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Photo by Kingshuk Mondal, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Best time to visit Sundarbans

India · South Asia

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

The year in Sundarbans

Tap a month for its page

  1. Sundarbans in January: ok, busy
  2. Sundarbans in February: sweet spot
  3. Sundarbans in March: ok
  4. Sundarbans in April: avoid
  5. Sundarbans in May: avoid
  6. Sundarbans in June: avoid
  7. Sundarbans in July: avoid
  8. Sundarbans in August: avoid
  9. Sundarbans in September: avoid
  10. Sundarbans in October: avoid
  11. Sundarbans in November: good, busy
  12. Sundarbans in December: ok, busy
  • Sweet spot
  • Good
  • OK
  • Avoid
  • Busy
Go in Feb — 29C max, 1 rainy day. Nov is the next best.

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

Month by month

MonthMax °CRain days HumiditySun h/day VerdictWhy
Jan 25° 1d 75% 9.7h okbusy busier than usual
Feb 29° 1d 72% 10.2h sweet spot 29C max, 1 rainy day
Mar 32° 3d 75% 10.4h ok 32C max, 3 rainy days
Apr 34° 4d 77% 11.0h avoid 34C max, 4 rainy days
May 33° 8d 79% 10.2h avoid 33C max, 8 rainy days
Jun 33° 16d 84% 8.1h avoid monsoon: 16 rainy days, 300mm
Jul 31° 20d 86% 7.9h avoid closed: the Forest Department closes the reserve to visitors from mid-June to mid-September
Aug 31° 22d 87% 7.6h avoid closed: the Forest Department closes the reserve to visitors from mid-June to mid-September
Sep 31° 19d 87% 8.1h avoid monsoon: 19 rainy days, 326mm
Oct 31° 11d 84% 9.0h avoid 31C max, 11 rainy days
Nov 29° 2d 77% 9.7h goodbusy busier than usual
Dec 25° 1d 76% 9.2h 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 Pakhiralay, by the lodges: 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, June and December; quietest in April and May.

Then and now

Sundarbans's July days now average 31.2°C, 0.9°C warmer than in 1981–1990. 3 of 12 months are clearly warmer.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
1981–9025.3°27.8°31.6°33.1°32.6°31.6°30.3°30.4°30.3°30.2°28.5°25.7°
2017–2624.9°28.6°32.1°34.1°33.5°32.5°31.2°31.1°31.1°30.7°28.6°25.5°
Change-0.4°+0.8°+0.5°+1.0°+0.8°+0.9°+0.9°+0.7°+0.8°+0.5°+0.1°-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

Fly into Kolkata (CCU), then drive. The flights under Where to book are to Kolkata.

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

How far Sundarbans 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 Sundarbans

  • 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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Sundarbans in pictures

Nylon net fence along the edge of Sundarban, West Bengal, India 13
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Kingshuk Mondal, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Nylon net fence along the edge of Sundarban, West Bengal, India 15
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Kingshuk Mondal, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sundarbans
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Monster eagle, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Open Field of Sundarban
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S.M.M.Musabbir Uddin, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Boat, trees and water in Sundarbans
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bri vos, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Around Sundarbans

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Kind of place

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

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