Haridwar climate

Name: Haridwar
Address: IN

Haridwar is warmest in May, with average highs of 37 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 6.1 °C. July is the wettest month (346 mm) and November the driest (3.5 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Haridwar averages 1,178 mm of rain and 259 days above 25 °C.

India · population 186,079 · 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 37 °C
Coldest month January 6.1 °C
Driest month November 3 mm
Wettest month July 346 mm
Least cloud October 11 % cloud
Hottest on record June 45 °C
Coldest on record January 1.5 °C

What to expectHaridwar through the year

Haridwar has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 19 °C in January to 37 °C in May, a swing of 18 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 259 days a year reach 25 °C, 162 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 45 °C, in June.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 346 mm against 3 mm in November — 100 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	19.1 °C	44 mm	33 %
February	22.3 °C	55 mm	36 %
March	27.8 °C	41 mm	33 %
April	34.1 °C	24 mm	31 %
May	37.2 °C	31 mm	26 %
June	35.7 °C	122 mm	35 %
July	31.4 °C	346 mm	74 %
August	30.4 °C	336 mm	75 %
September	30.1 °C	148 mm	39 %
October	29.0 °C	13 mm	11 %
November	25.1 °C	3 mm	15 %
December	20.8 °C	14 mm	23 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	19.1 °C	6.1 °C	12.5 °C	28.4 °C	1.5 °C	1	0
February	22.3 °C	8.6 °C	15.6 °C	32.0 °C	2.3 °C	5	0
March	27.8 °C	12.5 °C	20.5 °C	36.8 °C	5.4 °C	24	8
April	34.1 °C	17.6 °C	26.5 °C	42.5 °C	9.2 °C	30	27
May	37.2 °C	22.0 °C	30.3 °C	44.3 °C	14.0 °C	31	31
June	35.7 °C	24.9 °C	30.7 °C	44.6 °C	19.4 °C	30	28
July	31.4 °C	25.1 °C	28.1 °C	39.8 °C	22.5 °C	31	23
August	30.4 °C	24.5 °C	27.3 °C	34.8 °C	21.9 °C	31	20
September	30.1 °C	22.2 °C	26.1 °C	35.3 °C	15.5 °C	30	16
October	29.0 °C	16.2 °C	22.6 °C	33.3 °C	10.4 °C	31	8
November	25.1 °C	11.4 °C	18.1 °C	30.5 °C	6.2 °C	16	0
December	20.8 °C	7.3 °C	13.8 °C	27.0 °C	2.2 °C	1	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	44 mm	4	10 h/day	33 %	76 %	9.1 km/h
February	55 mm	6	11 h/day	36 %	69 %	11 km/h
March	41 mm	6	12 h/day	33 %	57 %	12 km/h
April	24 mm	5	13 h/day	31 %	42 %	14 km/h
May	31 mm	7	14 h/day	26 %	41 %	14 km/h
June	122 mm	14	14 h/day	35 %	58 %	12 km/h
July	346 mm	28	14 h/day	74 %	82 %	9.0 km/h
August	336 mm	27	13 h/day	75 %	86 %	8.4 km/h
September	148 mm	16	12 h/day	39 %	83 %	8.7 km/h
October	13 mm	2	11 h/day	11 %	71 %	8.9 km/h
November	3 mm	1	11 h/day	15 %	70 %	8.9 km/h
December	14 mm	2	10 h/day	23 %	74 %	8.3 km/h

How Haridwar 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
Haridwar	37 °C	6.1 °C	1,178 mm	259
Dehradun · India	34 °C	4.1 °C	1,392 mm	226
Sahāranpur · India	38 °C	6.6 °C	1,158 mm	265
Muzaffarnagar · India	39 °C	7.5 °C	996 mm	270
Yamuna Nagar · India	38 °C	6.5 °C	1,178 mm	264

Where Haridwar ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in Asia in November	50th of 50	3.5 mm

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Haridwar’s climate

When is the best time to visit Haridwar?

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

In May, the warmest month, daily highs average 37 °C. About 162 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 45 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 6.1 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Haridwar?

July, averaging 346 mm over 28 days with rain. The driest month is November with 3 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,178 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 Haridwar 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: 29.948°, 78.160° (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.