Ranchi weather by month & the best time to visit
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The best time to visit Ranchi is November — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 91/100), with December and January close behind. Ranchi averages about 2,341 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 24°C / 75°F and roughly 7 mm of rain in November.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,341
- Sunniest month
- November
- Peak score
- 91/100
- Rain / year
- 1,348 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 9 (very high)
- Population
- 1.1M
- Elevation
- 646 m
When is the best time to visit Ranchi?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Ranchi is November, then December and January. The dullest month is May (32/100, 67 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Ranchi?
Ranchi gets a moderate 2,341 hours of sunshine a year. 59 Sunshine Score points separate November (91) from May (32), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #99 of 112 destinations in India for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,654 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 66% of the year's 1,348 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 | 14 mm | 4 |
| February | 90 | 26° / 79°F | 11° / 52°F | 16 mm | 6 |
| March | 89 | 32° / 90°F | 16° / 61°F | 21 mm | 8 |
| April | 44 | 37° / 99°F | 21° / 70°F | 30 mm | 9 |
| May | 32 | 38° / 100°F | 24° / 75°F | 67 mm | 9 |
| June | 52 | 34° / 93°F | 24° / 75°F | 212 mm | 8 |
| July | 65 | 29° / 84°F | 23° / 73°F | 347 mm | 7 |
| August | 65 | 28° / 82°F | 22° / 72°F | 312 mm | 8 |
| September | 65 | 27° / 81°F | 21° / 70°F | 228 mm | 7 |
| October | 77 | 26° / 79°F | 18° / 64°F | 86 mm | 7 |
| November | 91 | 24° / 75°F | 12° / 54°F | 7 mm | 5 |
| December | 91 | 21° / 70°F | 8° / 46°F | 8 mm | 4 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Patna India · 254 km · best in Nov · 2,417 h sun/yr
- Kolkata India · 328 km · best in Jan · 2,164 h sun/yr
- Varanasi India · 344 km · best in Nov · 2,462 h sun/yr
- Bhubaneswar India · 344 km · best in Jan · 2,342 h sun/yr
- Biratnagar Nepal · 403 km · best in Jan · 2,215 h sun/yr
- Raipur India · 438 km · best in Nov · 2,690 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Gaya India · 163 km · 2,611 h sun/yr · best in Nov
- Deoghar India · 189 km · 2,399 h sun/yr · best in Nov
- Durgapur India · 199 km · 2,245 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Ambikapur India · 220 km · 2,585 h sun/yr · best in Nov
- Darbhanga India · 326 km · 2,402 h sun/yr · best in Nov
Head-to-head
How Ranchi compares month by month: Ranchi vs Kolkata · Ranchi vs Patna · Ranchi vs Varanasi · Ranchi vs Bhubaneswar · all comparisons
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