Raipur weather by month & the best time to visit
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The best time to visit Raipur is November — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 93/100), with December and January close behind. Raipur averages about 2,690 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 26°C / 79°F and roughly 8 mm of rain in November.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,690
- Sunniest month
- November
- Peak score
- 93/100
- Rain / year
- 1,338 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 11 (extreme)
- Population
- 1M
- Elevation
- 313 m
When is the best time to visit Raipur?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Raipur is November, then December and January. The dullest month is May (0/100, 24 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Raipur?
Raipur gets a lot of sun: around 2,690 hours a year. 93 Sunshine Score points separate November (93) from May (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #51 of 112 destinations in India for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,654 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 72% of the year's 1,338 mm falls in the three months around August.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 92 | 26° / 79°F | 11° / 52°F | 13 mm | 6 |
| February | 92 | 31° / 88°F | 14° / 57°F | 15 mm | 8 |
| March | 55 | 36° / 97°F | 20° / 68°F | 16 mm | 9 |
| April | 9 | 41° / 106°F | 25° / 77°F | 23 mm | 11 |
| May | 0 | 43° / 109°F | 29° / 84°F | 24 mm | 10 |
| June | 40 | 36° / 97°F | 27° / 81°F | 213 mm | 8 |
| July | 67 | 30° / 86°F | 24° / 75°F | 379 mm | 7 |
| August | 67 | 29° / 84°F | 23° / 73°F | 338 mm | 7 |
| September | 67 | 29° / 84°F | 23° / 73°F | 242 mm | 8 |
| October | 84 | 29° / 84°F | 20° / 68°F | 57 mm | 8 |
| November | 93 | 26° / 79°F | 15° / 59°F | 8 mm | 6 |
| December | 93 | 24° / 75°F | 11° / 52°F | 10 mm | 6 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Nagpur India · 279 km · best in Dec · 2,707 h sun/yr
- Visakhapatnam India · 415 km · best in Jan · 2,412 h sun/yr
- Bhubaneswar India · 436 km · best in Jan · 2,342 h sun/yr
- Ranchi India · 438 km · best in Nov · 2,341 h sun/yr
- Varanasi India · 489 km · best in Nov · 2,462 h sun/yr
- Vijayawada India · 526 km · best in Jan · 2,492 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Bilaspur India · 98 km · 2,640 h sun/yr · best in Nov
- Gondia India · 155 km · 2,657 h sun/yr · best in Nov
- Bhawanipatna India · 193 km · 2,475 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Jagdalpur India · 236 km · 2,490 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Ambikapur India · 251 km · 2,585 h sun/yr · best in Nov
Head-to-head
How Raipur compares month by month: Raipur vs Nagpur · Raipur vs Visakhapatnam · Raipur vs Bhubaneswar · all comparisons
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