Climate averages 1991–2020
Varanasi weather
in April.
A very hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a very hot month in Varanasi: daytime highs average 38.2°C and nights cool to about 23.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 5.9 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes April a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 44 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar (12 km away). In April its highs average 38.1°C, about as warm as Varanasi, with 5.9 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Varanasi ranks joint 111th of 692 for the warmest April highs and joint 144th of 692 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 692 cities is 36.0°C; Varanasi is 2.2°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 39.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 5.9 mm to 9.1 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Varanasi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.2°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 16 | 2.3 | 10.811 h |
| February | 26.2°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 16 | 2.2 | 11.311 h |
| March | 32.4°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 12 | 2.1 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 38.2°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 5.9 | 2.0 | 12.713 h |
| May | 39.8°C26.9°C | 26.9°C | 9.1 | 2.9 | 13.413 h |
| June | 37.2°C28.3°C | 28.3°C | 132 | 12.5 | 13.714 h |
| July | 32.3°C26.7°C | 26.7°C | 294 | 24.3 | 13.614 h |
| August | 31.4°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 247 | 24.2 | 13.013 h |
| September | 31.1°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 162 | 17.7 | 12.312 h |
| October | 30.6°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 37 | 4.0 | 11.612 h |
| November | 27.8°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 6.0 | 0.6 | 10.911 h |
| December | 23.7°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 6.5 | 0.9 | 10.611 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar in AprilIndia · 12 kmHigh 38.1°C · Low 23.1°C · 5.9 mm rain
- Bhadohi in AprilIndia · 45 kmHigh 38.2°C · Low 23.0°C · 6.6 mm rain
- Mirzāpur in AprilIndia · 49 kmHigh 38.6°C · Low 23.6°C · 5.8 mm rain
- Gyānpur in AprilIndia · 55 kmHigh 38.4°C · Low 23.2°C · 5.8 mm rain
- Jaunpur in AprilIndia · 58 kmHigh 38.2°C · Low 23.5°C · 7.1 mm rain
- Ghazīpur in AprilIndia · 65 kmHigh 38.0°C · Low 23.4°C · 7.0 mm rain
- Azamgarh in AprilIndia · 85 kmHigh 37.6°C · Low 23.3°C · 8.5 mm rain
- Mau in AprilIndia · 89 kmHigh 37.6°C · Low 23.4°C · 9.5 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Varanasi) is explained once on the Varanasi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.