Delhi

Dilwalon ki Dilli | Delhi, the city of big-hearted people

Why visit

Delhi is a major India anchor for Mughal monuments, markets, food, museums, metro movement, and a layered old-new city contrast. It needs deliberate pacing because the scale can swallow a short visit.

When to avoid

Delhi's air quality turns severe most winters from mid-November through January, when crop-stubble burning in nearby Punjab and Haryana combines with post-Diwali fireworks and a cold-weather inversion that traps smoke over the city. The city has repeatedly triggered GRAP Stage IV emergency rules in recent winters, which include a full construction ban and a shift to hybrid classes for younger students, once AQI readings pass 600 in parts of the city.

Plan Delhi

Current conditions and the practical reference material that helps turn the saved places into a trip.

The next week in Delhi

7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).

Today

Thunderstorm

30° / 26°

19.9 mm

UV High

Wed

Thunderstorm

32° / 25°

14.6 mm

UV High

Thu

Thunderstorm

28° / 26°

30.9 mm

UV Moderate

Fri

Thunderstorm

30° / 26°

33.6 mm

UV High

Sat

Thunderstorm

32° / 25°

18.3 mm

UV High

Sun

Thunderstorm

32° / 26°

2.1 mm

UV Moderate

Mon

Thunderstorm

31° / 26°

3.0 mm

UV Moderate

Climate

Hot and wet season (Jun-Sep)

About 81% of the year's rain falls in these months. Typical highs around 37°C, lows around 27°C.

Cooler dry season (Oct-May)

Typical highs around 31°C, lows around 15°C. About 15mm of rain a month.

In August 4

Drag to scrub across the year.

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Weather

34° / 26°

Typical high / low

6 mm rainfall this month

Daylight

13.2h

05:50 – 19:02local

Airports

closest DEL · 17 km

Getting around Delhi

Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.

Local transit operators

Delhi Integrated Multi-Modal Transit System Ltd.Delhi Transport Corporation

Operators and modes are aggregated from individual transit-agency GTFS feeds. Route classifications come from each feed’s route type codes.

About Delhi

Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a megacity and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, but spread chiefly to the west, or beyond its right bank, Delhi shares borders with the state of Uttar Pradesh in the east and with the state of Haryana in the remaining directions. Delhi became a union territory on 1 November 1956 and the NCT in 1995. The NCT covers an area of 1,484 square kilometres (573 sq mi). According to the 2011 census, Delhi's city proper population was over 11 million, while the NCT's population was about 16.8 million.

Area: 1,397 km²
Demonym: Delhiite
Mayor: Rekha Gupta
Airport codes: DEL

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