Climate averages 1991–2020
Varanasi weather
in September.
A hot, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Varanasi: daytime highs average 31.1°C and nights cool to about 25.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 162 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes September a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 19 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar (12 km away). In September its highs average 31.0°C, about as warm as Varanasi, with 162 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Varanasi ranks joint 258th of 692 for the warmest September highs and joint 408th of 692 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 692 cities is 30.7°C; Varanasi is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 30.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 162 mm to 37 mm.
The annual picture
September 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 | 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar in SeptemberIndia · 12 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 25.0°C · 162 mm rain
- Bhadohi in SeptemberIndia · 45 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 24.9°C · 167 mm rain
- Mirzāpur in SeptemberIndia · 49 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 25.2°C · 164 mm rain
- Gyānpur in SeptemberIndia · 55 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 25.0°C · 164 mm rain
- Jaunpur in SeptemberIndia · 58 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 25.0°C · 185 mm rain
- Ghazīpur in SeptemberIndia · 65 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 25.1°C · 197 mm rain
- Azamgarh in SeptemberIndia · 85 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 24.9°C · 202 mm rain
- Mau in SeptemberIndia · 89 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 25.0°C · 208 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.