Rishikesh
Elevation 372 m30.10° N, 78.30° E
When to go?
Mean 14 °C, 2 rain days in the month (42 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 17 °C, 2 rain days in the month (49 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 23 °C, 2 rain days in the month (35 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 28 °C, 2 rain days in the month (27 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 35 °C
Mean 31 °C, 3 rain days in the month (51 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 37 °C
Mean 31 °C, 8 rain days in the month (150 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 35 °C
Mean 29 °C, 20 rain days in the month (400 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 32 °C
- Often rainyrain on 6 days in 10
- Torrential rain20 mm per rain day
Mean 28 °C, 19 rain days in the month (377 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 31 °C
- Often rainyrain on 6 days in 10
- Torrential rain20 mm per rain day
Mean 28 °C, 10 rain days in the month (201 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 32 °C
Mean 25 °C, 2 rain days in the month (35 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 30 °C
Mean 20 °C, it hardly ever rains (7 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 16 °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, November–December. Avoid April–October (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)
Temperatures brought to the town's elevation: +1.6 °C (cells at 612 m).
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 +0.5 °C. Warmest year: 2010 (+1.2 °C), coldest: 1997 (−1.1 °C).
February and March warmed the most (+0.8 and +0.8 °C), June the least (−0.6 °C). The warm season (above the annual mean of then, 24 °C) begins 4 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.