Best time to visit Mussoorie

India · South Asia

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

The year in Mussoorie

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Hiking Apr, Oct–Dec · fair Feb–Mar

Go in Apr, Oct or Nov — these months score within a whisker of each other; 18C max, 7 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	10°	6d	63%	8.7h	ok	10C max, 6 rainy days
Feb	12°	6d	68%	9.3h	good	12C max, 6 rainy days
Mar	16°	10d	61%	10.6h	good	16C max, 10 rainy days
Apr	20°	9d	51%	11.2h	sweet spot	20C max, 9 rainy days
May	22°	15d	59%	11.6h	okbusy	busier than usual
Jun	23°	17d	72%	11.2h	avoid	monsoon: 17 rainy days, 186mm
Jul	22°	30d	92%	8.0h	avoid	monsoon: 30 rainy days, 543mm
Aug	21°	30d	93%	7.8h	avoid	monsoon: 30 rainy days, 494mm
Sep	21°	26d	89%	9.3h	avoid	monsoon: 26 rainy days, 304mm
Oct	18°	7d	72%	10.5h	sweet spot	18C max, 7 rainy days
Nov	15°	4d	69%	9.6h	sweet spot	15C max, 4 rainy days
Dec	12°	2d	60%	9.1h	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 Mall Road: 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 May, June and December; quietest in January, February, August and September.

Then and now

No month in Mussoorie is clearly warmer than in 1981–1990: the differences are inside the ordinary spread between one year and the next.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1981–90	10.2°	11.4°	15.4°	20.3°	23.6°	24.5°	21.9°	21.3°	20.7°	18.7°	15.5°	12.1°
2017–26	10.0°	11.8°	15.7°	19.9°	21.8°	23.0°	21.6°	21.3°	20.5°	18.3°	14.8°	12.0°
Change	-0.1°	+0.4°	+0.2°	-0.4°	-1.8°	-1.5°	-0.3°	+0.0°	-0.2°	-0.4°	-0.7°	-0.1°

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 Dehradun (Jauligrant) (DED), then drive. The flights under Where to book are to Dehradun (Jauligrant).

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

How far Mussoorie 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 Mussoorie

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.

Once in Mussoorie, the affordable and effective way to get around the city by bus or cycle rickshaws. Cycle rickshaws for traveling within city may cost approximately ₹20. More on Wikivoyage

From the Wikivoyage article on Mussoorie, 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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Mussoorie in pictures

Mountain view from eco park dhanaulti, near mussoorie India — i

Keshariiiitm, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Mussoorie India Uttarakhand (183710205) — i

Val Do, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

Mussoorie Library — i

Padamvir, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

What Mussoorie is like

Mussoorie is a hill station in the Garhwal region of Uttarakhand. With its green hills and varied flora and fauna, Mussoorie is a fascinating hill resort and a fabulous honeymoon spot. More on Wikivoyage

Worth seeing: Bhatta falls. On the way back to Dehradun from Mussoorie take the opportunity to see Bhatta Falls. 2-km trek, 3 km away from Mussoorie. More on Wikivoyage
Worth doing: Cambridge Book Depot, The Mall Rd (opposite State Bank of India). The oldest book shop in the area, the well-read and the owner of the shop is genial and helpful. More on Wikivoyage
Getting in: Buses leave from Dehradun train station. There are two buses which go to opposite ends of the Mussoorie Mall, Library and Picture Palace. More on Wikivoyage
Staying safe: Crime is low in Mussoorie. If you are travelling alone then it is advisable to stay in a hotel in Mussoorie itself and not in a remote area. More on Wikivoyage

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

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