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CityCompass
Best time to be here: February, March and November. Every month below carries its climate normals and a comfort score you can tune to your own tolerances.
Days 24 °C, nights 8 °C
146 h sunshine · 10.6 h daylight
12 mm rain · 47% humidity
Days 29 °C, nights 12 °C
202 h sunshine · 11.1 h daylight
14 mm rain · 41% humidity
Days 35 °C, nights 18 °C
278 h sunshine · 11.8 h daylight
10 mm rain · 29% humidity
Days 41 °C, nights 24 °C
288 h sunshine · 12.6 h daylight
11 mm rain · 22% humidity
Days 43 °C, nights 29 °C
Feels like 48 °C in the afternoons
284 h sunshine · 13.2 h daylight
23 mm rain · 26% humidity
Days 41 °C, nights 30 °C
Feels like 53 °C in the afternoons
205 h sunshine · 13.6 h daylight
110 mm rain · 44% humidity
Days 35 °C, nights 27 °C
Feels like 51 °C in the afternoons
137 h sunshine · 13.4 h daylight
249 mm rain · 74% humidity
Days 33 °C, nights 26 °C
Feels like 48 °C in the afternoons
161 h sunshine · 12.9 h daylight
200 mm rain · 82% humidity
Days 32 °C, nights 25 °C
Feels like 45 °C in the afternoons
174 h sunshine · 12.1 h daylight
146 mm rain · 81% humidity
Days 32 °C, nights 20 °C
Feels like 39 °C in the afternoons
224 h sunshine · 11.4 h daylight
34 mm rain · 68% humidity
Days 28 °C, nights 14 °C
197 h sunshine · 10.7 h daylight
2 mm rain · 58% humidity
Days 24 °C, nights 10 °C
145 h sunshine · 10.4 h daylight
5 mm rain · 51% humidity
Living in Varanasi means living under India's tax and legal system. The essentials, from our country research:
Would India actually work for your taxes? It runs regimes like Resident but Not Ordinarily Resident (RNOR) Status, and whether they fit depends on your situation.
Each month scores 0 to 10 from four weighted components: temperature (35%), sunshine (25%), humidity (20%) and rain (20%), with an extra penalty when heat and humidity combine. Personal tolerances reshape the score: your heat limit compares to how afternoons feel (heat index), your cold limit to typical nights. Data: NASA POWER climatology 2001-2020 with elevation corrections, daylight computed from latitude.
City data: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) · Climate normals: NASA POWER (2001-2020) · Live weather: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
CityCompass
Best time to be here: February, March and November. Every month below carries its climate normals and a comfort score you can tune to your own tolerances.
Days 24 °C, nights 8 °C
146 h sunshine · 10.6 h daylight
12 mm rain · 47% humidity
Days 29 °C, nights 12 °C
202 h sunshine · 11.1 h daylight
14 mm rain · 41% humidity
Days 35 °C, nights 18 °C
278 h sunshine · 11.8 h daylight
10 mm rain · 29% humidity
Days 41 °C, nights 24 °C
288 h sunshine · 12.6 h daylight
11 mm rain · 22% humidity
Days 43 °C, nights 29 °C
Feels like 48 °C in the afternoons
284 h sunshine · 13.2 h daylight
23 mm rain · 26% humidity
Days 41 °C, nights 30 °C
Feels like 53 °C in the afternoons
205 h sunshine · 13.6 h daylight
110 mm rain · 44% humidity
Days 35 °C, nights 27 °C
Feels like 51 °C in the afternoons
137 h sunshine · 13.4 h daylight
249 mm rain · 74% humidity
Days 33 °C, nights 26 °C
Feels like 48 °C in the afternoons
161 h sunshine · 12.9 h daylight
200 mm rain · 82% humidity
Days 32 °C, nights 25 °C
Feels like 45 °C in the afternoons
174 h sunshine · 12.1 h daylight
146 mm rain · 81% humidity
Days 32 °C, nights 20 °C
Feels like 39 °C in the afternoons
224 h sunshine · 11.4 h daylight
34 mm rain · 68% humidity
Days 28 °C, nights 14 °C
197 h sunshine · 10.7 h daylight
2 mm rain · 58% humidity
Days 24 °C, nights 10 °C
145 h sunshine · 10.4 h daylight
5 mm rain · 51% humidity
Living in Varanasi means living under India's tax and legal system. The essentials, from our country research:
Would India actually work for your taxes? It runs regimes like Resident but Not Ordinarily Resident (RNOR) Status, and whether they fit depends on your situation.
Each month scores 0 to 10 from four weighted components: temperature (35%), sunshine (25%), humidity (20%) and rain (20%), with an extra penalty when heat and humidity combine. Personal tolerances reshape the score: your heat limit compares to how afternoons feel (heat index), your cold limit to typical nights. Data: NASA POWER climatology 2001-2020 with elevation corrections, daylight computed from latitude.
City data: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) · Climate normals: NASA POWER (2001-2020) · Live weather: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)