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Sundarbans in April

avoid · not the best time to go · the warmest month of the year, the sunniest month of the year

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
April at Sundarbans is 34°C by day and 26°C at night, with 4 rainy days and about 11 hours of sun a day. 34C max, 4 rainy days.

The numbers

Daily high34°C
Nightly low26°C
Feels like, afternoon39°C
Rainy days, 1 mm or more4 · 68 mm
Humidity77%
Sunshine11.0 h/day
Daylight12.7 h/day
Days over 35°C9
Crowds80 / 100, higher is quieter

Ten-year averages for this calendar month. A rainy day is one with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts it. The model these figures come from drizzles more than a rain gauge, the more so the warmer the month, so its days count from 2 mm, rising to 5 mm in the hottest.

Weather read at Pakhiralay, by the lodges: ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.

How busy it gets

April: quiet. Busiest in January, June and December; quietest in April and May.

Public holidays in April

Holidays crowd a place out; they count toward the crowd score above.

Sundarbans in pictures

What to pack

  • Light, loose clothes: daily highs average 34°C.
  • Plan the middle of the day indoors: 9 days a month pass 35°C.
  • Sun protection: about 11 hours of sunshine a day.
  • Humidity averages 77%; breathable fabrics dry faster.

Each line is a threshold over the ten-year figures above, not advice from anywhere else.

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.

On arrival in Sundarbans: the apps, paying, getting around, tipping and the emergency numbers.

April elsewhere

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