How extreme does Varanasi's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Varanasi has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.

Based on 6 years of daily weather observations (2019–present), from the Varanasi station 2 km away. Updated through August 2025 — an all-time extreme only changes when a more extreme day actually occurs, so some dates are old. That is normal, not stale data.

The four kinds of extreme

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Varanasi has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day

117°F May 28, 2024

The three most extreme on record

1 117°F May 28, 2024recent

2 117°F May 29, 2024

3 117°F May 30, 2024

❄️ Coldest night

38°F Dec 30, 2019

The three most extreme on record

1 38°F Dec 30, 2019

2 40°F Dec 28, 2019

3 40°F Jan 31, 2021

🌧️ Most rain in one day

5.83 in Sep 29, 2019

The three most extreme on record

1 5.83 in Sep 29, 2019

2 4.41 in Jun 5, 2020

3 4.09 in Jul 11, 2019

In plain terms

Across the record, Varanasi has reached as high as 117°F and as low as 38°F. A single day has delivered over 6 inches of rain. Those are the outer edges worth knowing if you are moving here, planning a trip, or thinking about a house.

Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 25 years of daily observations at Lal Bahadur Shastri Varanasi Intl, a weather station, about 21 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →

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