Page 45 - (DK Eyewitness) Travel Guide - India

INDIA THROUGH THE Y EAR  43

DELHI KOLKATA Average
monthly
maximum
°C/ºF 36/97 35/95 °C/ºF 36/97 32/90 32/90
33/91 temperature
27/81 25/77 26/79 27/81
21/70 21/70 24/75 Average
The lowest 19/66 14/57 monthly
temperatures 7/45
are recorded in minimum
the Himalayan 8.8 5.7 9.1 7.7 8.8 3.9 6.5 8.1 temperature
belt, averaging
below 7° C (45° F). hrs hrs hrs hrs hrs hrs hrs hrs Average
6.8 211 31.2 24.9 42.7 301 160 13.8 daily hours
mm mm mm mm mm mm mm mm of sunshine
month Apr Jul Oct Jan month Apr Jul Oct Jan
Average
monthly
• rainfall
Srinagar
Cherrapunji and Mawsynram,
in Meghalaya, are the two wettest
places on earth, recording an
average of 1,186 cm (467 inches)
of rainfall per year, and up to 104 cm
(41 inches) on a single day.
• Delhi
Bhojpatra (silver birch) trees in the alpine
meadows, Kashmir Valley
• Jaisalmer
Jaipur •
Cherrapunji
•

• Tropic of Cancer
Bhopal
Kolkata
•
BHOPAL
INDIA 38/100
°C/ºF
Mumbai • 30/86 31/88 26/79
Bay of 23/73
Bengal 21/70 18/64
10/50
Hyderabad
Arabian •
Sea 9.8 3.6 9.2 9.5
The eastern coast receives hrs hrs hrs hrs
winter rainfall from the 3.3 428 36.9 16.8
retreating Southwest Monsoon.
mm mm mm mm
month Apr Jul Oct Jan
CHENNAI
• Chennai
°C/ºF 35/95 35/95
32/90
29/84
26/79 26/79
24/75
20/68
Lakshadweep Andaman &
Islands Nicobar Islands
9.5 5.4 6.4 8.6
hrs hrs hrs hrs
0 kilometres 250
• 24.7 83.5 267 23.8
Thiruvananthapuram 250
mm mm mm mm 0 miles
month Apr Jul Oct Jan
042-043_EW_India.indd 43 26/04/17 11:52 am