India in January

🟩 Best time

Ajmer10–24°C · 5 mm · Like Pushkar; huge Urs crowds at the dargah

Auroville21–30°C · 18 mm · Rain shadow: dry-hot summer; NE monsoon rains Oct–Dec

Bengaluru16–28°C · 2 mm · Plateau ~900 m: mild all year; driest Nov–Feb

Goa20–32°C · 1 mm · Peak dry winter; monsoon = no swimming, shacks closed

Gokarna20–34°C · 0 mm · Beach season Oct–Mar; monsoon shacks closed, swimming unsafe

Hampi16–30°C · 2 mm · Open-sun ruins: comfort Oct–Feb; 42°C Mar–Jun

Hyderabad16–30°C · 9 mm · Deccan: dry mild winter; 40°C+ Apr–Jun

Isha Yoga Center19–31°C · 4 mm · Coimbatore rain shadow: mild monsoon, breezy summer

Jaipur8–22°C · 6 mm · Semi-arid: dry Oct–Mar; 45°C+ Apr–Jun

Kochi21–34°C · 2 mm · Season Dec–Feb; SW monsoon soaks Jun–Aug

Kolkata14–26°C · 15 mm · Mild dry winter; cyclone windows May & Oct–Nov

Mayapur11–25°C · 7 mm · Dry season + ISKCON festivals; muggy monsoon

Mumbai17–31°C · 0 mm · Dry winter comfortable; extreme monsoon flooding Jun–Sep

Munnar13–23°C · 31 mm · Tea hills 1600 m: clear Oct–Feb; monsoon landslides

Murudeshwar20–33°C · 0 mm · Shiva by the sea + Netrani diving Oct–May

Mysore16–30°C · 1 mm · Rain-shadow plateau: comfortable year-round; Dasara in Oct

Pune11–30°C · 1 mm · Deccan plateau: drier & milder than Mumbai

Pushkar10–24°C · 5 mm · Desert edge: ideal Oct–Mar; camel fair in Nov

Tirumala14–24°C · 5 mm · Comfort Nov–Feb; NE monsoon rains Oct–Dec

Udupi21–33°C · 2 mm · Coast: monsoon shuts the sea Jun–Aug; season Nov–Feb

Ujjain9–26°C · 7 mm · Winter comfort for Mahakaleshwar; Shipra floods ghats in monsoon

Varanasi9–22°C · 16 mm · Winter = ghats & aarti; 45°C summer; monsoon floods ghats

🟢 Good time

Agra7–22°C · 12 mm · Comfort Oct–Mar; Yamuna can flood in monsoon

Chandigarh7–18°C · 38 mm · Comfort Oct–Mar; 44°C+ May–Jun; record July downpours

Dehradun7–20°C · 44 mm · Doon valley: Feb–Apr & Oct–Nov best; monsoon cloudbursts

Delhi8–20°C · 19 mm · Dry cool Oct–Mar; 45°C+ heat May–Jun; Nov smog

Govardhan8–21°C · 8 mm · Comfort Oct–Mar; the 21 km parikrama is unshaded, so May–Jun is dangerous

Haridwar6–19°C · 28 mm · Comfort Oct–Mar; July = Kanwar Yatra road closures

Mathura8–21°C · 8 mm · Comfort Oct–Mar; Yamuna floods possible in monsoon

Mussoorie3–10°C · 50 mm · Hill station 2000 m: best Mar–Jun & Oct–Nov

Naggar-1–10°C · 90 mm · Kullu valley: Apr–Jun bloom, Sep–Nov clear skies

Ooty & Coonoor6–21°C · 5 mm · Hills 2200 m: peak Mar–May; BOTH monsoons hit Nilgiris

Rishikesh7–20°C · 44 mm · Yoga year-round; rafting ~Oct–Jun, closed in monsoon

Vrindavan8–21°C · 8 mm · Best Oct–Mar; Holi & Janmashtami peak crowds

Festivals in January

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