New Delhi weather by month & the best time to visit
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The best time to visit New Delhi is November — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 94/100), with December and January close behind. New Delhi averages about 2,630 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
- 2,630
- Sunniest month
- November
- Peak score
- 94/100
- Rain / year
- 648 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 9 (very high)
- Population
- 15.9M
- Elevation
- 227 m
When is the best time to visit New Delhi?
For sunshine, the best time to visit New Delhi is November, then December and January. The dullest month is May (0/100, 34 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is New Delhi?
New Delhi gets a lot of sun: around 2,630 hours a year. 94 Sunshine Score points separate November (94) from May (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #60 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 648 mm falls in the three months around August.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 92 | 21° / 70°F | 6° / 43°F | 14 mm | 3 |
| February | 91 | 26° / 79°F | 9° / 48°F | 20 mm | 5 |
| March | 91 | 32° / 90°F | 15° / 59°F | 18 mm | 7 |
| April | 27 | 39° / 102°F | 22° / 72°F | 16 mm | 8 |
| May | 0 | 43° / 109°F | 27° / 81°F | 34 mm | 9 |
| June | 0 | 42° / 108°F | 30° / 86°F | 71 mm | 8 |
| July | 33 | 37° / 99°F | 28° / 82°F | 178 mm | 7 |
| August | 47 | 35° / 95°F | 26° / 79°F | 175 mm | 7 |
| September | 61 | 34° / 93°F | 23° / 73°F | 100 mm | 7 |
| October | 83 | 33° / 91°F | 18° / 64°F | 11 mm | 6 |
| November | 94 | 28° / 82°F | 13° / 55°F | 4 mm | 4 |
| December | 93 | 23° / 73°F | 8° / 46°F | 7 mm | 3 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Ghaziabad India · 31 km · best in Nov · 2,630 h sun/yr
- Dehradun (Jauligrant) India · 210 km · best in Nov · 2,883 h sun/yr
- Jaipur India · 230 km · best in Jan · 3,104 h sun/yr
- Chandigarh India · 237 km · best in Nov · 3,064 h sun/yr
- Amritsar India · 414 km · best in Oct · 2,795 h sun/yr
- Lahore Pakistan · 419 km · best in Nov · 2,795 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Aligarh India · 129 km · 2,578 h sun/yr · best in Nov
- Hisar India · 149 km · 2,746 h sun/yr · best in Nov
- Agra India · 177 km · 2,668 h sun/yr · best in Nov
- Moradabad India · 181 km · 2,521 h sun/yr · best in Nov
Head-to-head
How New Delhi compares month by month: New Delhi vs Jaipur · New Delhi vs Ghaziabad · New Delhi vs Dehradun (Jauligrant) · all comparisons
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