the climate of Asansol today, where under 2 is close and over 4 is no match (Mahony et al. 2017). 3 of 3 climate model runs name the same city. Seasonal temperature and rain are compared, not extremes, city heat or the sea.
Where else Dhanbad stands out
65 days
Hot days in 2025, over 35 °C
Mumbai: 2 days.
Higher than in 85% of the world's 630 large cities
232 days
Tropical nights in 2025, over 20 °C
Mumbai: 319 days.
Higher than in 79% of the world's 630 large cities
Hazards at Dhanbad
Read at the city's centre and compared with the Atlas's 630 large cities. Moderate emissions is the IPCC's scenario SSP2-4.5.
| Hazard | Dhanbad | Among large cities | In India |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hot days in 2025, over 35 °C | 65 days | Among large cities: above 85% | In India: 34 of 50 |
| Tropical nights in 2025, over 20 °C | 232 days | Among large cities: above 79% | In India: 27 of 50 |
| Hottest day of 2025 | 42.2°C | Among large cities: above 89% | In India: 22 of 50 |
| Warming by 2050, moderate emissions | +1.1°C | Among large cities: above 3% | In India: 42 of 50 |
| Days with 20 mm of rain or more in 2025 | 18 days | Among large cities: above 79% | In India: 19 of 50 |
| River flood depth, 100-year event | Dry at the city centre point | ||
| Coastal flood depth, 100-year event | Dry at the city centre point | ||
| Water stress | High (40-80%) | Among large cities: above 56% | In India: 30 of 50 |
| Drought risk | High | Among large cities: above 50% | In India: 23 of 49 |
| Earthquake shaking, once in 475 years | 0.32 m/s² | Among large cities: above 33% | In India: 35 of 50 |
| Land burned in an average year | 0% | ||
| Cyclone wind, once in 100 years | 21.53 m/s |
Flood depth is read in a single 1 km cell at the city's centre, in today's climate. Other parts of the city can still flood. The country page names the deepest point near a coastal city in 2080, so its figure can be higher. See how deep a river flood reaches around Dhanbad on the live map
See the hot days around Dhanbad on the live map
65 days © OpenStreetMap Large cities near Dhanbad
- Asansol · India
- Jamshedpur · India
- Ranchi · India
- Howrah · India
Large cities in India
- Mumbai
- Delhi
- Kolkata
- Chennai
- Bengaluru
- Hyderabad
- Amaravati
- Ahmedabad
- Howrah
- Pune
- Surat
- Kanpur
- Jaipur
- Lucknow
- Nagpur
- Patna
- Indore
- Vadodara
- Bhopal
- Coimbatore
- Ludhiana
- Agra
- Kalyān
- Visakhapatnam
- Kochi
- Nashik
- Tirunelveli
- Meerut
- Faridabad
- Varanasi
- Ghaziabad
- Asansol
- Jamshedpur
- Madurai
- Jabalpur
- Rajkot
- Amritsar
- Warangal
- Prayagraj
- Srinagar
- Vijayawada
- Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar
- Bhilai
- Solapur
- Jodhpur
- Gwalior
- Ranchi
- Tiruchirappalli
- Kota
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