Indore weather by month & the best time to visit
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The best time to visit Indore is January — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 95/100), with February and December close behind. Indore averages about 2,804 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 27°C / 81°F and roughly 5 mm of rain in January.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,804
- Sunniest month
- January
- Peak score
- 95/100
- Rain / year
- 922 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 11 (extreme)
- Population
- 2M
- Elevation
- 563 m
When is the best time to visit Indore?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Indore is January, then February and December. The dullest month is May (9/100, 11 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Indore?
Indore gets a lot of sun: around 2,804 hours a year. 86 Sunshine Score points separate January (95) from May (9), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #27 of 112 destinations in India for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,654 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 78% of the year's 922 mm falls in the three months around August.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 95 | 27° / 81°F | 10° / 50°F | 5 mm | 6 |
| February | 95 | 31° / 88°F | 13° / 55°F | 3 mm | 8 |
| March | 66 | 35° / 95°F | 17° / 63°F | 7 mm | 9 |
| April | 19 | 40° / 104°F | 22° / 72°F | 4 mm | 11 |
| May | 9 | 41° / 106°F | 25° / 77°F | 11 mm | 11 |
| June | 43 | 36° / 97°F | 24° / 75°F | 129 mm | 9 |
| July | 68 | 30° / 86°F | 22° / 72°F | 288 mm | 7 |
| August | 68 | 28° / 82°F | 22° / 72°F | 275 mm | 7 |
| September | 68 | 29° / 84°F | 21° / 70°F | 158 mm | 8 |
| October | 91 | 30° / 86°F | 17° / 63°F | 26 mm | 8 |
| November | 93 | 29° / 84°F | 14° / 57°F | 12 mm | 6 |
| December | 95 | 27° / 81°F | 11° / 52°F | 4 mm | 5 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Ahmedabad India · 327 km · best in Jan · 3,112 h sun/yr
- Surat India · 362 km · best in Jan · 2,904 h sun/yr
- Nagpur India · 381 km · best in Dec · 2,707 h sun/yr
- Jaipur India · 456 km · best in Jan · 3,104 h sun/yr
- Pune India · 500 km · best in Jan · 2,586 h sun/yr
- Navi Mumbai India · 503 km · best in Jan · 2,585 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Bhopal India · 169 km · 2,810 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Jalgaon India · 196 km · 2,816 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Vadodara India · 268 km · 2,965 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Udaipur India · 286 km · 3,068 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Aurangabad India · 321 km · 2,812 h sun/yr · best in Jan
Head-to-head
How Indore compares month by month: Indore vs Ahmedabad · Indore vs Surat · Indore vs Nagpur · all comparisons
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