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Best time to visit Delhi

India · 28.61°N 77.21°E · monthly climate normals, judged against the Warm preset (mean 14–24 °C57–75 °F, dry or showers)

The best time to visit Delhi is November to March, when mean temperatures run from 14 °C57 °F to 23 °C73 °F and rainfall stays below 60 mm2.4 in a month.

The rainy season runs July to September, and July to August is a true monsoon — 200–224 mm7.9–8.8 in a month, peaking in August at 224 mm8.8 in. June is the hottest month at 34 °C93 °F and January the coldest at 14 °C57 °F; it averages above 33 °C91 °F from May to June.

Figures are 30-year monthly averages (WorldClim 2.1 monthly normals 1970–2000) for the 0.25° grid cell at 28.61, 77.21 — a climate guide, not a forecast.

Delhi weather by month

Pick the weather you like and every month is judged against it — temperature above the month names, rain below.

Weather you like

mean 14–24 °C57–75 °F, dry or showers

Good time to go for a Warm holiday: November to March.

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▲ Temperature mean , coldest to warmest month
14°57°JAN160.617°63°FEB160.623°73°MAR160.629°84°APR80.333°91°MAY80.334°92°JUN401.631°88°JUL2007.930°86°AUG2248.830°85°SEP1124.426°79°OCT240.921°69°NOV80.316°60°DEC80.3
▼ Rainfall per month, driest to wettest

Reading the chart. Gold is good: the month fits what you picked. Any other colour names the reason it doesn't — the temperature bar can be too cold or too hot, the rain bar too dry, too rainy or monsoon. A faded gold bar is a half that fits while the other half fails; a gold month name means both fit.

What the verdicts mean. Temperature is the monthly mean, judged against the preset's band (mean 14–24 °C57–75 °F for Warm). Rain is judged by each month's class within Delhi's own year rather than raw millimetres: dry under 60 mm2.4 in, showers 60–100 mm2.4–3.9 in, rainy from 100 mm3.9 in and 35 % of the wettest month. Too rainy is a rainy-season month the preset doesn't allow. Monsoon is the heaviest kind of rainy season — 180 mm7.1 in or more (120 mm4.7 in near the yearly peak) in a climate whose wettest month is at least three times its driest — so every monsoon month is rainy season too; the label says which kind. Full rules on the method page.

MonthRain Mean SeasonWarm verdict
January160.61457drygood
February160.61763drygood
March160.62373drygood
April80.32984drytoo hot
May80.33391drytoo hot
June401.63492drytoo hot
July2007.93188monsoontoo hot
August2248.83086monsoontoo hot
September1124.43085rainytoo hot
October240.92679drytoo hot
November80.32169drygood
December80.31660drygood

When to go to Delhi, by holiday type

Looking forRuleMonths that fit
Warmmean 14–24 °C57–75 °F, dry or showersNovember to March
Tropicalmean 24–33 °C75–91 °F, anything but the monsoonSeptember to October and April
Beachmean 24–33 °C75–91 °F, dry or showersApril and October
Coolmean 0–14 °C32–57 °F, anything but the monsoonno month
Snowmean below 0 °C32 °F, any rainno month

Is there a rainy season in Delhi?

Yes. The rainy season runs July to September, and July to August is a true monsoon — 200–224 mm7.9–8.8 in a month, peaking in August at 224 mm8.8 in. Outside it, October to June is dry.

June is the hottest month at 34 °C93 °F and January the coldest at 14 °C57 °F; it averages above 33 °C91 °F from May to June. Annual rainfall totals about 680 mm27 in.

Where to go instead when Delhi doesn't fit

The nearest destinations that do fit the Warm preset in the months Delhi doesn't:

Nearby destinations

distances in — tap a unit to switch.

The interactive map colours the whole world by how it fits your picks in any month, and shows this chart for any place you tap.