Gorakhpur weather by month & the best time to visit

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The best time to visit Gorakhpur is November — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 93/100), with December and January close behind. Gorakhpur averages about 2,377 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 27°C / 81°F and roughly 1 mm of rain in November.

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Sun hours / year

2,377

Sunniest month

November

Peak score

93/100

Rain / year

1,084 mm

Midday UV at peak

9 (very high)

Population

1.3M

Elevation

84 m

When is the best time to visit Gorakhpur?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Gorakhpur is November, then December and January. The dullest month is May (0/100, 52 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Gorakhpur?

Gorakhpur gets a moderate 2,377 hours of sunshine a year. 93 Sunshine Score points separate November (93) from May (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #94 of 112 destinations in India for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,654 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 70% of the year's 1,084 mm falls in the three months around August.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Siddharthanagar (Bhairahawa) Nepal · 85 km · best in Nov · 2,692 h sun/yr
• Varanasi India · 155 km · best in Nov · 2,462 h sun/yr
• Pokhara Nepal · 171 km · best in Nov · 2,469 h sun/yr
• Patna India · 207 km · best in Nov · 2,417 h sun/yr
• Kathmandu Nepal · 217 km · best in Mar · 2,569 h sun/yr
• Nepalgunj Nepal · 232 km · best in Nov · 2,459 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Faizabad India · 128 km · 2,407 h sun/yr · best in Nov
• Bharatpur Nepal · 142 km · 2,643 h sun/yr · best in Nov
• Simara Nepal · 159 km · 2,644 h sun/yr · best in Nov
• Shravasti India · 164 km · 2,705 h sun/yr · best in Nov