Varanasi

    India

    India's spiritual core pulses with life, death, and devotion along the sacred bathing ghats of the Ganges River.

    Warmest month is May at 40°C on average. Coolest is January at 21°C. Driest reading falls in November with 0 rain days.

    Costs and travel essentials

    • CoffeeWorld Bank PPP baseline
      ₹83 (~$1.00)
      Country-level price estimate for India, 2026-07-11. Scaled from a US baseline, not a local survey.
    • BeerWorld Bank PPP baseline
      ₹100 (~$1.50)
      Country-level price estimate for India, 2026-07-11. Scaled from a US baseline, not a local survey.
    • Flight timeMethodology
      10h from London Heathrow
      Great-circle plus routing overhead.
    • Flight CO2eDEFRA 2024 factors
      2,822 kg return from London Heathrow
      DEFRA 2024 economy factors, includes radiative forcing.
    • FCDO advisorygov.uk, snapshot compiled 2026-07-11
      FCDO advises against travel to specific parts of the country.
      Advises against travel to Jammu and Kashmir (except Ladakh) and the immediate India-Pakistan border area. Check the latest FCDO advice before booking.
    • Tap waterCDC / WHO guidance
      Do not drink from the tap; use bottled or treated water.
    MonthAvg highDaily spreadRain days
    January21°9°C2
    February27°7°C1
    March33°10°C2
    April39°7°C2
    May40°8°C3
    June39°10°C9
    July34°7°C17
    August34°5°C16
    September34°5°C14
    October33°5°C3
    November29°5°C0
    December23°8°C1

    What to do

    • Take a sunrise boat ride on the Ganges
    • Witness the nightly Ganga Aarti floating candle ceremony
    • Wander the narrow alleyways of the old city

    How we know this

    Values are the average of the last ten calendar years of daily readings from Visual Crossing, snapped to the destination cluster. Daily spread is the width between the 10th and 90th percentiles of daily highs, not a forecast error margin. Rain days count any day with at least 1 mm of precipitation.