Varanasi weather by month & the best time to visit
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The best time to visit Varanasi is November — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 93/100), with December and January close behind. Varanasi averages about 2,462 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 28°C / 82°F and roughly 2 mm of rain in November.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,462
- Sunniest month
- November
- Peak score
- 93/100
- Rain / year
- 815 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 9 (very high)
- Population
- 1.4M
- Elevation
- 82 m
When is the best time to visit Varanasi?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Varanasi is November, then December and January. The dullest month is May (0/100, 23 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Varanasi?
Varanasi gets a moderate 2,462 hours of sunshine a year. 93 Sunshine Score points separate November (93) from May (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #88 of 112 destinations in India for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,654 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 73% of the year's 815 mm falls in the three months around August.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 91 | 24° / 75°F | 8° / 46°F | 12 mm | 3 |
| February | 91 | 29° / 84°F | 12° / 54°F | 14 mm | 6 |
| March | 64 | 35° / 95°F | 17° / 63°F | 10 mm | 8 |
| April | 9 | 41° / 106°F | 24° / 75°F | 11 mm | 9 |
| May | 0 | 43° / 109°F | 29° / 84°F | 23 mm | 9 |
| June | 7 | 41° / 106°F | 30° / 86°F | 110 mm | 8 |
| July | 46 | 35° / 95°F | 27° / 81°F | 249 mm | 7 |
| August | 59 | 33° / 91°F | 26° / 79°F | 200 mm | 8 |
| September | 67 | 32° / 90°F | 24° / 75°F | 146 mm | 8 |
| October | 87 | 32° / 90°F | 20° / 68°F | 33 mm | 6 |
| November | 93 | 28° / 82°F | 14° / 57°F | 2 mm | 4 |
| December | 92 | 24° / 75°F | 9° / 48°F | 5 mm | 3 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Patna India · 224 km · best in Nov · 2,417 h sun/yr
- Siddharthanagar (Bhairahawa) Nepal · 235 km · best in Nov · 2,692 h sun/yr
- Lucknow India · 245 km · best in Nov · 2,543 h sun/yr
- Nepalgunj Nepal · 318 km · best in Nov · 2,459 h sun/yr
- Pokhara Nepal · 325 km · best in Nov · 2,469 h sun/yr
- Ranchi India · 344 km · best in Nov · 2,341 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Prayagraj India · 113 km · 2,518 h sun/yr · best in Nov
- Gorakhpur India · 155 km · 2,377 h sun/yr · best in Nov
- Faizabad India · 160 km · 2,407 h sun/yr · best in Nov
- Rewa India · 196 km · 2,786 h sun/yr · best in Nov
- Gaya India · 225 km · 2,611 h sun/yr · best in Nov
Head-to-head
How Varanasi compares month by month: Varanasi vs Lucknow · Varanasi vs Patna · Varanasi vs Ranchi · Varanasi vs Siddharthanagar (Bhairahawa) · all comparisons
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