Best time to visit Mussoorie — month by month
How this guide is built
The only weather source we have for Mussoorie is Wikipedia's description of its seasons; it gives no monthly table. So this guide describes seasons and quotes the few numbers it has, and does not invent a temperature for every month.
Month by month
- April and May. Warm and generally dry and clear, before the rains. The easiest months for the views from Landour
and Gun Hill, and also the crowded ones, when visitors come from the plains.
- June to September. Heavy rain from mid-June. July and August average about 660 mm a month, because the moist monsoon air is forced up the
slope. Wikipedia says Landour gets almost daily rain, and the rainy season there can run from May to September.
- October and November. Dry and clear and substantially cooler. The long view of the snow range is most likely, and the winterline, a
false horizon at dusk, shows from October to February.
- December to February. Cool and partly cloudy, with a few spells of snow; Landour can see snow three to fifteen times in a winter, and
roughly twice what the town gets. The Winterline Carnival is held in December.
- March. We have no source that describes it separately; treat it as the end of winter.
What to plan around
Landour is 2 to 3 °C cooler than Mussoorie, so bring a layer for the ridge. The roads are hill roads in every season, and heavy rain slows them. Check the road with your hotel before you start from Dehradun.
For where to go once you are here, see things to do in Mussoorie, the one-day plan and the two-day plan.
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Questions people ask
What is the best time to visit Mussoorie?
April and May are warm and generally dry and clear, and October and November are dry, clear and cooler. Those are the easiest months for views and walking. December to February is cold and can bring snow, and Wikipedia says the July and August rain averages about 660 mm a month, which hides the valleys.
Does it snow in Mussoorie?
Usually a few spells in December, January and February, according to Wikipedia, though it adds that snow now falls on fewer days than it once did. Landour, being higher, gets perhaps twice the snow, and it can snow there anywhere from three to fifteen times in a winter.
What is the winterline in Mussoorie?
A false horizon that forms at dusk and shows between October and February, according to Wikipedia. The reason is not fully settled; one account blames refraction where dust and moisture from the plains meet cooler mountain air. The town holds a Winterline Carnival each December.