Bhubaneswar weather by month & the best time to visit
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The best time to visit Bhubaneswar is January — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 91/100), with December and February close behind. Bhubaneswar averages about 2,342 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 27°C / 81°F and roughly 11 mm of rain in January.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,342
- Sunniest month
- January
- Peak score
- 91/100
- Rain / year
- 1,574 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 10 (very high)
- Population
- 885k
- Elevation
- 42 m
When is the best time to visit Bhubaneswar?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Bhubaneswar is January, then December and February. The dullest month is April (17/100, 41 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Bhubaneswar?
Bhubaneswar gets a moderate 2,342 hours of sunshine a year. 74 Sunshine Score points separate January (91) from April (17), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #98 of 112 destinations in India for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,654 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 62% of the year's 1,574 mm falls in the three months around August.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 91 | 27° / 81°F | 13° / 55°F | 11 mm | 5 |
| February | 89 | 31° / 88°F | 16° / 61°F | 17 mm | 7 |
| March | 53 | 36° / 97°F | 21° / 70°F | 23 mm | 8 |
| April | 17 | 40° / 104°F | 25° / 77°F | 41 mm | 10 |
| May | 22 | 39° / 102°F | 27° / 81°F | 102 mm | 9 |
| June | 52 | 34° / 93°F | 27° / 81°F | 211 mm | 8 |
| July | 65 | 31° / 88°F | 26° / 79°F | 343 mm | 7 |
| August | 65 | 30° / 86°F | 25° / 77°F | 341 mm | 8 |
| September | 65 | 30° / 86°F | 25° / 77°F | 288 mm | 8 |
| October | 65 | 30° / 86°F | 22° / 72°F | 164 mm | 7 |
| November | 88 | 28° / 82°F | 17° / 63°F | 23 mm | 6 |
| December | 91 | 25° / 77°F | 13° / 55°F | 10 mm | 5 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Ranchi India · 344 km · best in Nov · 2,341 h sun/yr
- Kolkata India · 382 km · best in Jan · 2,164 h sun/yr
- Visakhapatnam India · 391 km · best in Jan · 2,412 h sun/yr
- Raipur India · 436 km · best in Nov · 2,690 h sun/yr
- Patna India · 598 km · best in Nov · 2,417 h sun/yr
- Dhaka Bangladesh · 619 km · best in Jan · 2,130 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Bhawanipatna India · 275 km · 2,475 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Durgapur India · 403 km · 2,245 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Ambikapur India · 407 km · 2,585 h sun/yr · best in Nov
Head-to-head
How Bhubaneswar compares month by month: Bhubaneswar vs Kolkata · Bhubaneswar vs Ranchi · Bhubaneswar vs Visakhapatnam · Bhubaneswar vs Raipur · all comparisons
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