Best time to visit Srisailam

India · South Asia

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

The year in Srisailam

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Go in Feb — 31C max, 0 rainy days. Nov is the next best.

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

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Month by month

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Month	Max °C	Rain days	Humidity	Sun h/day	Verdict	Why
Jan	28°	0d	68%	10.3h	goodbusy	busier than usual
Feb	31°	0d	56%	11.2h	sweet spot	31C max, 0 rainy days
Mar	35°	0d	50%	11.6h	avoid	extreme heat: 16 days over 35C
Apr	37°	1d	52%	11.7h	avoid	extreme heat: 26 days over 35C
May	36°	2d	59%	11.0h	avoid	extreme heat: 21 days over 35C
Jun	32°	6d	70%	8.7h	ok	32C max, 6 rainy days
Jul	29°	12d	79%	6.6h	good	29C max, 12 rainy days
Aug	29°	10d	80%	7.9h	okbusy	busier than usual
Sep	29°	10d	82%	8.3h	good	29C max, 10 rainy days
Oct	29°	7d	78%	9.3h	okbusy	busier than usual
Nov	29°	2d	75%	9.7h	good	29C max, 2 rainy days
Dec	27°	2d	75%	9.8h	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 Mallikarjuna temple: 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 January, August, October and December; quietest from April to June.

Then and now

No month in Srisailam 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	28.5°	32.2°	35.2°	37.8°	37.9°	32.9°	30.3°	29.1°	29.9°	29.4°	28.1°	27.4°
2017–26	28.4°	31.5°	34.9°	36.8°	35.7°	32.0°	29.0°	28.8°	28.9°	29.3°	28.5°	27.2°
Change	-0.1°	-0.7°	-0.3°	-1.0°	-2.1°	-0.9°	-1.3°	-0.3°	-1.1°	-0.1°	+0.4°	-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 Hyderabad (HYD), then drive. The flights under Where to book are to Hyderabad.

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

How far Srisailam 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 Srisailam

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.

For nature lovers, the Srisailam trip leaves immense pleasure as you travel through deep forests. From Dornala to Srisailam you will find excellent views and the road is full of curves and U-turns. More on Wikivoyage

From the Wikivoyage article on Srisailam, 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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Srisailam in pictures

Rock formations on the Telanagana side of Srisailam Dam — i

iMahesh, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Closeup at Crest Gates of Srisailam Dam — i

iMahesh, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

SriSailam Dam OCT 2017 Skies — i

Cyberdoctorind, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Srisailam Patalganga Ghat — i

Anand t83, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

NSRS Srisailam Dam — i

Munna Aawara, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

What Srisailam is like

Srisailam (శ్రీశైలము Śrīśailamu) is a town in the Rayalaseema region of Andhra Pradesh, India. Home to a Jyotirlinga (Hindu shrine to Shiva), it is about 245 km from Hyderabad and 132 km from Nandyal. More on Wikivoyage

Getting in: Srisailam is about 232 km from Hyderabad, the capital of Telangana, and there are buses connecting the town with Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Guntur, Markapur and Kurnool. More on Wikivoyage

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

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