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Best Time to Visit Rajasthan
The short answer is October to March, and it is not close. But the long answer is more useful, because Rajasthan is not one climate — the Thar and the Aravallis behave completely differently, and the month you can travel should change where in the state you go.
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The seasons
Four seasons,
and what each does
| Season | Months | What it’s like | Go where |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peak | October – March | Clear, walkable days. Cold desert nights in Dec–Jan. Every fort at its best. | Anywhere. The desert especially. |
| Hot | April – June | Punishing in Jodhpur, Bikaner and Jaisalmer. Sightseeing before 10am only. | Mount Abu, and only Mount Abu. |
| Monsoon | July – September | Light rain, sudden green, empty monuments, lowest prices of the year. | Udaipur and Mount Abu. |
| Shoulder | Late September | Lakes full, hills green, crowds not yet arrived. The quiet sweet spot. | Udaipur, Mewar. |
Peak
- Months
- October – March
- What it’s like
- Clear, walkable days. Cold desert nights in Dec–Jan. Every fort at its best.
- Go where
- Anywhere. The desert especially.
Hot
- Months
- April – June
- What it’s like
- Punishing in Jodhpur, Bikaner and Jaisalmer. Sightseeing before 10am only.
- Go where
- Mount Abu, and only Mount Abu.
Monsoon
- Months
- July – September
- What it’s like
- Light rain, sudden green, empty monuments, lowest prices of the year.
- Go where
- Udaipur and Mount Abu.
Shoulder
- Months
- Late September
- What it’s like
- Lakes full, hills green, crowds not yet arrived. The quiet sweet spot.
- Go where
- Udaipur, Mewar.
Month by month
What each
month is really like
- ✓October — the season opens. Warm days, cool evenings, everything is beautiful and not yet crowded. Arguably the best month of all.
- ✓November — clear and busy. Diwali and the Pushkar fair fall here; prices rise and rooms tighten.
- ✓December — cold at night, especially on the dunes. Christmas and New Year are the year's peak for price and crowds.
- ✓January — the coldest. Wonderful by day. A proper jacket for a desert camp is not optional.
- ✓February — the sweet spot. The Jaisalmer Desert Festival falls this month, and the Falgun Mela at Khatu Shyam runs into March.
- ✓March — warming quickly. Still good early in the month; by the end the desert is turning.
- ✓April to June — very hot. We will talk a first-time visitor out of Jodhpur or Jaisalmer in May. Mount Abu is the exception, and is lovely.
- ✓July to September — the monsoon. Green hills, dramatic light, empty forts, cheapest rooms. Udaipur is at its most beautiful; the desert is humid rather than pleasant.
Festivals
Dates worth
planning around
Two festivals genuinely change a trip. The Jaisalmer Desert Festival, held each February around the full moon, fills the city with camel races and folk performance — and fills every room in it, so book far ahead. The Falgun Mela at Khatu Shyam Ji, around February and March, brings hundreds of thousands of pilgrims and queues that can run for hours.
Diwali, and the Pushkar camel fair in November, both raise prices sharply and are worth either seeking out or avoiding deliberately. There is no middle ground.
Travelling October to March? That is exactly the window this trip was built for — Mehrangarh, Sonar Qila and a Sam dunes sunset.
See the 4-day Jodhpur–Jaisalmer package →Rangeelo Rajasthan
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