På gång i Delhi (New Delhi), India under året

Lugnt — redaktionens lugna månad, Republic Day parade

• Festival

  Republic Day parade

  26 janNationell helgdagTrångtStängningar

  Kartavya Path and much of central Delhi close for the rehearsals as well as the parade itself on 26 January, and security is heavy across the city for a fortnight. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Severe air season (1 okt – 31 jan (vanligtvis)), Dense winter fog (15 dec – 31 jan (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Öppning

  Mughal gardens open

  3 feb – 31 marVildblommor & blomning

  The gardens behind Rashtrapati Bhavan open to the public for a season each spring, free but ticketed online in advance. They are shut for the rest of the year. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Holi

  3–4 marReligiös högtidStängningar

  A bonfire the night before, then a day of colour and water that shuts the city down completely — no shops, almost no traffic, and taxis that will not come. Fun if you are invited somewhere, bleak if you are not. Källa ↗

Mellansäsong — mellan topparna, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i mars.

Pågår fortfarande: Mughal gardens open (3 feb – 31 mar), Holi (3–4 mar)

Lugnt — redaktionens lugna månad, Summer vacation (Kerala / far south) i India

• Risk

  The loo and dust storms

  15 apr – 20 jun · vanligtvisDammsäsong

  A hot dry wind off the western desert that carries dust across the plain and can push visibility down for a day. Working hours shift to early morning and late evening around it. Källa ↗

Lugnt — redaktionens lugna månad, Summer vacation (north & east) i India

Inget nytt börjar i maj.

Pågår fortfarande: The loo and dust storms (15 apr – 20 jun (vanligtvis))

Lugnt — redaktionens lugna månad, Summer vacation (north & east) i India

• Säsong

  Monsoon over the plains

  25 jun – 25 sep · vanligtvisRisk

  The rains usually reach Delhi in the last week of June and break the heat in a single afternoon. Underpasses flood, traffic stops, and the city is green for the only stretch of the year.

Pågår fortfarande: The loo and dust storms (15 apr – 20 jun (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — mellan topparna, skollov i 5 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i juli.

Pågår fortfarande: Monsoon over the plains (25 jun – 25 sep (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Independence Day, skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Festival

  Independence Day

  15 augNationell helgdagStängningarTrångt

  The address from the Red Fort closes roads across the old city and puts drones and airspace restrictions over central Delhi. A public holiday, so the monuments that are open are full of local families. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Monsoon over the plains (25 jun – 25 sep (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — mellan topparna, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i september.

Pågår fortfarande: Monsoon over the plains (25 jun – 25 sep (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, Autumn break (Dussehra / Diwali) i India

• Risk

  Severe air season

  1 okt – 31 jan · vanligtvisRöksäsong

  Emergency pollution restrictions run from 1 October: construction bans, diesel-vehicle limits and schools moved online when it escalates. The city spent 53 days under Stage III curbs in the winter of 2025-26. Källa ↗

• Risk

  Stubble-burning smoke

  10 okt – 30 nov · vanligtvisRöksäsong

  Crop residue burns across Punjab and Haryana in the weeks around early November and the smoke drifts onto the city. NASA found the fires have shifted later in the day, past the satellite pass that counts them. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Diwali

  8 novStängningarTrångtRisk

  Lit-up markets and a week of shut offices, and fireworks that land on top of the crop smoke: Delhi's 24-hour air index reached 488 on the nights after Diwali 2025. The wedding season starts straight after it. Källa ↗

Mycket folk — Diwali

Inget nytt börjar i november.

Pågår fortfarande: Severe air season (1 okt – 31 jan (vanligtvis)), Stubble-burning smoke (10 okt – 30 nov (vanligtvis)), Diwali (8 nov)

Lugnt — redaktionens lugna månad, Winter break i India

• Risk

  Dense winter fog

  15 dec – 31 jan · vanligtvisRöksäsongStängningar

  Fog settles over the plain for days at a time and closes the airport in the small hours, with flights and trains running hours late into the afternoon. Build slack into any connection through Delhi in January. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Severe air season (1 okt – 31 jan (vanligtvis))