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Best time to visit Rajasthan
Culture vultures take flight. Rajasthan International Folk Festival in Jodhpur every October in the Mehrangar Fort & January's Jaipur festival are feasts to prey on.![]()
The best time to visit Rajasthan is October to March as days are sunny, not too humid, with cooler nights. The desert influences start doing their damndest in April, May and June when temps soar, although this brings tigers out in search of water, so great for safaris. Monsoon is July to September when even Ranthambore NP closes. October-November is festival time, with Diwali, the Pushkar and Nagaur Camel Fairs. Or March, when Holi brings its famous colour throwing fests.
Rajasthan, month by month
Our Rajasthan Holidays
Rajasthan tours, India
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Rajasthan 15 day tour
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Enjoy cycling tour in Royal Rajasthan with Taj and Tiger.
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Rajasthan small group tour, India
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Rajasthan Weather Chart
MIN °C
MAX °C
RAIN (mm)
JAN
6
22
3
FEB
9
25
9
MAR
14
29
9
APR
20
37
15
MAY
27
40
12
JUN
29
39
33
JUL
27
35
146
AUG
26
34
124
SEP
24
34
72
OCT
18
33
62
NOV
11
28
0
DEC
7
23
3
Our top Rajasthan Holiday
Rajasthan tours, India
Discover the evocative northern province of Rajasthan
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£1012 to £1280
15 days
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Responsible Travel recommends
Andrew Appleyard from our supplier, Exodus, shares his best time to go to Rajasthan: “I do love it after the monsoon season. It is incredibly green and beautiful. Tigers are hard enough to spot anyway, but the birdlife is just absolutely phenomenal in October. April is also brilliant in Ranthambore, although it is incredibly hot and dry. The advantage is that the wildlife all conglomerates around the water holes, but of course all the vehicles then too.”
Shanane Davis, Director of our supplier, True Luxury Tours, specialising in Rajasthan: “In the mountain regions I think May and September are the best months, with orchids in May, and alpine flowers in September”
Bhupesh, a tour leader with our supplier Intrepid Travel: “I just completed a tour a month ago and I wasn't aware of it beforehand but there was a festival happening called Bundi festival (November). There was a procession piling out onto the street, so we went out to witness it. There were loads of camels and horses and people in traditional colourful dress… we then proceeded to the stadium where there were a whole host of events happening. There was a turban tying contest, and a race where you balance an earthenware pot on your head and race for 50 metres-odd.”
Festivals & events
Gangaur
This is one of the most important festivals in Rajasthan and a celebration of spring and marital bliss. Many women fast during this time, decorate their hands and feet with Mehndi or myrtle paste, and unmarried women join colourful processions, singing and carrying pots on their heads with a lit lamp inside. As you do.
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