Best time to visit Kaziranga

India · South Asia

All twelve months scored on daily temperature, rainfall, humidity and holiday crowding.

The year in Kaziranga

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Go in Jan or Feb — 24C max, 5 rainy days. Mar is the next best.

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Month by month

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Month	Max °C	Rain days	Humidity	Sun h/day	Verdict	Why
Jan	23°	3d	77%	9.5h	sweet spot	23C max, 3 rainy days
Feb	24°	5d	75%	9.0h	sweet spot	24C max, 5 rainy days
Mar	27°	8d	75%	9.0h	good	27C max, 8 rainy days
Apr	28°	13d	79%	8.9h	ok	28C max, 13 rainy days
May	30°	17d	83%	9.0h	avoid	monsoon: 17 rainy days, 350mm
Jun	31°	21d	86%	8.6h	avoid	closed: the park is shut for the rains
Jul	32°	23d	86%	8.2h	avoid	closed: the park is shut for the rains
Aug	32°	19d	85%	8.6h	avoid	closed: the park is shut for the rains
Sep	32°	15d	85%	9.1h	avoid	closed: the park is shut for the rains
Oct	29°	10d	84%	9.4h	ok	29C max, 10 rainy days
Nov	27°	1d	79%	10.1h	okbusy	busier than usual
Dec	24°	1d	78%	9.5h	okbusy	busier than usual

Rain days are the days with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts them.

Weather read at the park: ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.

A busy month is a crowded one, not a bad one — usually it is crowded because the weather is good. It is flagged rather than scored down, and crowds alone never make a month “avoid”: that is reserved for weather worth skipping.

How busy it gets

Busiest in November and December; quietest in May.

Then and now

Kaziranga's September days now average 31.6°C, 2.6°C warmer than in 1981–1990. 10 of 12 months are clearly warmer.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1981–90	21.6°	23.1°	26.5°	26.8°	28.8°	30.2°	29.7°	30.2°	28.9°	27.9°	25.7°	22.5°
2017–26	22.7°	24.1°	26.9°	28.5°	29.5°	31.0°	31.8°	32.0°	31.6°	29.4°	26.9°	23.9°
Change	+1.1°	+0.9°	+0.4°	+1.6°	+0.8°	+0.8°	+2.1°	+1.8°	+2.6°	+1.5°	+1.1°	+1.4°

The average daily high, month by month, for the nearest ERA5 grid cell. Bold is a clear change; grey is within the ordinary spread between years. Every destination, ranked.

Getting there

Fly into Jorhat (JRH), then drive. The flights under Where to book are to Jorhat.

Jorhat (JRH)	the drive is not measured yet
Guwahati (GAU)	the drive is not measured yet

The drive from each airport is the road's, from openrouteservice.org by HeiGIT: typical, not a schedule.

How far Kaziranga is, and what it costs, depends on where you set off from — the months above do not.

Before you go

Type C and D plugs at 230 V. Drives on the left. The currency is the Indian rupee. UK Foreign Office: avoid all travel to parts. Everything for India: cost of living, languages, emergency numbers and health.

Being there

On arrival

Paying — Cards are taken at larger hotels, chain stores and many restaurants; small shops and family-run businesses rarely take them, so carry some cash.
Tipping — Not traditional; up to 10% is usual only in smarter restaurants. Taxi and auto-rickshaw drivers do not expect a tip.

Getting around Kaziranga

Apps — Rides: Ola, Rapido, Uber. Maps: Google Maps, Apple Maps. Messages: WhatsApp. The apps also book auto-rickshaws, and bike taxis where these are allowed.

The park is divided into 4 zones according to different attractions, and all the zones of this park have their own entry gate. More on Wikivoyage

From the Wikivoyage article on Kaziranga National Park, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Help

Emergency — 112 (any emergency).
TravelCharika is not an emergency service: we cannot call for help or send anyone. Numbers can change; if one fails, ask someone local or your hotel.

Put together by hand from the sources listed, checked 3 October 2026. Apps, cards and rules change, so check before you rely on one.

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Kaziranga in pictures

Corvus macrorhynchos, Kaziranga, Assam, India — i

Joydeep Chakraborty, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Mandu Resort, Kaziranga 3 — i

পাপৰি বৰা, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Mandu Resort, Kaziranga 4 — i

পাপৰি বৰা, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Gateway to Kaziranga National Park, Assam — i

Joli, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Kaziranga Forestscape — i

Deepam2492, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

What Kaziranga is like

Kaziranga National park (Assamese: কাজিৰঙা Kājiraṅā) is in the Golaghat, Sonitpur, Biswanath and Nagaon districts of Upper Assam. It is located along the south bank of the Brahmaputra River. It is famous throughout India as the home of the one-horned rhinoceros. More on Wikivoyage

Worth seeing: Watch wildlife either from on top of an elephant or from a Terrain vehicle. All of the plain lands are infested by tall elephant grass, so it is more convenient to watch wildlife from an elephant's back. More on Wikivoyage
Worth doing: Stay at one of the local lodges, such as Nature hunt Eco Camp, Wild Grass Resort or Diphlu River Lodge. An evening of music and great food rounds off the day so nicely. More on Wikivoyage
Getting in: Kohara Bus Stop. Guwahati (217 km, ₹200), Jorhat (96 km, ₹70), Nagaon, Dibrugarh, Tezpur (75 km, ₹50) or Tinsukia. Get down at Kohora Town on Guwahati-Jorhat route. More on Wikivoyage
Staying safe: Hiking in Kaziranga is prohibited to stop man-animal conflicts, so going on a terrain vehicle or elephant-back tour are the only options. More on Wikivoyage

From the Wikivoyage article on Kaziranga National Park, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the full article has far more. The numbers above are measured; this is experience.

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Kaziranga is in India, South Asia. Distances are great-circle, so a short one can still be a long way round.

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