Best time to visit Murdeshwar

India · South Asia

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

The year in Murdeshwar

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Beach and sea Nov–May · fair Oct

Go in Jan or Feb — 32C max, 0 rainy days. Mar is the next best.

Dry season: Nov–Apr, 6 or fewer rainy days a month.

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Things to do in Murdeshwar

Kollur Mookambika Temple Temple of the goddess
Mahabaleshwar Temple Hindu temple located in Gokarna
Jog Falls Second largest plunge falls located in Karnataka
Kodachadri Mountain in India
Netrani Island Island in India
Ganesha Temple, Idagunji Tourist destination near Sirsi, Karnataka
Sri Vinayaka Temple, Guddattu Temple in Udupi, Karnataka, India

Tours and tickets in Murdeshwar

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Sights and their lines from Wikivoyage, 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

No fare history for this route yet, so this ranking is climate and crowds only — the price column will fill in as the scanner collects.

Month	Max °C	Rain days	Humidity	Sun h/day	Verdict	Why
Jan	31°	1d	64%	10.7h	sweet spot	31C max, 1 rainy day
Feb	32°	0d	65%	11.1h	sweet spot	32C max, 0 rainy days
Mar	32°	1d	72%	11.4h	good	32C max, 1 rainy day
Apr	33°	2d	77%	11.6h	ok	33C max, 2 rainy days
May	32°	10d	81%	9.7h	ok	32C max, 10 rainy days
Jun	28°	26d	93%	5.7h	avoid	monsoon: 26 rainy days, 894mm
Jul	27°	30d	95%	4.3h	avoid	monsoon: 30 rainy days, 1344mm
Aug	27°	27d	94%	6.3h	avoid	monsoon: 27 rainy days, 889mm
Sep	28°	20d	92%	8.0h	avoid	monsoon: 20 rainy days, 511mm
Oct	30°	15d	87%	9.0h	avoid	monsoon: 15 rainy days, 320mm
Nov	32°	4d	73%	10.3h	okbusy	busier than usual
Dec	32°	1d	66%	10.3h	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 temple and beach: 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 October to December; quietest in April, June and September.

Then and now

Murdeshwar's June days now average 28.3°C, 1.1°C warmer than in 1981–1990. 3 of 12 months are clearly warmer, 1 clearly cooler.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1981–90	32.3°	32.1°	32.4°	32.7°	31.9°	27.2°	26.4°	26.4°	27.9°	29.7°	31.5°	32.5°
2017–26	31.5°	32.3°	32.5°	33.1°	32.0°	28.3°	26.9°	27.3°	28.1°	29.7°	32.0°	32.1°
Change	-0.8°	+0.2°	+0.0°	+0.4°	+0.1°	+1.1°	+0.5°	+1.0°	+0.2°	-0.0°	+0.5°	-0.4°

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 Mangaluru (IXE), then drive. The flights under Where to book are to Mangaluru.

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

How far Murdeshwar 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 Murdeshwar

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.

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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Murdeshwar in pictures

Murudeshwar temple statue — i

Amarrg at English Wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Murdeshwar railway station — i

Gannu03, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Murdeshwar railway station 2 — i

Gannu03, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Murdeshwar beach from the rajagopuram of the Murdeshwar temple — i

Starstuffseyyon, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The rajagopuram of the Murdeshwar temple — i

Starstuffseyyon, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

What Murdeshwar is like

Murdeshwar is a town in Uttara Kannada region in southern India. The name "Murdeshwar" means Shiva or Eeshwara. More on Wikivoyage

Worth seeing: Murdeshwar is a land mass projected into the Arabian Sea in the shape of a Shiva Linga. There are beaches on all the three sides of the land mass. More on Wikivoyage
Worth doing: Beach: pristine sands, swimming, water sports and boating. If you stroll down the beach there is some good handicraft shopping. More on Wikivoyage
Getting in: Now sleeper/sitting non-AC buses are available from Bengaluru. They take just over 12 hours to reach and costs vary from ₹600-750 depending on the operator and the seating chosen. More on Wikivoyage

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

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