Haridwar
Elevation 314 m29.97° N, 78.17° E
When to go?
Mean 14 °C, 2 rain days in the month (38 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 17 °C, 2 rain days in the month (40 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 22 °C, 1 rain day in the month (28 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 28 °C, 1 rain day in the month (20 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 35 °C
Mean 31 °C, 2 rain days in the month (31 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 37 °C
Mean 31 °C, 6 rain days in the month (109 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 36 °C
Mean 28 °C, 17 rain days in the month (316 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 32 °C
- Often rainyrain on 5 days in 10
- Torrential rain19 mm per rain day
Mean 28 °C, 16 rain days in the month (300 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 31 °C
- Often rainyrain on 5 days in 10
- Torrential rain19 mm per rain day
Mean 28 °C, 7 rain days in the month (165 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 32 °C
Mean 24 °C, 1 rain day in the month (26 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 20 °C, it hardly ever rains (5 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 15 °C, 1 rain day in the month (20 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
The best months are February–March, October–December. Avoid April–September (hot, at times often rainy and torrential rain).
What is the climate like?
Temperature and rain
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
How much it rains
Rain days and how much water
Rain days and how much water
Bars: length = rain days, thickness = mm on a rain day, area = the month's rain. 3 mm a day7 mm a day15 mm a day
Colour = the month's rain: 103060100160250400mm
Daylight hours
Daylight and sky: sunrise, sunset and cloud cover
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
Times on the 15th of each month, in local time: daylight saving where and when it applies, standard time in the other months.
Effect of climate change
Today's climate (1996–2025) compared with 1961–1990:
In short
Year by year
Temperature of each year
Against 1961–1990 the mean temperature of today (1996–2025) has changed by +0.3 °C; in the last ten years by +0.4 °C. Warmest year: 2010 (+1.3 °C), coldest: 1997 (−1.0 °C).
March and February warmed the most (+0.8 and +0.7 °C), June the least (−0.7 °C). The warm season (above the annual mean of then, 23 °C) begins 3 days earlier and ends 2 days later.
Warming stripes: after an idea by Ed Hawkins (University of Reading), showyourstripes.info, CC BY 4.0.
Rain of each year (% against 1961–1990)
more rain than in 1961–1990less rain
Rain in a year: −4 % every ten years.