Delhi climate

Name: Delhi
Address: IN

Delhi is warmest in May, with average highs of 39 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 7.4 °C. July is the wettest month (189 mm) and November the driest (4.8 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Delhi averages 664 mm of rain and 277 days above 25 °C.

India · population 11,034,555 · 1991–2020 normals

Warmest month May 39 °C
Coldest month January 7.4 °C
Driest month November 5 mm
Wettest month July 189 mm
Least cloud October 10 % cloud
Hottest on record May 47 °C
Coldest on record January 1.8 °C

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	19.7 °C	24 mm	30 %
February	23.2 °C	33 mm	30 %
March	29.2 °C	22 mm	28 %
April	36.1 °C	14 mm	25 %
May	39.5 °C	19 mm	20 %
June	38.2 °C	69 mm	32 %
July	33.7 °C	189 mm	70 %
August	32.1 °C	173 mm	70 %
September	32.3 °C	95 mm	34 %
October	31.7 °C	13 mm	10 %
November	27.0 °C	5 mm	13 %
December	21.9 °C	7 mm	20 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	19.7 °C	7.4 °C	13.3 °C	29.6 °C	1.8 °C	1	0
February	23.2 °C	10.2 °C	16.6 °C	32.1 °C	3.5 °C	8	1
March	29.2 °C	14.9 °C	22.0 °C	38.3 °C	7.2 °C	27	13
April	36.1 °C	20.5 °C	28.6 °C	44.3 °C	12.2 °C	30	29
May	39.5 °C	25.1 °C	32.6 °C	46.5 °C	17.1 °C	31	31
June	38.2 °C	27.5 °C	33.0 °C	46.4 °C	21.7 °C	30	29
July	33.7 °C	26.5 °C	29.9 °C	42.4 °C	22.9 °C	31	28
August	32.1 °C	25.7 °C	28.6 °C	39.9 °C	22.6 °C	31	26
September	32.3 °C	23.9 °C	27.8 °C	37.5 °C	18.1 °C	30	26
October	31.7 °C	19.0 °C	25.3 °C	37.3 °C	13.1 °C	31	25
November	27.0 °C	13.7 °C	20.1 °C	34.6 °C	6.8 °C	25	2
December	21.9 °C	8.9 °C	15.1 °C	27.8 °C	2.2 °C	3	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	24 mm	3	11 h/day	30 %	71 %	13 km/h
February	33 mm	4	11 h/day	30 %	65 %	15 km/h
March	22 mm	3	12 h/day	28 %	53 %	16 km/h
April	14 mm	3	13 h/day	25 %	35 %	17 km/h
May	19 mm	5	14 h/day	20 %	35 %	18 km/h
June	69 mm	10	14 h/day	32 %	51 %	17 km/h
July	189 mm	20	14 h/day	70 %	75 %	15 km/h
August	173 mm	19	13 h/day	70 %	80 %	14 km/h
September	95 mm	10	12 h/day	34 %	75 %	13 km/h
October	13 mm	2	12 h/day	10 %	59 %	12 km/h
November	5 mm	1	11 h/day	13 %	59 %	12 km/h
December	7 mm	1	10 h/day	20 %	66 %	12 km/h

Where Delhi ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Asia in February	34thof 50	95/100
Places with the best weather in the world in February	48thof 50	95/100

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Delhi.

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
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

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.