Roha

Roha (English: /ˈroʊə/) is a town and subdistrict/upazila/tehsil in the Raigad district of Maharashtra state in India, 120 km southeast of Mumbai between the banks of the Kundalika River and the hills of Kalasgiri. It has a population of over 20,849. Roha is connected to Mumbai by Panvel-Roha railway line. Roha is off of the Mumbai Goa Highway, via the Kolad road.

Roha
town
Roha Location in Maharashtra, India
Coordinates: 18.4543°N 73.1147°E / 18.4543; 73.1147
Country	Roha India
State	Maharashtra
District	Raigad
Government
• Body	Municipal Council
Population
• Total	27,849
Language
• Official	Marathi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	402 109 , 402116 (MIDC)
Telephone code	02194
Vehicle registration	MH-06
Lok Sabha constituency	Raigad
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Shrivardhan
Climate	Moderate (Köppen)

Roha in the 1970s

Roha railway station

Notable people

• C. D. Deshmukh, politician who spent his childhood in Roha.

• Pandurang Vaijnath Shastri Athavale religious leader, born in Roha.

Climate

Köppen-Geiger climate classification system classifies its climate as tropical wet and dry (Aw).

Climate data for Roha
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	29.1 (84.4)	29.6 (85.3)	31.2 (88.2)	32.5 (90.5)	33.1 (91.6)	31.4 (88.5)	29.4 (84.9)	29 (84)	29.7 (85.5)	31.6 (88.9)	31.7 (89.1)	30.4 (86.7)	30.7 (87.3)
Daily mean °C (°F)	23.8 (74.8)	24.3 (75.7)	26.5 (79.7)	28.6 (83.5)	29.8 (85.6)	28.6 (83.5)	27.2 (81.0)	26.8 (80.2)	27 (81)	27.7 (81.9)	26.5 (79.7)	24.9 (76.8)	26.8 (80.3)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	18.6 (65.5)	19.1 (66.4)	21.8 (71.2)	24.7 (76.5)	26.5 (79.7)	25.9 (78.6)	25.1 (77.2)	24.7 (76.5)	24.3 (75.7)	23.8 (74.8)	21.4 (70.5)	19.4 (66.9)	22.9 (73.3)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	2 (0.1)	24 (0.9)	687 (27.0)	1,364 (53.7)	889 (35.0)	398 (15.7)	113 (4.4)	14 (0.6)	1 (0.0)	3,492 (137.4)
Source: Climate-Data.org (altitude: 9m)[1]

Summers are hot and humid with temperatures touching 37-39 degrees Celsius. Rains are pretty heavy during monsoon. Winters are not so chilly with temperatures falling to 11-12 degrees Celsius. Average annual rainfall in Roha is 3450mm.