Prayagraj weather by month & the best time to visit

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The best time to visit Prayagraj is November — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 93/100), with December and January close behind. Prayagraj averages about 2,518 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 28°C / 82°F and roughly 3 mm of rain in November.

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Sun hours / year

2,518

Sunniest month

November

Peak score

93/100

Rain / year

861 mm

Midday UV at peak

9 (very high)

Population

1.1M

Elevation

98 m

When is the best time to visit Prayagraj?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Prayagraj is November, then December and January. The dullest month is May (0/100, 17 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Prayagraj?

Prayagraj gets a lot of sun: around 2,518 hours a year. 93 Sunshine Score points separate November (93) from May (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #80 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 861 mm falls in the three months around August.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Varanasi India · 113 km · best in Nov · 2,462 h sun/yr
• Lucknow India · 169 km · best in Nov · 2,543 h sun/yr
• Siddharthanagar (Bhairahawa) Nepal · 284 km · best in Nov · 2,692 h sun/yr
• Nepalgunj Nepal · 296 km · best in Nov · 2,459 h sun/yr
• Patna India · 337 km · best in Nov · 2,417 h sun/yr
• Pokhara Nepal · 379 km · best in Nov · 2,469 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Rewa India · 116 km · 2,786 h sun/yr · best in Nov
• Faizabad India · 152 km · 2,407 h sun/yr · best in Nov
• Kanpur India · 170 km · 2,543 h sun/yr · best in Nov
• Khajuraho India · 195 km · 2,862 h sun/yr · best in Nov