Dehradun climate
Dehradun is warmest in May, with average highs of 34 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 4.1 °C. July is the wettest month (432 mm) and November the driest (4.2 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Dehradun averages 1,392 mm of rain, 226 days above 25 °C and 1 days below freezing.
India · population 522,081 · 1991–2020 normals
Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month
- Warmest month May 34 °C
- Coldest month January 4.1 °C
- Driest month November 4 mm
- Wettest month July 432 mm
- Least cloud October 11 % cloud
- Hottest on record June 42 °C
- Coldest on record January -1.5 °C
What to expectDehradun through the year
Dehradun has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 17 °C in January to 34 °C in May, a swing of 17 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 226 days a year reach 25 °C, 81 of them reach 30 °C, 1 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C, in June.
Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 432 mm against 4 mm in November — 103 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.2 °C | 45 mm | 34 % |
| February | 19.9 °C | 58 mm | 37 % |
| March | 25.0 °C | 42 mm | 35 % |
| April | 30.7 °C | 27 mm | 33 % |
| May | 33.9 °C | 31 mm | 26 % |
| June | 32.7 °C | 136 mm | 35 % |
| July | 28.9 °C | 432 mm | 74 % |
| August | 28.2 °C | 416 mm | 75 % |
| September | 27.8 °C | 173 mm | 39 % |
| October | 26.6 °C | 15 mm | 11 % |
| November | 22.8 °C | 4 mm | 15 % |
| December | 19.0 °C | 13 mm | 22 % |
Temperature month by month
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Mean | Record high | Record low | Days above 25 °C | Days above 30 °C | Days below 0 °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.2 °C | 4.1 °C | 10.6 °C | 26.8 °C | -1.5 °C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| February | 19.9 °C | 6.3 °C | 13.2 °C | 28.6 °C | -0.9 °C | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| March | 25.0 °C | 10.1 °C | 17.9 °C | 35.6 °C | 2.1 °C | 15 | 2 | 0 |
| April | 30.7 °C | 15.0 °C | 23.4 °C | 39.1 °C | 6.9 °C | 29 | 18 | 0 |
| May | 33.9 °C | 19.1 °C | 27.2 °C | 41.0 °C | 11.5 °C | 31 | 28 | 0 |
| June | 32.7 °C | 21.9 °C | 27.8 °C | 41.5 °C | 16.2 °C | 30 | 23 | 0 |
| July | 28.9 °C | 22.8 °C | 25.7 °C | 36.6 °C | 19.5 °C | 30 | 7 | 0 |
| August | 28.2 °C | 22.3 °C | 25.1 °C | 33.1 °C | 18.3 °C | 30 | 2 | 0 |
| September | 27.8 °C | 19.7 °C | 23.8 °C | 32.0 °C | 13.2 °C | 29 | 1 | 0 |
| October | 26.6 °C | 14.1 °C | 20.4 °C | 31.1 °C | 8.7 °C | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| November | 22.8 °C | 9.5 °C | 16.0 °C | 28.3 °C | 4.5 °C | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| December | 19.0 °C | 5.7 °C | 12.1 °C | 25.5 °C | 0.6 °C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45 mm | 5 | 10 h/day | 34 % | 75 % | 8.6 km/h |
| February | 58 mm | 6 | 11 h/day | 37 % | 70 % | 10 km/h |
| March | 42 mm | 6 | 12 h/day | 35 % | 60 % | 12 km/h |
| April | 27 mm | 5 | 13 h/day | 33 % | 47 % | 13 km/h |
| May | 31 mm | 7 | 14 h/day | 26 % | 46 % | 13 km/h |
| June | 136 mm | 14 | 14 h/day | 35 % | 63 % | 11 km/h |
| July | 432 mm | 28 | 14 h/day | 74 % | 85 % | 8.4 km/h |
| August | 416 mm | 28 | 13 h/day | 75 % | 87 % | 8.1 km/h |
| September | 173 mm | 17 | 12 h/day | 39 % | 84 % | 8.5 km/h |
| October | 15 mm | 2 | 11 h/day | 11 % | 71 % | 8.8 km/h |
| November | 4 mm | 1 | 11 h/day | 15 % | 71 % | 8.3 km/h |
| December | 13 mm | 2 | 10 h/day | 22 % | 73 % | 7.7 km/h |
How Dehradun compares
The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.
| Destination | Summer high | Winter low | Rain per year | Days above 25 °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dehradun | 34 °C | 4.1 °C | 1,392 mm | 226 |
| Haridwar · India | 37 °C | 6.1 °C | 1,178 mm | 259 |
| Sahāranpur · India | 38 °C | 6.6 °C | 1,158 mm | 265 |
| Yamuna Nagar · India | 38 °C | 6.5 °C | 1,178 mm | 264 |
| Muzaffarnagar · India | 39 °C | 7.5 °C | 996 mm | 270 |
| Ambāla · India | 39 °C | 7.2 °C | 984 mm | 265 |
| Shimla · India | 23 °C | -4.0 °C | 1,596 mm | 14 |
Where Dehradun ranks
| Ranking | Position | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Places with the best weather in Asia in March | 32nd of 50 | 92/100 |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Dehradun.
QuestionsCommon questions about Dehradun’s climate
When is the best time to visit Dehradun?
That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. March, April, October sit closest to 20 °C on average, May is the warmest month and November the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does Dehradun get?
In May, the warmest month, daily highs average 34 °C. About 81 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average 4.1 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 1 nights below freezing.
Which month is wettest in Dehradun?
July, averaging 432 mm over 28 days with rain. The driest month is November with 4 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,392 mm.
Are these figures a forecast?
No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Dehradun rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.
Data sources and method
- ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
- Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
- NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
- GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0
- Normal period
- 1991–2020
- Data point
- 30.324°, 78.034° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
- Dataset version
- era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
- Last processed
Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.
Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.