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

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

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

What to expectDelhi through the year

Delhi has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 20 °C in January to 39 °C in May, a swing of 20 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 277 days a year reach 25 °C, 209 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 47 °C, in May.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 189 mm against 5 mm in November — 40 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

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	34th of 50	95/100
Places with the best weather in the world in February	48th of 50	95/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Delhi’s climate

When is the best time to visit Delhi?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. February, March, November 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 Delhi get?

In May, the warmest month, daily highs average 39 °C. About 209 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 47 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 7.4 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Delhi?

July, averaging 189 mm over 20 days with rain. The driest month is November with 5 mm. The year as a whole averages 664 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 Delhi 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: 28.652°, 77.231° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
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.