Weather in Varanasi in June

The month to avoid. June is the month most people should skip in Varanasi. Daytime highs average 40.9 °C and the afternoon is not negotiable — outdoor plans move to early morning or evening.

June ranks 12 of 12 — near the bottom of Varanasi's year. December is the month that works, and the swing between the two is 71 points, which is a different holiday rather than a slightly better one.

Rain on 12 days, 3 of them heavy. Enough to need a plan B, not enough to need a plan around it. Pack for heat management rather than style: shade, water, and a schedule that gives up on the middle of the day.

What the averages hide

Averages flatten a month, and this one hides a few things: 26 days of the month clear 35 °C — that is not a heatwave, it is the month. Across the twenty years measured, the hottest June day reached 48.7 °C and the coldest night fell to 24.2 °C, and the wettest single day dropped 59 mm — roughly 54% of the month's rain in one day.

This is the volatile part. June rainfall has ranged from 20 mm to 319 mm across the twenty years measured — a 299 mm spread around an average of 109 mm. The average is real but almost no individual June looks like it, so treat the figure as the middle of a wide range rather than a forecast.

Wind is light at 10.5 km/h, so the temperature on the page is close to the temperature on your skin, and humidity is unremarkable at 43%.

How June sits in the year

The month is on the way down: 2.3 °C cooler than May, with July dropping another 6.2 °C. The first week and the last are not the same trip. Rain is the thing that moves: July brings 11 days more of it, so the earlier half of a flexible trip is the safer half.

Daylight in June

June is at or near the longest days of Varanasi's year: 13.7 hours of daylight, holding steady all month. Evenings are the real gain — dinner outdoors still happens in full light.

An inland climate

With no coast nearby, the year swings a fair way — 34.1 °C between the warmest afternoons and the coldest nights, wider than any coastal city at this latitude would manage.

How busy it gets

Off season. The genuine off season: cheapest by a distance, with the caveat that some tours and restaurants close entirely.

Crowd levels are estimated from climate desirability and school-holiday calendars, not from visitor numbers.

June in Varanasi versus nearby

If Varanasi is one option among several, the nearby comparison is worth making. Patna is close enough to be a coin toss — within a degree on temperature, 3 days more rain. Kanpur is close enough to be a coin toss — within a degree on temperature, the same number of rain days.

So: June is a compromise. December is 71 points better and is what Varanasi is actually like at its best — worth moving the trip for if that is possible, and worth adjusting expectations for if it is not.

Every month in Varanasi

See all twelve months in Varanasi, or where else to go in June.