New Delhi - Post Report Question and Answers
What is the overall climate: is it extremely hot or cold, wet or dry, at any time of year, for example?
January can be cold enough to require a jacket. Feb and March are lovely. April to July is hot -can be over 115, but dry. Monsoon (July August) is not quite as hot, but humid so feels just as hot. October-ish to December is pollution season. - Jun 2024
It's moderate/cold from November - February and is mostly hot for the remainder of the year. The weather is hot and humid from July - September. - Apr 2024
Much of the year, pretty hot, but January can get down to freezing a few times. Ranges from dry to humid. - Apr 2024
Mostly hot. Expect it to be miserable nine months out of the year, and fairly comfortable during the winter months. - Jan 2022
Delhi would have blazing hot springs (can hit 120 degrees), humid but cooler rainy-season summers, and mild (even pleasant) falls, and chilly (sweater-weather) winters, but the apocalyptic air pollution makes it all just pretty miserable. The rains wash out the air, so you get some relief in August/September, but roads can flood badly so getting around the house with traffic is a nightmare. Winters should be nice but that's when thermal inversions trap the pollution at ground level so the air quality is at its worse. - Sep 2020
Hot and dry from April-May. Hot, humid, rainy June-August. Pleasant September-October. Cold pollution November-January. Pleasant February-March. Summers top 100 (38) degrees, winter evenings get down to 50 (10) degrees . Pleasant season hovers more in the 80s (20s). - Jul 2020
It is typically hot or polluted. - Jul 2019
There are three seasons: Pollution, Extreme Heat, and Dengue. That basically means you can't ever be outside - making this post an excellent fit for a shut-in or someone with agoraphobia. In November, air pollution levels reach crisis proportions. Peoples' children get sick; our secretary's lung collapsed; respiratory problems spike leaving people packed in our medical unit's waiting room. Then, a period of extreme heat, followed by months of monsoon in which at least one person you know will get dengue or chikungunya. They say getting dengue the third time is the worst. - Dec 2017
Climate is not your best friend in New Delhi: It's hot (extreme heat from 105 - 115 F) from April through June, followed by the monsoon season (hot and humid) from July - mid September, followed by pollution and cooler weather through mid February. The nicest time is from mid February - end of March. - Oct 2017
Nov-Jan is chilly (lows 40F but warms up to 60sF). Feb and March is pretty nice (like spring). April-June is really hot and dry (like 110F+). July-Sept is hot and wet (90s and really really humid). Oct is fall-like--pretty dry and nice. - Mar 2017
Extreme dry heat from March - July, then extreme heat and monsoon through August/September, then it starts cooling off and will be cold from Nov (40s-50s) until February. There are exactly two weeks of pleasant weather and decent air in October and February. - Feb 2017
I've never lived anywhere with worse weather. There's the really hot and dry season (temps of 115 F), then the really humid hot season, then the monsoon where it rains a ton (which I don't mind because it cleans the air), then the pollution and colder temps, then you might get two or three nice weeks, then back to crazy hot. - Nov 2016
Temperatures from May - September are above 100F every day. It is very hot, humid, and wet from June to September. From November to February, the highs are in the 80's, and the lows are in the '40s (Fahrenheit). Along with the cooler weather in the winter comes the intoxicating air pollution. - Jun 2016
Delhi winters are pleasant but with horrible air pollution. Spring and autumn are short. Summer is hot (120F+ degrees), then hot & humid (humidity around 80% in June-September). - Sep 2014
Hot and humid in summer, monsoon in late summer, then cooler (nice and temperate) in fall and winter. - Sep 2014
Hot in summer, and humid and rainy. In winter, it's nice and cool actually. Too bad the air smells so awful, because if it didn't smell so bad, you'd want to be outside all the time in the winter. - Aug 2013
Dry and oven hot in summer, pleasant in winter (if you are breathing purified air in your car). November and February are gorgeous. Monsoon isn't as severe here as in Mumbai, but when it rains, traffic is a nightmare. Also, the weather lends itself to all sorts of antibiotic-immune super bugs. Hello, scarlet fever, cholera, dengue,, etc. - May 2013
Starting in April it goes from cool to warm to Hot to scorching in a matter of a week or two, where it remains until the rains arrive in August. Then it goes back down to HOT and humid until the fall arrives, when it becomes hot and less humid. The winter rolls in quickly in November, when temperatures drop to chilly at night, but remain pleasant during the day. By December, the fogs roll in to mingle with the fumes of burning trash, keeping a permanent London-like fog on the city through February. Then temperatures begin to climb again. - Oct 2012
Very hot in summer, lots of rain and humidity during monsoon. Nicely cool in winter but lots of smog. - Sep 2012
It is hot, hot and humid, hot and rainy, or cold in Delhi. Those are the four season. - Aug 2011
you'll experience 3-4 weeks of semi-pleasant weather in a year. the rest is unbearable. - Aug 2011
HOT dry summers, cold dry winters, humid monsoons, and a few great weeks of Spring like weather in February and November. - Aug 2011
Summer is painfully hot, but the rest of the year is fine. - Jan 2011
Months of monsoon rain this year with a huge outbreak of dengue fever. Winter is cold and very smoggy/polluted. Oct/Nov and then Feb/March are nice, but the rest of the year is a trial. - Sep 2010
I have experienced it all here: Freezing cold in winter (with a horrendous white fog covering the whole town for days) or scorching hot (48-50 celsius). Rains and humidity in between. - Aug 2010
Crazy hot in the summer and shockingly cold in the winter. - Aug 2010
It was still a shock to find out how cold it gets in Delhi in the winter. The mornings are very cold. It warms up during the day, and then the evenings are cold again. So bring clothes that you can layer. The summer is, well, HOT! It hits 115F. - Aug 2010
It was still a shock to find out how cold it gets in Delhi in the winter. The mornings were very cold, warmed up during the day then got much colder at night. So bring clothes that you can layer. The summer is well, HOT! - Mar 2008
Well, there's raining and not raining. When it's raining, it's hot and of course humid. When it's not raining, it's hot intially, followed by a shortened fall type feel, an even shorter winter, and then it starts warming up again. - Feb 2008
