Kolkata’s Durga Puja celebrations could see interruptions from light rain and thundershowers, with the Regional Meteorological Centre forecasting cloudy conditions and rainfall across the main festival days from Chaturthi to Navami, October 14 to 19.
The forecast covers Kolkata and several adjoining districts of South Bengal as the city prepares for Mahalaya. The India Meteorological Department has predicted partly cloudy skies with light rainfall in Kolkata on Saturday, October 10, while the city is expected to receive a temporary break from rain between October 11 and 13.
Rainfall is forecast to return from Chaturthi on October 14 and could continue through Navami on October 19. The weather office has also indicated the possibility of thundershowers in Kolkata between Panchami and Saptami, the period when festival activity and pandal visits are expected to be particularly intense.
Similar weather conditions have been forecast for North 24 Parganas, South 24 Parganas, Howrah, Hooghly, East Midnapore, West Midnapore and Jhargram. These districts include areas connected to Kolkata’s wider festival movement, making the forecast relevant beyond the city’s administrative limits.
For residents and visitors, the forecast places weather conditions directly alongside the city’s annual pattern of late-evening and overnight movement between puja pandals. Light rain can affect outdoor queues, temporary festival structures and access routes, while thundershowers may require visitors to adjust their plans during the affected hours. The supplied forecast does not specify rainfall quantities, wind speeds or district-level alerts.
Kolkata’s Puja season brings large concentrations of people into public streets and neighbourhoods, but the weather update does not include any announcement about changes to traffic arrangements, crowd-management plans or festival permissions. No such administrative response was cited in the report.
The forecast also indicates a possible improvement after the main spell. Kolkata may see partly cloudy skies on October 20 and 21, with no rainfall predicted for those two days by the Regional Meteorological Centre. Weather forecasts can be revised as the festival approaches, and further updates from the meteorological authorities will determine the expected conditions for individual Puja days.
