India in December

🟩 Best time

Ajmer11–26°C · 2 mm · Like Pushkar; huge Urs crowds at the dargah

Auroville21–30°C · 248 mm · Rain shadow: dry-hot summer; NE monsoon rains Oct–Dec

Bengaluru16–27°C · 15 mm · Plateau ~900 m: mild all year; driest Nov–Feb

Goa21–33°C · 2 mm · Peak dry winter; monsoon = no swimming, shacks closed

Gokarna20–34°C · 5 mm · Beach season Oct–Mar; monsoon shacks closed, swimming unsafe

Hampi17–29°C · 2 mm · Open-sun ruins: comfort Oct–Feb; 42°C Mar–Jun

Hyderabad15–29°C · 5 mm · Deccan: dry mild winter; 40°C+ Apr–Jun

Isha Yoga Center20–30°C · 33 mm · Coimbatore rain shadow: mild monsoon, breezy summer

Jaipur10–25°C · 4 mm · Semi-arid: dry Oct–Mar; 45°C+ Apr–Jun

Kochi22–33°C · 53 mm · Season Dec–Feb; SW monsoon soaks Jun–Aug

Kolkata16–27°C · 6 mm · Mild dry winter; cyclone windows May & Oct–Nov

Mayapur13–27°C · 7 mm · Dry season + ISKCON festivals; muggy monsoon

Mumbai18–33°C · 2 mm · Dry winter comfortable; extreme monsoon flooding Jun–Sep

Munnar14–22°C · 99 mm · Tea hills 1600 m: clear Oct–Feb; monsoon landslides

Murudeshwar22–34°C · 9 mm · Shiva by the sea + Netrani diving Oct–May

Mysore16–29°C · 13 mm · Rain-shadow plateau: comfortable year-round; Dasara in Oct

Pune12–30°C · 7 mm · Deccan plateau: drier & milder than Mumbai

Pushkar11–26°C · 2 mm · Desert edge: ideal Oct–Mar; camel fair in Nov

Tirumala16–23°C · 148 mm · Comfort Nov–Feb; NE monsoon rains Oct–Dec

Udupi22–33°C · 14 mm · Coast: monsoon shuts the sea Jun–Aug; season Nov–Feb

Ujjain9–28°C · 5 mm · Winter comfort for Mahakaleshwar; Shipra floods ghats in monsoon

Varanasi10–24°C · 4 mm · Winter = ghats & aarti; 45°C summer; monsoon floods ghats

🟢 Good time

Agra8–24°C · 3 mm · Comfort Oct–Mar; Yamuna can flood in monsoon

Chandigarh8–22°C · 22 mm · Comfort Oct–Mar; 44°C+ May–Jun; record July downpours

Dehradun8–22°C · 13 mm · Doon valley: Feb–Apr & Oct–Nov best; monsoon cloudbursts

Delhi8–23°C · 8 mm · Dry cool Oct–Mar; 45°C+ heat May–Jun; Nov smog

Govardhan9–23°C · 4 mm · Comfort Oct–Mar; the 21 km parikrama is unshaded, so May–Jun is dangerous

Haridwar8–22°C · 9 mm · Comfort Oct–Mar; July = Kanwar Yatra road closures

Mathura9–23°C · 4 mm · Comfort Oct–Mar; Yamuna floods possible in monsoon

Mussoorie4–13°C · 10 mm · Hill station 2000 m: best Mar–Jun & Oct–Nov

Naggar0–14°C · 39 mm · Kullu valley: Apr–Jun bloom, Sep–Nov clear skies

Ooty & Coonoor7–21°C · 50 mm · Hills 2200 m: peak Mar–May; BOTH monsoons hit Nilgiris

Rishikesh8–22°C · 13 mm · Yoga year-round; rafting ~Oct–Jun, closed in monsoon

Vrindavan9–23°C · 4 mm · Best Oct–Mar; Holi & Janmashtami peak crowds

Festivals in December

Season ratings from the India GO database; temperature and rain are IMD averages.