Best time to visit Jodhpur

Jodhpur is a city of two halves. January scores 98 and July scores 27 — a 71-point swing, which is the difference between a holiday and an endurance test. The month you pick matters more here than almost anywhere. Only 3 months come close to the top, which makes the timing narrow.

May is the warmest month at 42 °C and January the coolest at 24.8 °C — a 17.2 °C spread across the year. 277 days a year top 30 °C, more than a third of the calendar, so heat is the baseline here rather than a season.

There is a real wet season here. July to August carry the rain — up to 12 wet days in a month — while January, February, March, April, October, November and December drop as low as 1. That 11-day gap is the biggest single difference between a good month and a bad one in Jodhpur, and it moves further than the temperature does.

Daylight runs from 10.5 hours in winter to 13.8 in summer, enough to notice on a sightseeing itinerary.

The three strongest months are January, December, February. The one to think twice about is July. Each month below has its own page with rainfall reliability, extremes, daylight and crowd levels.

Jodhpur month by month