Gwalior weather by month & the best time to visit
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The best time to visit Gwalior is November — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 94/100), with December and January close behind. Gwalior averages about 2,709 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 29°C / 84°F and roughly 6 mm of rain in November.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,709
- Sunniest month
- November
- Peak score
- 94/100
- Rain / year
- 675 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 9 (very high)
- Population
- 1.1M
- Elevation
- 188 m
When is the best time to visit Gwalior?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Gwalior is November, then December and January. The dullest month is May (0/100, 18 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Gwalior?
Gwalior gets a lot of sun: around 2,709 hours a year. 94 Sunshine Score points separate November (94) from May (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #45 of 112 destinations in India for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,654 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 74% of the year's 675 mm falls in the three months around August.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 93 | 23° / 73°F | 7° / 45°F | 12 mm | 4 |
| February | 93 | 28° / 82°F | 10° / 50°F | 13 mm | 6 |
| March | 74 | 34° / 93°F | 16° / 61°F | 10 mm | 8 |
| April | 19 | 40° / 104°F | 23° / 73°F | 8 mm | 9 |
| May | 0 | 44° / 111°F | 29° / 84°F | 18 mm | 9 |
| June | 0 | 42° / 108°F | 31° / 88°F | 81 mm | 8 |
| July | 40 | 36° / 97°F | 28° / 82°F | 194 mm | 8 |
| August | 61 | 33° / 91°F | 26° / 79°F | 198 mm | 8 |
| September | 68 | 33° / 91°F | 24° / 75°F | 108 mm | 8 |
| October | 82 | 33° / 91°F | 19° / 66°F | 21 mm | 6 |
| November | 94 | 29° / 84°F | 14° / 57°F | 6 mm | 4 |
| December | 94 | 25° / 77°F | 9° / 48°F | 6 mm | 3 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Jaipur India · 247 km · best in Jan · 3,104 h sun/yr
- Lucknow India · 270 km · best in Nov · 2,543 h sun/yr
- New Delhi India · 275 km · best in Nov · 2,630 h sun/yr
- Ghaziabad India · 282 km · best in Nov · 2,630 h sun/yr
- Nepalgunj Nepal · 395 km · best in Nov · 2,459 h sun/yr
- Dehradun (Jauligrant) India · 433 km · best in Nov · 2,883 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Agra India · 100 km · 2,668 h sun/yr · best in Nov
- Aligarh India · 175 km · 2,578 h sun/yr · best in Nov
- Kanpur India · 218 km · 2,543 h sun/yr · best in Nov
- Khajuraho India · 236 km · 2,862 h sun/yr · best in Nov
- Bareilly India · 266 km · 2,478 h sun/yr · best in Nov
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