Best time to visit Udupi

India · South Asia

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

The year in Udupi

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Beach and sea Nov–Apr · fair May

Go in 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 Udupi

Sri Krishna Temple and Mutt A complex of temples and monasteries located near the Madhva Sarovara, or Madhvacharya's pond.
Malpe beach Visit Malpe beach where you can take fantastic pictures of the sunset in the background of St Mary's island.
Gommateshwara statue Monolithic statue of Bahubali in Karkala, India
Guru Narasimha Temple Temple in Saligrama
Sri Vinayaka Temple, Guddattu Temple in Udupi, Karnataka, India
Chaturmukha Basadi A Jain temple in Karkala, Karnataka
Yelluru Shri Vishweshwara Temple Hindu temple

Tours and tickets in Udupi

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Sights and their lines from Wikivoyage (Udupi), 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

Month	Max °C	Rain days	Humidity	Sun h/day	Verdict	Why
Jan	31°	1d	70%	10.7h	goodbusy	busier than usual
Feb	32°	0d	71%	11.1h	sweet spot	32C max, 0 rainy days
Mar	32°	1d	73%	11.4h	good	32C max, 1 rainy day
Apr	33°	5d	76%	11.5h	ok	33C max, 5 rainy days
May	32°	13d	81%	9.3h	ok	32C max, 13 rainy days
Jun	28°	26d	90%	6.2h	avoid	monsoon: 26 rainy days, 751mm
Jul	27°	30d	91%	5.0h	avoid	monsoon: 30 rainy days, 1024mm
Aug	28°	26d	91%	6.8h	avoid	monsoon: 26 rainy days, 678mm
Sep	28°	18d	89%	8.4h	avoid	monsoon: 18 rainy days, 371mm
Oct	29°	17d	88%	8.7h	avoid	monsoon: 17 rainy days, 326mm
Nov	31°	6d	80%	10.1h	good	31C max, 6 rainy days
Dec	31°	2d	73%	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 Krishna temple, the centre: 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 December and January; quietest in April and May.

Then and now

Udupi's August days now average 27.6°C, 0.5°C warmer than in 1981–1990. 1 of 12 months are clearly warmer, 5 clearly cooler.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1981–90	31.7°	32.1°	33.0°	33.5°	32.7°	27.9°	27.3°	27.1°	28.4°	29.5°	30.7°	31.7°
2017–26	31.1°	32.1°	32.4°	32.9°	31.6°	28.4°	27.4°	27.6°	28.2°	29.3°	30.7°	31.1°
Change	-0.6°	-0.0°	-0.6°	-0.7°	-1.0°	+0.6°	+0.2°	+0.5°	-0.2°	-0.2°	+0.0°	-0.6°

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 Udupi 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 Udupi

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.

Buses, cabs and auto-rickshaws are ways to get around the city. Udupi has excellent city bus services run by various private companies. More on Wikivoyage

From the Wikivoyage article on Udupi, 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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Udupi in pictures

St. Mary's island, Udupi 3 — i

Nativeplants garden, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

St. Mary's island, Udupi 2 — i

Nativeplants garden, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Udupi Krishna Mutt — i

Sridhar Rao, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

What Udupi is like

Most Indians know of Udupi not as a place, but as a category of restaurants that serve vegetarian food in the South Indian style. However, the town itself is not as well-known as its widespread cuisine. More on Wikivoyage

Worth seeing: Udupi has some nice beaches, lush greenery, the quaint charm of a small town and many temples. Many of the places to visit are not very well known to many people outside of Udupi. More on Wikivoyage
Worth doing: Udupi has some great beaches, but thankfully, they aren't big water sports destinations like Goa, though there are some options. More on Wikivoyage
Getting in: Udupi is well-connected with the cities on India's west coast. NH-66 (formerly NH-17) runs right through Udupi, connecting it to Mumbai and Goa to the North and Mangalore and Kochi to the South. More on Wikivoyage

From the Wikivoyage article on Udupi, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the full article has far more. The numbers above are measured; this is experience.

Around Udupi

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Kind of place

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

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