Rajkot weather by month & the best time to visit

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The best time to visit Rajkot is January — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 97/100), with February and December close behind. Rajkot averages about 3,028 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 28°C / 82°F and roughly 1 mm of rain in January.

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Sun hours / year

3,028

Sunniest month

January

Peak score

97/100

Rain / year

743 mm

Midday UV at peak

11 (extreme)

Population

1.4M

Elevation

195 m

When is the best time to visit Rajkot?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Rajkot is January, then February and December. The dullest month is May (10/100, 4 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Rajkot?

Rajkot is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,028 hours of sunshine a year. 87 Sunshine Score points separate January (97) from May (10), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #10 of 112 destinations in India for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,654 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 81% of the year's 743 mm falls in the three months around August.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Ahmedabad India · 181 km · best in Jan · 3,112 h sun/yr
• Surat India · 225 km · best in Jan · 2,904 h sun/yr
• Mumbai India · 412 km · best in Jan · 2,753 h sun/yr
• Navi Mumbai India · 432 km · best in Jan · 2,585 h sun/yr
• Karachi Pakistan · 485 km · best in Feb · 3,204 h sun/yr
• Indore India · 490 km · best in Jan · 2,804 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Jamnagar India · 106 km · 2,990 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Kandla India · 126 km · 3,001 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Bhavnagar India · 137 km · 2,903 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Keshod India · 142 km · 2,892 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Porbandar India · 164 km · 3,038 h sun/yr · best in Jan