Lucknow weather by month & the best time to visit
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The best time to visit Lucknow is November — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 93/100), with December and January close behind. Lucknow averages about 2,543 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
- 2,543
- Sunniest month
- November
- Peak score
- 93/100
- Rain / year
- 916 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 9 (very high)
- Population
- 2.7M
- Elevation
- 123 m
When is the best time to visit Lucknow?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Lucknow is November, then December and January. The dullest month is May (0/100, 27 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Lucknow?
Lucknow 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 #76 of 112 destinations in India for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,654 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 73% of the year's 916 mm falls in the three months around August.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 90 | 22° / 72°F | 7° / 45°F | 19 mm | 3 |
| February | 90 | 27° / 81°F | 11° / 52°F | 19 mm | 5 |
| March | 73 | 34° / 93°F | 16° / 61°F | 12 mm | 8 |
| April | 18 | 40° / 104°F | 23° / 73°F | 10 mm | 9 |
| May | 0 | 43° / 109°F | 28° / 82°F | 27 mm | 9 |
| June | 7 | 41° / 106°F | 30° / 86°F | 116 mm | 8 |
| July | 46 | 35° / 95°F | 27° / 81°F | 283 mm | 7 |
| August | 60 | 33° / 91°F | 26° / 79°F | 235 mm | 8 |
| September | 66 | 32° / 90°F | 24° / 75°F | 155 mm | 7 |
| October | 89 | 31° / 88°F | 19° / 66°F | 29 mm | 6 |
| November | 93 | 27° / 81°F | 13° / 55°F | 4 mm | 4 |
| December | 93 | 23° / 73°F | 9° / 48°F | 7 mm | 3 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Nepalgunj Nepal · 168 km · best in Nov · 2,459 h sun/yr
- Varanasi India · 245 km · best in Nov · 2,462 h sun/yr
- Siddharthanagar (Bhairahawa) Nepal · 263 km · best in Nov · 2,692 h sun/yr
- Pokhara Nepal · 344 km · best in Nov · 2,469 h sun/yr
- Ghaziabad India · 409 km · best in Nov · 2,630 h sun/yr
- New Delhi India · 424 km · best in Nov · 2,630 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Kanpur India · 62 km · 2,543 h sun/yr · best in Nov
- Faizabad India · 127 km · 2,407 h sun/yr · best in Nov
- Shravasti India · 140 km · 2,705 h sun/yr · best in Nov
- Prayagraj India · 169 km · 2,518 h sun/yr · best in Nov
- Surkhet Nepal · 216 km · 2,458 h sun/yr · best in Nov
Head-to-head
How Lucknow compares month by month: Lucknow vs Varanasi · Lucknow vs Nepalgunj · Lucknow vs Siddharthanagar (Bhairahawa) · all comparisons
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