Погода: Удайпур, январь

January is the month Rajasthan regulars name first, and the Udaipur forum's version has the same shape as the rest of the state: comfortable days, and mornings and evenings that catch people out. Their range runs into the 20s C by afternoon and down towards 8C overnight, so the advice is light clothes with full sleeves, plus a sweater, pullover or jacket for either end of the day. The one January caveat that affects what you actually see is fog: north India sits under it through the month, visibility is poor early and usually clears by noon, which is worth knowing if you had planned a sunrise on the lake. The record: 24.7C days, 8.6C nights, 0.8 precipitation days, 9.8 hours of sun - and AQI 107.

Regulars are specific this month reads as very nice overall, warm to hot days against cool nights and genuinely little rain, the later into October a trip lands the cooler and drier conditions tend to get. Our row backs that hot, genuinely dry read, 32.7C reading as a hot 34C, over 19.3C nights feeling 20C, with rain light at 37mm across 3.7 days and humidity at 58 percent. Regulars are consistent mid-October specifically gets singled out as tourist-friendly and pleasant enough to explore the whole city on foot. Sunscreen, a hat and steady hydration remain the standard advice given how strong the midday sun still is. The record: 10.1 hours of sun, a 10.3 kph wind and AQI 72.

Regulars describe a real daily arc rather than one number for the day: little chill and sweet, comfortable winds in the early morning, building to genuinely hot by noon - tourist-friendly overall, but AC accommodation is specifically recommended from the middle of the month onward. Our row backs the building heat, 33C reading as a hot 32C, over 16.2C nights, with rain almost absent, 4.9mm across 1.6 days, and humidity down to a dry 33 percent. Regulars are consistent that fort and monument visits are best scheduled for the cooler morning hours rather than midday, when the heat becomes the main obstacle to sightseeing. The record: 11.1 hours of sun, a 13.3 kph wind and AQI 68.

Regulars rank November with February as the best month for Rajasthan, and the reason is a day that works in a single shirt and a night that does not. They give 22 to 28C for the last week of November into the first week of December, cool at dawn and after dark, and are careful that the end of the month is colder than the start. Our row gives 29.4C days against 14C nights, a fifteen-degree swing at 52 percent humidity, with rain effectively finished at 7.8mm on a single day. The figure they never mention is the air, which reads AQI 98 here in November - the cost of the season everyone recommends. The record: 9.9 hours of sun and a 9.7 kph wind.

Regulars bracket mid-February in Udaipur at 14 to 33C and call it a good time to come; our row's 11.7C night under a 28.7C day sits just inside that, and the gap between the two is the whole character of a Rajasthani February. Mornings and evenings are genuinely cool - 11.7C reads as 10C - and the middle of the day is pleasant rather than hot, at 41 percent humidity. November to February is the window they name, with September to March the wider good stretch. Rain is effectively absent: 0.5mm across 0.3 precipitation days. Their standing recommendation is a boat on Lake Pichola towards sunset, for the palaces and Jagmandir from the water. The record: 10.5 hours of sun, a 12.1 kph wind and AQI 76.