Best time to visit Khajuraho

India · South Asia

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

The year in Khajuraho

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Go in Feb — 27C max, 1 rainy day. Mar is the next best.

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Things to do in Khajuraho

Khajuraho Group of Monuments Historical temples located in India
Kandariya Mahadev Temple This temple is decorated with a profusion of sculptures that are among the greatest masterpieces of Indian art.
Lakshmana Temple 10th century Vishnu temple in Khajuraho, India
Raneh Falls Waterfall
Vishvanath Temple 10th century Shiva temple in Khajuraho, India
Devi Jagadambi Temple 11th century Hindu temple
Matangeshvara temple, Khajuraho 10th century Shiva temple in active use by Hindus

Tours and tickets in Khajuraho

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Sights and their lines from Wikivoyage (Khajuraho), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata; in order of how often each one's Wikipedia article was read on phones in the last 12 months.

Month by month

Month	Max °C	Rain days	Humidity	Sun h/day	Verdict	Why
Jan	22°	2d	74%	9.2h	okbusy	busier than usual
Feb	27°	1d	60%	10.1h	sweet spot	27C max, 1 rainy day
Mar	33°	1d	45%	11.1h	good	33C max, 1 rainy day
Apr	39°	0d	29%	11.4h	avoid	extreme heat: 27 days over 35C
May	41°	1d	34%	11.4h	avoid	extreme heat: 30 days over 35C
Jun	38°	6d	53%	10.3h	avoid	extreme heat: 23 days over 35C
Jul	33°	17d	79%	7.9h	avoid	monsoon: 17 rainy days, 359mm
Aug	31°	19d	84%	7.4h	avoid	monsoon: 19 rainy days, 360mm
Sep	32°	12d	82%	8.7h	avoid	32C max, 12 rainy days
Oct	32°	2d	66%	10.3h	ok	32C max, 2 rainy days
Nov	28°	0d	63%	10.3h	goodbusy	busier than usual
Dec	24°	1d	68%	9.2h	goodbusy	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 temples (the Western Group): 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 from November to January; quietest from April to July.

Then and now

Khajuraho's August days now average 31.3°C, 0.8°C warmer than in 1981–1990. 1 of 12 months are clearly warmer.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1981–90	22.7°	26.0°	32.5°	38.1°	41.1°	38.4°	32.0°	30.5°	30.8°	31.2°	27.6°	23.9°
2017–26	22.4°	27.3°	33.1°	38.9°	40.6°	38.3°	32.9°	31.3°	31.5°	32.0°	28.3°	23.7°
Change	-0.3°	+1.3°	+0.6°	+0.8°	-0.4°	-0.1°	+0.9°	+0.8°	+0.7°	+0.7°	+0.7°	-0.2°

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

How far Khajuraho is 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 Khajuraho

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.

Khajuraho is well connected to rail link via Jhansi, Gwalior, Agra and New Delhi. More on Wikivoyage

From the Wikivoyage article on Khajuraho, 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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Khajuraho in pictures

Javari Temple, Khajuraho — i

Dey.sandip, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Lakshmana Temple in Khajuraho — i

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Khajuraho India, Nandi Temple 01 — i

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Khajuraho tempel india — i

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What Khajuraho is like

Khajuraho, a small town in the Bundelkhand region of Eastern Madhya Pradesh, is famous for groups of Hindu and Jain temples. These temples are a UNESCO World Heritage Site for their beautiful and erotic rock carvings. Khajuraho has the Vindhya range of mountains as its beautiful backdrop. More on Wikivoyage

Worth seeing: In every temple, there is the depiction of royalty, armies, wrestling, kinship, war, courtship, marriage, lovemaking, music and dancing, spiritual teachings, union, meditation, bliss, gods, goddesses, plants… More on Wikivoyage
Getting in: Khajuraho Airport (HJR IATA) (is located 5 km from the city). Served by Air India offering flights from Delhi, Varanasi and Mumbai. More on Wikivoyage
Staying safe: Always listen to the travel alerts and frequent warnings, as some areas in Khajuraho are considered extremely unsafe for foreign travellers. More on Wikivoyage

From the Wikivoyage article on Khajuraho, 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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Khajuraho is in India, South Asia. Distances are great-circle, so a short one can still be a long way round.

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