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On
your tour to New Delhi you can experience the fun of all the
seasons. The climate of the city is hot and humid in the
summers, and cold in the winters. The best time to visit New
Delhi is during the spring seasons when the city is at its full
beauty. During the months of February to April and August to
November the city of Delhi has a pleasant climate. The city
witnesses warm weather with temperature in summer rising up to
45 oC and the winters are also quite cold with temperature
dropping as low as 5 oC. The cold wave from the Himalayan region
makes winters very chilly. New Delhi is placed at an elevation
of 215 meters. In addition to this, most of the festivals in New
Delhi take place in the months of October to March, which adds
to the beauty of the city.
Summer
Summer in Delhi is
rather unpleasant. Temperatures shoot to about 47oC once in a
while, thought the average maximum temperature is about 42oC. In
the nights, the temperature falls to a minimum of about 28oC.
The days are extremely hot and often accompanied by dust storms,
thus making Delhi very dusty. If you do visit Delhi during the
summer months which stretch from April to about mid July, you
should use a cap or a hat during the day. Use very light cotton
clothes. Do not expose skin, you might get sun burnt. So a sun
screen lotion comes in very handy during these months. Do not
forget to hydrate yourself often unless you want to know what a
sun stroke in Delhi is like. Unfortunately, due to the suspended
particulate matter in the air and the exhaust from vehicles, the
level of pollution does shoot up during these months. Summer in
Delhi is from early April to mid July.
Rains
Rains always come to Delhi a little later than predicted.
There are bouts of rain during early July or maybe very late
June. The monsoon finally catches on in the end of July. Depends
from year to year, but rainfall is sufficient. Torrential? Well,
yes sometimes. The monsoon are around till about middle August
generally and till about early September for a year with good
monsoon. Any ways, do remember to carry an umbrella.
The Fall Season
The fall season starts just after the rains. Its not too
pleasant in early autumn because of the humidity which is still
there. This season remains till about the beginning of November.
By end October nights become chilly and the days become quite
bearable. The temperature fall to a low of about 15oC and might
go as high as 30oC in the beginning of autumn. For most of the
autumn, summer clothing will do. Maybe you could stop rolling
the sleeves of your shirt. However, in the later parts of
autumn, you would feel comfortable with a sweat shirt on during
the nights.
Winter
Winter in Delhi is very pleasant. The mornings are very
foggy, the nights cold (at least by Indian standards). But once
the sun does shine, the days (inspite of cold winds from the
Himalayas) are very pleasant. Very cricket like weather we must
say. The municipal corporation does good work by planting lots
of seasonal plants during autumn which start blooming now and
make the traffic islands and roundabout look very colorful. The
maximum temperature on a very cold Delhi afternoon would be
about 12oC and the minimum would fall to about 2oC. These
temperatures recorded by the Met guys belongs to the more
populated areas of the city. Since Delhi is rather big in size,
many parts of Delhi would be colder than this.
Spring
Spring in Delhi is very pleasant. Temperature ranges from a
maximum of 25oC to a low of about 10oC. Delhi has spring during
the period of mid February to about end of March. The nights and
the mornings are rather nippy. Delhi does get a passing shower
or two during this time and usually does get a bout of
hailstorms somewhere in March. Light woollens will do very well.
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