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Best time to visit Pushkar, month by month

October – March. Warm days and cool nights in the temple town's own rhythm. The Camel Fair lights up Kartik Purnima (usually November) — magical, and booked out months ahead. Summer is hot and slow; the monsoon greens the Nag Pahar hills and raises the lake. Our pick: November if you want the Fair's spectacle; December if you want Pushkar as the pilgrims know it — crisp, calm, contemplative.

The season, honestly

October to March is Pushkar at its best — warm days, cool nights, and the Camel Fair lighting up Kartik Purnima (Oct/Nov). Summer is hot and slow; the monsoon greens the Nag Pahar hills and fills the sacred lake.

October to March

Oct: 33° / 17° — season opens; fair prep begins

Nov: 28° / 11° — fair month magic — book far ahead

Dec: 24° / 8° — crisp, calm, contemplative

Jan: 22° / 7° — cool and clear — lovely

Feb: 25° / 10° — ideal walking weather

Mar: 31° / 15° — warming; Holi is exuberant here

April to September

Apr: 36° / 21° — hot afternoons

May: 40° / 26° — peak heat; town naps

Jun: 38° / 27° — hot, first storms

Jul: 33° / 25° — monsoon green on the hills

Aug: 31° / 23° — wettest; the lake rises

Sep: 33° / 22° — fresh and green

If you can only come in the heat

Start at opening, be back indoors by eleven, and go out again an hour before sunset. The lake & its ghats at 8am in May is emptier and better than at noon in December — the city's rhythm is the desert's, and it rewards anyone who keeps it.

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