Best Time to Visit Chandigarh
This city has earned a reputation in the tourist destination, as it is located in the foothills of Shivalik. It attracts tourists from all over the world and makes them glued in the beauty of nature.
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Winter
October to February is the best time to visit Chandigarh. Climatic conditions between 7oC - 27oC (44.6oF - 80.60oF) make Chandigarh travel season for tourists across the globe. In the best months to visit Chandigarh, some advantages are as follow:
The cold breeze and pleasant climate make this place popular and enjoyable. One can visit lakes for boating, experience cycling in the city. Most of the people come to Chandigarh during winter to get a glimpse of nature. This city is well connected to various hills stations around it; all this makes winter the best season to travel to Chandigarh.
In spite of winter being the best time to visit Chandigarh, there are certain disadvantages of travelling during the peak season like most of the places will be crowded and tourist can face long waiting hours in the restaurants.
Summer
With extreme hot temperature varies between 14oC-40oC (57.8oF - 104oF). Summer climate makes this city a less visited place. Due to drastic weather, very less crowd can be seen during this season, and it is not the best time to visit Chandigarh.
Usually, travellers avoid summers to travel, and because of which, there are a certain advantages to budget travellers. During this season, one can explore this city with cheaper flight tickets. Also, there are various water parks to have water activities. One of the highlighted disadvantages of travelling to this city is the extreme heat, which makes it very difficult to travel. Also, the risk of getting sun stroke during summer is high.
Trip to Chandigarh can be avoided after the start of the monsoon season. Because there might be chances of landslides during this time, try to avoid travelling to Chandigarh during June month. You may face extreme hot weather, and temperature ranges from 14oC (57.2oF) and can go up to 40oC (104oF). Summer is not in a favourable condition to travel to Chandigarh. Both the dry and hot weather and daylight up to 14 hours make this place extreme hot to travel.
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Month | Travel | Season | Temperature |
January |
Winter |
7 - 19 ℃ / 44 - 66 ℉ | |
February |
Winter |
9 - 23 ℃ / 48.2 - 73.4 ℉ | |
March |
Summer |
13 - 28 ℃/ 55.4 - 82.4 ℉ | |
April |
Summer |
18 - 36 ℃ / 64.4 - 96.8 ℉ | |
May |
Summer |
24 - 39 ℃ / 69.8 - 102 ℉ | |
June |
Summer |
26 - 40 ℃ / 78.8 - 104 ℉ | |
July |
Rainy |
25.7 - 34.3 ℃ / 78.3 - 93.7 ℉ | |
August |
Rainy |
25 - 32.9 ℃ / 77 - 91.2 ℉ | |
September |
Rainy |
23.4 - 33.9 ℃ / 74.1 - 93 ℉ | |
October |
Rainy |
17 - 32 ℃ / 62.6 - 89.6 ℉ | |
November |
Winter |
10.6 - 27.6 ℃ / 51.1 - 81.7 ℉ | |
December |
Winter |
7.3 - 22.5 ℃ / 45.1 - 72.5 ℉ |