India by month

India in February

31 cities at their best

🟩 Best time

Agra10–26°C · 11 mm · Comfort Oct–Mar; Yamuna can flood in monsoon
Ajmer14–27°C · 7 mm · Like Pushkar; huge Urs crowds at the dargah
Auroville21–31°C · 17 mm · Rain shadow: dry-hot summer; NE monsoon rains Oct–Dec
Bengaluru18–31°C · 7 mm · Plateau ~900 m: mild all year; driest Nov–Feb
Chandigarh10–23°C · 37 mm · Comfort Oct–Mar; 44°C+ May–Jun; record July downpours
Dehradun9–22°C · 58 mm · Doon valley: Feb–Apr & Oct–Nov best; monsoon cloudbursts
Delhi11–24°C · 22 mm · Dry cool Oct–Mar; 45°C+ heat May–Jun; Nov smog
Goa21–32°C · 0 mm · Peak dry winter; monsoon = no swimming, shacks closed
Gokarna20–33°C · 0 mm · Beach season Oct–Mar; monsoon shacks closed, swimming unsafe
Govardhan12–26°C · 10 mm · Comfort Oct–Mar; the 21 km parikrama is unshaded, so May–Jun is dangerous
Hampi18–33°C · 2 mm · Open-sun ruins: comfort Oct–Feb; 42°C Mar–Jun
Haridwar9–24°C · 46 mm · Comfort Oct–Mar; July = Kanwar Yatra road closures
Hyderabad18–32°C · 10 mm · Deccan: dry mild winter; 40°C+ Apr–Jun
Isha Yoga Center20–33°C · 10 mm · Coimbatore rain shadow: mild monsoon, breezy summer
Jaipur12–26°C · 10 mm · Semi-arid: dry Oct–Mar; 45°C+ Apr–Jun
Kochi22–35°C · 14 mm · Season Dec–Feb; SW monsoon soaks Jun–Aug
Kolkata18–29°C · 25 mm · Mild dry winter; cyclone windows May & Oct–Nov
Mathura12–26°C · 10 mm · Comfort Oct–Mar; Yamuna floods possible in monsoon
Mayapur16–29°C · 20 mm · Dry season + ISKCON festivals; muggy monsoon
Mumbai18–32°C · 0 mm · Dry winter comfortable; extreme monsoon flooding Jun–Sep
Munnar14–25°C · 31 mm · Tea hills 1600 m: clear Oct–Feb; monsoon landslides
Murudeshwar21–33°C · 0 mm · Shiva by the sea + Netrani diving Oct–May
Mysore17–32°C · 1 mm · Rain-shadow plateau: comfortable year-round; Dasara in Oct
Pune13–32°C · 0 mm · Deccan plateau: drier & milder than Mumbai
Pushkar14–27°C · 7 mm · Desert edge: ideal Oct–Mar; camel fair in Nov
Rishikesh9–22°C · 58 mm · Yoga year-round; rafting ~Oct–Jun, closed in monsoon
Tirumala15–27°C · 6 mm · Comfort Nov–Feb; NE monsoon rains Oct–Dec
Udupi22–33°C · 0 mm · Coast: monsoon shuts the sea Jun–Aug; season Nov–Feb
Ujjain11–29°C · 3 mm · Winter comfort for Mahakaleshwar; Shipra floods ghats in monsoon
Varanasi12–27°C · 22 mm · Winter = ghats & aarti; 45°C summer; monsoon floods ghats
Vrindavan12–26°C · 10 mm · Best Oct–Mar; Holi & Janmashtami peak crowds

🟢 Good time

Mussoorie3–11°C · 65 mm · Hill station 2000 m: best Mar–Jun & Oct–Nov
Naggar0–12°C · 114 mm · Kullu valley: Apr–Jun bloom, Sep–Nov clear skies
Ooty & Coonoor7–22°C · 5 mm · Hills 2200 m: peak Mar–May; BOTH monsoons hit Nilgiris

Festivals in February

🎭 Goa Carnival

6–9 February 2027

King Momo rules: eat, drink and be merry

🏔️ Losar

7–9 February 2027

Fresh prayer flags for a new year

🔱 Maha Shivaratri

23 February 2028

The night the world stays awake for Shiva

🌙 Eid al-Fitr

27 February 2028

Eid Mubarak: sweetness after a month of fasting

🌕 Gaura Purnima

28 February 2029

The full moon Chaitanya was born under

Holi

28 February – 1 March 2029

The day India drowns in color

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