Bhopal weather by month & the best time to visit

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The best time to visit Bhopal is January — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 94/100), with February and November close behind. Bhopal averages about 2,810 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 25°C / 77°F and roughly 11 mm of rain in January.

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Sun hours / year

2,810

Sunniest month

January

Peak score

94/100

Rain / year

1,216 mm

Midday UV at peak

11 (extreme)

Population

1.8M

Elevation

520 m

When is the best time to visit Bhopal?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Bhopal is January, then February and November. The dullest month is May (0/100, 13 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Bhopal?

Bhopal gets a lot of sun: around 2,810 hours a year. 94 Sunshine Score points separate January (94) from May (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #26 of 112 destinations in India for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,654 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 79% of the year's 1,216 mm falls in the three months around July.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Indore India · 169 km · best in Jan · 2,804 h sun/yr
• Nagpur India · 301 km · best in Dec · 2,707 h sun/yr
• Jaipur India · 422 km · best in Jan · 3,104 h sun/yr
• Ahmedabad India · 481 km · best in Jan · 3,112 h sun/yr
• Raipur India · 510 km · best in Nov · 2,690 h sun/yr
• Lucknow India · 526 km · best in Nov · 2,543 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Jabalpur India · 278 km · 2,726 h sun/yr · best in Nov
• Khajuraho India · 312 km · 2,862 h sun/yr · best in Nov
• Jalgaon India · 313 km · 2,816 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Gwalior India · 346 km · 2,709 h sun/yr · best in Nov