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Best time to visit Mumbai

India · 19.08°N 72.88°E · monthly climate normals, judged against the Tropical preset (mean 24–33 °C75–91 °F, anything but the monsoon)

The best time to visit Mumbai is February to May and October to December, when mean temperatures run from 25 °C77 °F to 30 °C86 °F and rainfall runs 0–88 mm0–3.5 in a month.

The monsoon runs June to September, with 312–816 mm12–32 in a month and peaking in July at 816 mm32 in. May is the hottest month at 30 °C86 °F and January the coldest at 24 °C75 °F.

Figures are 30-year monthly averages (WorldClim 2.1 monthly normals 1970–2000) for the 0.25° grid cell at 19.08, 72.88 — a climate guide, not a forecast.

Mumbai 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 24–33 °C75–91 °F, anything but the monsoon

Good time to go for a Tropical holiday: February to May and October to December.

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▲ Temperature mean , coldest to warmest month
24°74°JAN0025°76°FEB0027°81°MAR0029°84°APR80.330°86°MAY240.929°84°JUN4721928°82°JUL8163227°81°AUG5122028°82°SEP3121228°82°OCT883.527°81°NOV160.625°77°DEC00
▼ 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 24–33 °C75–91 °F for Tropical). Rain is judged by each month's class within Mumbai'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 SeasonTropical verdict
January002474drytoo cold
February002576drygood
March002781drygood
April80.32984drygood
May240.93086drygood
June472192984monsoonmonsoon
July816322882monsoonmonsoon
August512202781monsoonmonsoon
September312122882monsoonmonsoon
October883.52882showersgood
November160.62781drygood
December002577drygood

When to go to Mumbai, by holiday type

Looking forRuleMonths that fit
Warmmean 14–24 °C57–75 °F, dry or showersJanuary
Tropicalmean 24–33 °C75–91 °F, anything but the monsoonFebruary to May and October to December
Beachmean 24–33 °C75–91 °F, dry or showersFebruary to May and October to December
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 Mumbai?

Yes. The monsoon runs June to September, with 312–816 mm12–32 in a month and peaking in July at 816 mm32 in. Outside it, November to May is dry.

May is the hottest month at 30 °C86 °F and January the coldest at 24 °C75 °F. Annual rainfall totals about 2,248 mm89 in.

Where to go instead when Mumbai doesn't fit

The nearest destinations that do fit the Tropical preset in the months Mumbai 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.