India by month
India in November
27 cities at their best
🟩 Best time
Agra13–29°C · 2 mm · Comfort Oct–Mar; Yamuna can flood in monsoon
Ajmer16–30°C · 1 mm · Like Pushkar; huge Urs crowds at the dargah
Bengaluru18–27°C · 64 mm · Plateau ~900 m: mild all year; driest Nov–Feb
Chandigarh12–27°C · 5 mm · Comfort Oct–Mar; 44°C+ May–Jun; record July downpours
Dehradun11–26°C · 5 mm · Doon valley: Feb–Apr & Oct–Nov best; monsoon cloudbursts
Goa23–34°C · 21 mm · Peak dry winter; monsoon = no swimming, shacks closed
Gokarna23–34°C · 21 mm · Beach season Oct–Mar; monsoon shacks closed, swimming unsafe
Govardhan14–30°C · 5 mm · Comfort Oct–Mar; the 21 km parikrama is unshaded, so May–Jun is dangerous
Hampi19–29°C · 26 mm · Open-sun ruins: comfort Oct–Feb; 42°C Mar–Jun
Haridwar12–27°C · 2 mm · Comfort Oct–Mar; July = Kanwar Yatra road closures
Hyderabad18–30°C · 19 mm · Deccan: dry mild winter; 40°C+ Apr–Jun
Jaipur14–30°C · 2 mm · Semi-arid: dry Oct–Mar; 45°C+ Apr–Jun
Kolkata20–30°C · 33 mm · Mild dry winter; cyclone windows May & Oct–Nov
Mathura14–30°C · 5 mm · Comfort Oct–Mar; Yamuna floods possible in monsoon
Mayapur18–30°C · 10 mm · Dry season + ISKCON festivals; muggy monsoon
Mumbai21–34°C · 11 mm · Dry winter comfortable; extreme monsoon flooding Jun–Sep
Murudeshwar23–34°C · 34 mm · Shiva by the sea + Netrani diving Oct–May
Mussoorie8–16°C · 15 mm · Hill station 2000 m: best Mar–Jun & Oct–Nov
Mysore18–29°C · 55 mm · Rain-shadow plateau: comfortable year-round; Dasara in Oct
Naggar3–17°C · 31 mm · Kullu valley: Apr–Jun bloom, Sep–Nov clear skies
Pune15–31°C · 28 mm · Deccan plateau: drier & milder than Mumbai
Pushkar16–30°C · 1 mm · Desert edge: ideal Oct–Mar; camel fair in Nov
Rishikesh11–26°C · 5 mm · Yoga year-round; rafting ~Oct–Jun, closed in monsoon
Udupi23–33°C · 77 mm · Coast: monsoon shuts the sea Jun–Aug; season Nov–Feb
Ujjain14–31°C · 14 mm · Winter comfort for Mahakaleshwar; Shipra floods ghats in monsoon
Varanasi14–29°C · 6 mm · Winter = ghats & aarti; 45°C summer; monsoon floods ghats
Vrindavan14–30°C · 5 mm · Best Oct–Mar; Holi & Janmashtami peak crowds
🟢 Good time
Delhi13–28°C · 4 mm · Dry cool Oct–Mar; 45°C+ heat May–Jun; Nov smog
Isha Yoga Center22–30°C · 140 mm · Coimbatore rain shadow: mild monsoon, breezy summer
Kochi23–33°C · 176 mm · Season Dec–Feb; SW monsoon soaks Jun–Aug
Munnar15–22°C · 277 mm · Tea hills 1600 m: clear Oct–Feb; monsoon landslides
Ooty & Coonoor10–19°C · 144 mm · Hills 2200 m: peak Mar–May; BOTH monsoons hit Nilgiris
Tirumala17–24°C · 293 mm · Comfort Nov–Feb; NE monsoon rains Oct–Dec
Festivals in November
🧂 Rann Utsav
1 November 2026 – 7 March 2027
A tent city on a sea of white salt under the full moon
🐪 Pushkar Camel Fair
17–24 November 2026
Where camels and pilgrims share the same sacred dust
🏮 Kartik Purnima
24 November 2026
The night the gods come down to bathe in the Ganga
🟧 Better avoid
Auroville
Season ratings from the India GO database; temperature and rain are IMD averages.