Karnataka, India
Bengaluru
Bengaluru is a major city in Karnataka, India, 920 m above sea level. It has a population of about 12,327,000 (2020). The climate is classified as tropical savanna (Köppen Aw), with .
Now20°C
Best timeJan–Feb · Dec
Population12.3M
Local time19:56
12.97° N, 77.59° EElevation 920 mUTC+5:30 · India Standard Time
October: high / low26° / 18°
Rain this month170mm
Best timeJan–Feb · Dec
Best: Jan–Feb · Dec. Warmth, sunshine and dry days, month by month.
Bengaluru at a glance
Sunrise · sunset06:11 · 17:5811 h 47 min of daylightThe moon tonightWaxing gibbous85% · Moonrise 15:49Next holiday8 NovemberDiwali (Deepavali)Next eclipse21 Feb 2027Penumbral lunar eclipse
Best time to visitJan–Feb · Dec
The months with the highest weather score
Warmest month33°C
Average high in April
Coolest month15°C
Average low in December
Wettest monthOctober
170 mm of rain
Driest monthJanuary
2 mm of rain
Monuments nearby2+
within 2.6 km
How Bengaluru has grown
People living in the built-up area (1,008 km² today), every five years since 1975; 2030 is the projection.
+472%2.65M in 1975 → 15.2M in 2025Weather in Bengaluru
Now and the next ten days. The 14 and 30-day outlooks are one click away.
20°C
Today hour by hourRain · wind 9 km/h · humidity 98%
Today22 Oct27°20°12.6 mm
Fri23 Oct27°20°10.8 mm
Sat24 Oct26°20°9.2 mm
Sun25 Oct23°20°15 mm
Mon26 Oct25°20°4.6 mm
Tue27 Oct27°18°
Wed28 Oct25°18°
Thu29 Oct27°18°
Fri30 Oct27°17°0.5 mm
Sat31 Oct28°18°
When to go to Bengaluru
Each month's weather score (warmth, sun, dry days) with its temperatures and rain.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 89 | 78 | 64 | 52 | 36 | 40 | 40 | 44 | 45 | 52 | 67 | 86 |
| High | 27° | 30° | 32° | 33° | 32° | 28° | 27° | 26° | 27° | 26° | 26° | 25° |
| Low | 15° | 16° | 18° | 21° | 21° | 20° | 20° | 19° | 19° | 18° | 17° | 15° |
| Rain (mm) | 2 | 4 | 15 | 53 | 110 | 87 | 98 | 132 | 177 | 170 | 52 | 14 |
| Wet days | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 11 | 5 |
What's on in Bengaluru
Concerts, football matches, the public holidays ahead and the town's festivals through the year.
Bengaluru's festivals through the year
Monuments and museums in Bengaluru
Outdoors around Bengaluru
Hiking routes from the town, and what there is to do within 15 km: huts, viewpoints, climbing, camping, ski areas and dive sites.
Bangalore AquariumAquariums
0.5 kmBangalore Golf CourseGolf courses
1.3 kmKarnataka Golf Association Golf CourseGolf courses
1.4 kmEquilibrium Climbing StationClimbing
1.8 kmLoco BearTheme parks
2 kmAquatic KingdomAquariums
2.4 kmNature around Bengaluru
Wildlife in October
The birds and mammals of India seen most this month, compared with the rest of their year.
The sky over Bengaluru
Tropical storms · Bengaluru
Ancient sites nearby
Sites: 1
Cities and settlements
Universities and research institutes
St Joseph's University, Bengaluru, IndiaUniversity or college · founded 1882
Bangalore UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1886
Indian Institute of Science BangaloreUniversity or college · founded 1909
Rashtreeya Sikshana Samithi TrustUniversity or college · founded 1911
Lowry Memorial College & Group of InstitutionsUniversity or college · founded 1915
TIFR Centre for Applicable MathematicsUniversity or college · founded 1945
B.M.S. College of EngineeringUniversity or college · founded 1946
Vijaya CollegeUniversity or college · founded 1946
Bangalore Medical College and Research InstituteUniversity or college · founded 1955
Government Dental College & Research InstituteUniversity or college · founded 1958
Ramaiah Institute of TechnologyUniversity or college · founded 1962
Udupi Shri Admar Mutt Education CouncilUniversity or college · founded 1962
K.L.E. Society's S. Nijalingappa CollegeUniversity or college · founded 1963
R.V. College of EngineeringUniversity or college · founded 1963
St.John's Medical College HospitalUniversity or college · founded 1963
University of Agricultural Sciences, BangaloreUniversity or college · founded 1964
Christ UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1969
PES UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1972
Amrith Educational and Cultural SocietyUniversity or college · founded 1973
Indian Institute of Management BangaloreUniversity or college · founded 1973
Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore CentreUniversity or college · founded 1978
Dayananda Sagar College of EngineeringUniversity or college · founded 1979
M.S. Ramaiah Medical CollegeUniversity or college · founded 1979
Panchajanya Vidya Peetha Welfare TrustUniversity or college · founded 1980
MVJ College of EngineeringUniversity or college · founded 1982
Al-Ameen College of PharmacyUniversity or college · founded 1983
National Institute of Unani MedicineUniversity or college · founded 1984
Mathrusri Ramabai Ambedkar Dental College & HospitalUniversity or college · founded 1986
Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana SamsthanaUniversity or college · founded 1986
National Law School of India UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1987
National Institute of Advanced StudiesUniversity or college · founded 1988
CMR Group of InstitutionsUniversity or college · founded 1990
Jain UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1990
SJR College for WomenUniversity or college · founded 1990
Sri Rajiv Gandhi College of Dental Sciences and HospitalUniversity or college · founded 1991
D A Pandu Memorial RV Dental College and HospitalUniversity or college · founded 1992
East West College of PharmacyUniversity or college · founded 1992
Krishnadevaraya College of Dental Sciences and HospitalUniversity or college · founded 1992
Oxford Educational InstitutionsUniversity or college · founded 1992
Rajarajeswari Dental College and HospitalUniversity or college · founded 1992
Indian Institute of Plantation ManagementUniversity or college · founded 1993
Xavier Institute of Management and EntrepreneurshipUniversity or college · founded 1993
Sitadevi Ratanchand Nahar Adarsh CollegeUniversity or college · founded 1994
IFIM InstitutionsUniversity or college · founded 1995
Jagdish Sheth School of ManagementUniversity or college · founded 1995
M S Ramaiah Institute of ManagementUniversity or college · founded 1995
Rajiv Gandhi University of Health SciencesUniversity or college · founded 1996
HKBK College of EngineeringUniversity or college · founded 1997
International Association for Human ValuesUniversity or college · founded 1997
Poornaprajna Institute of Scientific ResearchUniversity or college · founded 1997
Sri Sairam College of EngineeringUniversity or college · founded 1997
St.Martha's College Of NursingUniversity or college · founded 1998
International Institute of Information Technology BangaloreUniversity or college · founded 1999
Kammavari Sangham Institute of TechnologyUniversity or college · founded 1999
M S Ramaiah University of Applied SciencesUniversity or college · founded 1999
Atria Institute of TechnologyUniversity or college · founded 2000
Al-Ameen Pre University CollegeUniversity or college · founded 2001
Don Bosco Institute of TechnologyUniversity or college · founded 2001
East West Institute of TechnologyUniversity or college · founded 2001
Global Academy of TechnologyUniversity or college · founded 2001
Indian Institute of Journalism and New MediaUniversity or college · founded 2001
Krupanidhi Degree CollegeUniversity or college · founded 2001
Nagarjuna College of Engineering and TechnologyUniversity or college · founded 2001
Nitte Meenakshi Institute of TechnologyUniversity or college · founded 2001
Seshadripuram Institute of Management StudiesUniversity or college · founded 2001
REVA UniversityUniversity or college · founded 2002
Sri Ganapathi Sachchidananda Vagdevi CenterUniversity or college · founded 2002
RV College of NursingUniversity or college · founded 2003
RV College of PhysiotherapyUniversity or college · founded 2003
Impact College of Engineering and Applied SciencesUniversity or college · founded 2004
Institute of Health Management Research BangaloreUniversity or college · founded 2004
Patel Institute of Science and ManagementUniversity or college · founded 2004
Rajarajeswari Medical College and HospitalUniversity or college · founded 2005
International School of Management ExcellenceUniversity or college · founded 2006
RajaRajeswari College of EngineeringUniversity or college · founded 2006
St Anthony's CollegeUniversity or college · founded 2009
Alliance UniversityUniversity or college · founded 2010
अज़ीम प्रेमजी विश्वविद्यालयUniversity or college · founded 2010
Dayananda Sagar Academy of Technology and ManagementUniversity or college · founded 2011
Dayananda Sagar Business AcademyUniversity or college · founded 2011
Towns and villages around Bengaluru
Each with its own page: weather, climate and the best time to visit.
Kasturba Road0.1 kmDobbespet0.1 kmNrupathunga Rd0.7 kmS R Nagar0.8 kmFM Cariappa Rd0.8 kmSirsi Circle Flyover0.9 kmBadami House1 kmKM Naganna Rd1 kmCubbonpet1 kmRaj Bhavan1.1 kmLangford Rd1.1 kmMahatma Gandhi Rd1.2 kmNagartapete1.2 kmTown Hall1.3 kmGanigarpet1.3 kmKG Road1.5 kmKannada Bhavan1.5 kmMamulpet1.5 kmK H Rd1.5 kmKanija Bhavan1.6 kmFM CariappaRd1.6 kmJC Road1.6 kmRichmond Rd1.7 kmMG Rd1.7 kmGandhi Nagar1.8 kmCampbell Rd1.8 kmShanti Nagar1.8 kmMayo Hall1.9 kmShantiNagar1.9 kmSudhama Nagar1.9 kmMother Teressa Rd2 kmUpparpet2 kmGen Thimmaiah Rd2.1 kmBalepette2.1 kmAshoknagar2.1 kmAkkipette2.1 kmMadhava Nagar2.2 kmVasanth Nagar2.2 kmSeshadripuram2.4 kmNehru Nagar2.4 kmMarigowda Rd2.6 kmMakalakutta2.7 kmVisvesvarapuram2.8 kmVV Puram2.8 kmSIddapura Rd2.9 kmBinny Mills2.9 kmKumara Park2.9 kmLakasandra3.1 kmBenson Town3.2 kmAshoka Pillar3.3 kmShankar Mutt Chamarajpet3.3 kmOaklyPuram3.3 kmRv Road3.4 kmShankaraPuram3.4 kmAdugodi3.5 kmJogupalya3.6 kmVanivilas Rd3.6 kmRaghavendra Colony3.6 kmGuttahalli3.6 kmFrazerTown3.6 kmVivek Nagar3.7 kmJayanagar 2nd Block3.7 kmBinnypete3.8 kmGandhiBazaar3.8 kmSrirampuram3.8 kmKrishna Rajendra Rd3.8 kmNimhans3.9 kmRamakrishna Ashram3.9 kmBashyam Nagar3.9 kmDiary Circle3.9 kmJC Nagar3.9 kmDVG Road4 kmCox Town4 kmSampige Road4 kmBugle Rock4.1 kmNagasandra Circle4.1 kmSouth End Circle4.2 kmTV Station4.2 kmKormangala4.3 kmKormangla 8th Block4.3 km
Bengaluru from above
Around Bengaluru22 places to see, do and reach nearby
Bellandur LakeNature9.1 kmUlsoor LakeNature3.0 kmAgara LakeNature7.6 kmMadiwala LakeNature7.6 kmHebbal lake, KarnatakaNature8.3 kmSankey tankNature4.5 kmBengaluru FortMonument2.2 kmTipu Sultan's Summer PalaceMonument2.6 kmGovernment Museum, BengaluruMuseum0.4 kmVisvesvaraya Industrial and Technological MuseumMuseum0.5 kmKarnataka Chitrakala Parishath College of Fine ArtsMuseum2.5 kmKempegowda MuseumMuseum1.9 kmNational Gallery of Modern Art, BengaluruMuseum2.1 kmBangalore CantonmentStation2.5 kmKrantivira Sangolli Rayanna (Bengaluru)Station2.7 kmBengaluru EastStation4.2 kmHebbagodiPlace19 kmKumaraswamy LayoutPlace8.1 kmHoskotePlace25 kmHunasamaranahalliPlace19 kmKumbalgodPlace19 kmKādiganahalliPlace22 km
Getting to Bengaluru
Kempegowda International Airport BengaluruBLR
28 kmMysore AirportMYQ
131 kmKadapa AirportCDP
213 kmBangalore CantonmentRailway station
2.5 kmKrantivira Sangolli Rayanna (Bengaluru)Railway station
2.7 kmBengaluru EastRailway station
4.2 kmPlaces near Bengaluru
Places with a climate like Bengaluru
Matched month by month on temperature, rain and sunshine.
Frequently asked questions
When is the best time to visit Bengaluru?
Based on 30-year climate normals, January, February and December offer the best balance of comfortable temperatures, low rainfall and sunshine in Bengaluru.
What is the hottest month in Bengaluru?
April is the warmest month, with average highs of 33°C and lows of 21°C.
What is the coldest month in Bengaluru?
December is the coldest month, with average highs of 25°C and lows of 15°C.
What is the rainiest month in Bengaluru?
October is the wettest month with about 170 mm of precipitation on 19 wet days.