Kanpur weather by month & the best time to visit

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The best time to visit Kanpur is November — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 93/100), with December and January close behind. Kanpur averages about 2,543 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 28°C / 82°F and roughly 4 mm of rain in November.

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Sun hours / year

2,543

Sunniest month

November

Peak score

93/100

Rain / year

845 mm

Midday UV at peak

9 (very high)

Population

3.2M

Elevation

124 m

When is the best time to visit Kanpur?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Kanpur is November, then December and January. The dullest month is May (0/100, 23 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Kanpur?

Kanpur gets a lot of sun: around 2,543 hours a year. 93 Sunshine Score points separate November (93) from May (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #77 of 112 destinations in India for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,654 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 74% of the year's 845 mm falls in the three months around August.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Lucknow India · 62 km · best in Nov · 2,543 h sun/yr
• Nepalgunj Nepal · 226 km · best in Nov · 2,459 h sun/yr
• Varanasi India · 267 km · best in Nov · 2,462 h sun/yr
• Siddharthanagar (Bhairahawa) Nepal · 322 km · best in Nov · 2,692 h sun/yr
• Ghaziabad India · 395 km · best in Nov · 2,630 h sun/yr
• New Delhi India · 405 km · best in Nov · 2,630 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Prayagraj India · 170 km · 2,518 h sun/yr · best in Nov
• Faizabad India · 179 km · 2,407 h sun/yr · best in Nov
• Khajuraho India · 183 km · 2,862 h sun/yr · best in Nov
• Shravasti India · 202 km · 2,705 h sun/yr · best in Nov
• Gwalior India · 218 km · 2,709 h sun/yr · best in Nov