India · 28.61°N 77.21°E · 30-year monthly averages, judged against the Warm preset (highs 19–28 °C66–82 °F, dry or showers)
The best time to visit Delhi is December to February, with highs of 21–25 °C70–77 °F and nights of 8–10 °C46–50 °F, and rainfall of under 60 mm2.4 in a month.
The rainy season is July to September; July to August is a true monsoon, with 200–224 mm7.9–8.8 in a month and a peak in August (224 mm8.8 in). May is the hottest month (highs of 40 °C104 °F) and January the coldest (21 °C70 °F); highs are above 38 °C100 °F from May to June.
The figures are 30-year monthly averages (WorldClim 2.1 monthly normals 1970–2000) for the 0.25° grid cell at 28.61, 77.21. This is a climate guide, not a forecast.
Pick the weather you like. Every month is then judged against it: temperature above the month names, rain below.
Good time to go for a Warm holiday: December to February.
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Reading the chart. Gold means good: the month fits what you picked. Any other colour shows the reason it does not. The temperature bar can be too cold or too hot; the rain bar can be too dry, too rainy or monsoon. A faded gold bar means that half fits but the other half does not. A gold month name means both halves fit.
What the verdicts mean. Temperature is the month's average daily high (the afternoon), judged against the preset's band (highs 19–28 °C66–82 °F for Warm). Rain is judged by each month's class within Delhi's own year, not by raw millimetres: dry under 60 mm2.4 in, showers 60–100 mm2.4–3.9 in, rainy from 100 mm3.9 in and at least 35 % of the wettest month. Too rainy is a rainy-season month that the preset does not 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 where the wettest month has at least three times the rain of the driest. Every monsoon month is also a rainy-season month; the label says which kind. Full rules on the method page.
| Month | Rain | High | Low | Season | Warm verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 160.6 | 2170 | 846 | dry | good |
| February | 160.6 | 2576 | 1050 | dry | good |
| March | 160.6 | 3086 | 1559 | dry | too hot |
| April | 80.3 | 3798 | 2170 | dry | too hot |
| May | 80.3 | 40104 | 2678 | dry | too hot |
| June | 401.6 | 40104 | 2882 | dry | too hot |
| July | 2007.9 | 3696 | 2780 | monsoon | too hot |
| August | 2248.8 | 3493 | 2679 | monsoon | too hot |
| September | 1124.4 | 3493 | 2576 | rainy | too hot |
| October | 240.9 | 3391 | 1966 | dry | too hot |
| November | 80.3 | 2882 | 1355 | dry | too hot |
| December | 80.3 | 2373 | 846 | dry | good |
| Looking for | Rule | Months that fit |
|---|---|---|
| Warm | highs 19–28 °C66–82 °F, dry or showers | December to February |
| Tropical | highs 28–38 °C82–100 °F, any rain except monsoon | September to November and March to April |
| Beach | highs 28–38 °C82–100 °F, dry or showers | March to April and October to November |
| Cool | highs 3–19 °C37–66 °F, any rain except monsoon | |
| Snow | highs below 3 °C37 °F, any rain |
Yes. The rainy season is July to September; July to August is a true monsoon, with 200–224 mm7.9–8.8 in a month and a peak in August (224 mm8.8 in). Outside the rainy season, October to June is dry.
May is the hottest month (highs of 40 °C104 °F) and January the coldest (21 °C70 °F); highs are above 38 °C100 °F from May to June. Annual rainfall is about 680 mm27 in.
The nearest destinations that fit the Warm preset in the months when Delhi does not:
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