Aligarh weather by month & the best time to visit

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The best time to visit Aligarh is November — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 93/100), with December and January close behind. Aligarh averages about 2,578 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 28°C / 82°F and roughly 4 mm of rain in November.

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Sun hours / year

2,578

Sunniest month

November

Peak score

93/100

Rain / year

731 mm

Midday UV at peak

9 (very high)

Population

805k

Elevation

183 m

When is the best time to visit Aligarh?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Aligarh is November, then December and January. The dullest month is May (0/100, 24 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Aligarh?

Aligarh gets a lot of sun: around 2,578 hours a year. 93 Sunshine Score points separate November (93) from May (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #73 of 112 destinations in India for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,654 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 73% of the year's 731 mm falls in the three months around August.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Ghaziabad India · 122 km · best in Nov · 2,630 h sun/yr
• New Delhi India · 129 km · best in Nov · 2,630 h sun/yr
• Jaipur India · 258 km · best in Jan · 3,104 h sun/yr
• Dehradun (Jauligrant) India · 259 km · best in Nov · 2,883 h sun/yr
• Lucknow India · 297 km · best in Nov · 2,543 h sun/yr
• Chandigarh India · 339 km · best in Nov · 3,064 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Agra India · 80 km · 2,668 h sun/yr · best in Nov
• Moradabad India · 131 km · 2,521 h sun/yr · best in Nov
• Bareilly India · 142 km · 2,478 h sun/yr · best in Nov
• Gwalior India · 175 km · 2,709 h sun/yr · best in Nov