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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Rishikesh
Rishikesh climate by month
Monsoon-influenced humid subtropical · CwaBest Jan · Nov–Dec
Annual mean23°day and night
Seasonal swing17°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation2,053 mm115 wet days a year
30.11° N, 78.29° EElevation 361 mUTC+5:30 · India Standard Time
When to goRishikesh · weather score
Best timeJan · Nov–Dec
October: high / low29° / 17°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Rishikesh has a monsoon-influenced humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cwa): a dry winter and a wetter summer.
The warmest month is May, when afternoons average 36° and nights 22°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 20° and lows of 7°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 17°.
About 2,053 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. July is the wettest month (646 mm, 27 wet days) and November the driest (10 mm, 1 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 5% in October to 48% in August.
Compared with New Delhi, the capital, Rishikesh is 3° cooler on a May afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 36° · May
- Coldest nights
- 7° · January
- Wettest month
- July
- Driest month
- November
- Clearest skies
- October · 5% cloud
- Longest day
- 14 h 04 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 13 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 20° | 22° | 28° | 34° | 36° | 36° | 32° | 31° | 30° | 29° | 25° | 21° |
| Average low | 7° | 9° | 13° | 18° | 22° | 25° | 26° | 25° | 22° | 17° | 13° | 9° |
| Precipitation | 55 mm | 54 mm | 48 mm | 27 mm | 50 mm | 152 mm | 646 mm | 639 mm | 307 mm | 48 mm | 10 mm | 17 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 4.3 | 5 | 5 | 4.6 | 7.5 | 14.6 | 26.9 | 26.4 | 15.3 | 2.8 | 1.1 | 1.9 |
| Cloud cover | 21% | 22% | 23% | 19% | 15% | 19% | 47% | 48% | 20% | 5% | 8% | 16% |
| Daylight | 10h 25 | 11h 07 | 11h 57 | 12h 53 | 13h 39 | 14h 04 | 13h 55 | 13h 15 | 12h 22 | 11h 29 | 10h 39 | 10h 13 |
| Month score | 90 | 88 | 78 | 53 | 40 | 25 | 31 | 35 | 44 | 76 | 96 | 96 |
ivMonth by month
Rishikesh in every month
January90
20° / 7°
55 mm · 4.3 wet days
February88
22° / 9°
54 mm · 5 wet days
March78
28° / 13°
48 mm · 5 wet days
April53
34° / 18°
27 mm · 4.6 wet days
May40
36° / 22°
50 mm · 7.5 wet days
June25
36° / 25°
152 mm · 14.6 wet days
July31
32° / 26°
646 mm · 26.9 wet days
August35
31° / 25°
639 mm · 26.4 wet days
September44
30° / 22°
307 mm · 15.3 wet days
October76
29° / 17°
48 mm · 2.8 wet days
November96
25° / 13°
10 mm · 1.1 wet day
December96
21° / 9°
17 mm · 1.9 wet days