Varanasi climate

Name: Varanasi
Address: IN

Varanasi is warmest in May, with average highs of 40 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 9.9 °C. July is the wettest month (291 mm) and November the driest (6.0 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Varanasi averages 964 mm of rain and 302 days above 25 °C.

India · population 1,164,404 · 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 40 °C
Coldest month January 9.9 °C
Driest month November 6 mm
Wettest month July 291 mm
Least cloud November 14 % cloud
Hottest on record June 47 °C
Coldest on record January 4.3 °C

What to expectVaranasi through the year

Varanasi has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 22 °C in January to 40 °C in May, a swing of 18 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 302 days a year reach 25 °C, 214 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 47 °C, in June.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 291 mm against 6 mm in November — 49 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	22.1 °C	17 mm	21 %
February	26.2 °C	17 mm	18 %
March	32.4 °C	12 mm	19 %
April	38.2 °C	7 mm	19 %
May	39.9 °C	10 mm	17 %
June	37.3 °C	141 mm	55 %
July	32.3 °C	291 mm	87 %
August	31.4 °C	251 mm	87 %
September	31.1 °C	167 mm	64 %
October	30.7 °C	39 mm	23 %
November	27.8 °C	6 mm	14 %
December	23.7 °C	6 mm	17 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	22.1 °C	9.9 °C	15.9 °C	29.3 °C	4.3 °C	4	0
February	26.2 °C	12.8 °C	19.5 °C	35.4 °C	6.1 °C	18	3
March	32.4 °C	17.6 °C	25.1 °C	41.0 °C	10.7 °C	30	24
April	38.2 °C	23.0 °C	30.8 °C	44.7 °C	16.3 °C	30	30
May	39.9 °C	26.7 °C	33.5 °C	45.9 °C	20.0 °C	31	31
June	37.3 °C	28.0 °C	32.6 °C	46.6 °C	23.0 °C	30	28
July	32.3 °C	26.5 °C	29.1 °C	41.5 °C	24.3 °C	31	26
August	31.4 °C	25.9 °C	28.3 °C	35.5 °C	24.1 °C	31	26
September	31.1 °C	24.9 °C	27.7 °C	35.3 °C	19.0 °C	30	23
October	30.7 °C	21.0 °C	25.7 °C	36.0 °C	14.0 °C	31	20
November	27.8 °C	15.6 °C	21.6 °C	32.9 °C	8.8 °C	28	3
December	23.7 °C	11.2 °C	17.3 °C	30.2 °C	4.8 °C	9	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	17 mm	2	11 h/day	21 %	69 %	12 km/h
February	17 mm	2	11 h/day	18 %	62 %	13 km/h
March	12 mm	2	12 h/day	19 %	47 %	15 km/h
April	7 mm	2	13 h/day	19 %	35 %	17 km/h
May	10 mm	3	13 h/day	17 %	41 %	17 km/h
June	141 mm	12	14 h/day	55 %	59 %	16 km/h
July	291 mm	25	14 h/day	87 %	80 %	15 km/h
August	251 mm	24	13 h/day	87 %	83 %	14 km/h
September	167 mm	18	12 h/day	64 %	83 %	13 km/h
October	39 mm	4	12 h/day	23 %	73 %	9.9 km/h
November	6 mm	1	11 h/day	14 %	65 %	10.0 km/h
December	6 mm	1	11 h/day	17 %	67 %	10 km/h

How Varanasi 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
Varanasi	40 °C	9.9 °C	964 mm	302
Jaunpur · India	40 °C	9.5 °C	1,059 mm	300
Mau · India	39 °C	9.5 °C	1,162 mm	298
Prayagraj · India	40 °C	9.7 °C	1,016 mm	303
Singrauli · India	40 °C	10 °C	1,093 mm	294

Where Varanasi ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in Asia in April	49th of 50	38 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Varanasi’s climate

When is the best time to visit Varanasi?

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

In May, the warmest month, daily highs average 40 °C. About 214 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 9.9 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Varanasi?

July, averaging 291 mm over 25 days with rain. The driest month is November with 6 mm. The year as a whole averages 964 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 Varanasi 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: 25.317°, 83.010° (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.