Gaya weather by month & the best time to visit

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The best time to visit Gaya is November — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 94/100), with December and January close behind. Gaya averages about 2,611 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 27°C / 81°F and roughly 4 mm of rain in November.

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Sun hours / year

2,611

Sunniest month

November

Peak score

94/100

Rain / year

1,097 mm

Midday UV at peak

9 (very high)

Population

474k

Elevation

112 m

When is the best time to visit Gaya?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Gaya is November, then December and January. The dullest month is May (0/100, 44 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Gaya?

Gaya gets a lot of sun: around 2,611 hours a year. 94 Sunshine Score points separate November (94) from May (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #67 of 112 destinations in India for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,654 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 69% of the year's 1,097 mm falls in the three months around August.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Patna India · 95 km · best in Nov · 2,417 h sun/yr
• Ranchi India · 163 km · best in Nov · 2,341 h sun/yr
• Varanasi India · 225 km · best in Nov · 2,462 h sun/yr
• Biratnagar Nepal · 302 km · best in Jan · 2,215 h sun/yr
• Kathmandu Nepal · 331 km · best in Mar · 2,569 h sun/yr
• Siddharthanagar (Bhairahawa) Nepal · 343 km · best in Nov · 2,692 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Deoghar India · 180 km · 2,399 h sun/yr · best in Nov
• Darbhanga India · 188 km · 2,402 h sun/yr · best in Nov
• Janakpur Nepal · 239 km · 2,402 h sun/yr · best in Nov