Climate risk in Jamshedpur
Jharkhand, India · 1.3M people in the urban area
What threatens Jamshedpur 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
Jamshedpur had 24 days with 20 mm of rain or more in 2025.
Mumbai: 33 days.
Jamshedpur's climate in the 2050s
2041-2060 compared with 1991-2020, moderate emissions
By the 2050s, Jamshedpur's climate will still be more like its own today than any other large city's. The nearest other is Asansol (India).
+1.3°C
Mean temperature over the year
+1.5°C
Highest in the warmest month
+1.4°C
Lowest in the coldest month
+1%
Precipitation over the year
Under high emissions, the nearest is Kolkata (India), and only in part.
Its own climate today is 1.5 σ away. How close the match is: 1.7 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 Jamshedpur stands out
41.3°C
Hottest day of 2025
Mumbai: 35.4°C.
Higher than in 86% of the world's 630 large cities
66 days
Hot days in 2025, over 35 °C
Mumbai: 2 days.
Higher than in 85% of the world's 630 large cities
Hazards at Jamshedpur
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 | Jamshedpur | Among large cities | In India |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hot days in 2025, over 35 °C | 66 days | Among large cities: above 85% | In India: 33 of 50 |
| Tropical nights in 2025, over 20 °C | 235 days | Among large cities: above 80% | In India: 24 of 50 |
| Hottest day of 2025 | 41.3°C | Among large cities: above 86% | In India: 27 of 50 |
| Warming by 2050, moderate emissions | +1°C | Among large cities: above 1% | In India: 48 of 50 |
| Days with 20 mm of rain or more in 2025 | 24 days | Among large cities: above 91% | In India: 8 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 | 0.39 m/s² | Among large cities: above 39% | In India: 30 of 50 |
| Land burned in an average year | 0% | ||
| Cyclone wind, once in 100 years | 25.07 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 Jamshedpur on the live map
See the hottest days around Jamshedpur on the live map
41.3°C © OpenStreetMap 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
- Madurai
- Jabalpur
- Rajkot
- Dhanbad
- Amritsar
- Warangal
- Prayagraj
- Srinagar
- Vijayawada
- Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar
- Bhilai
- Solapur
- Jodhpur
- Gwalior
- Ranchi
- Tiruchirappalli
- Kota
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