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Best Time for Odisha: the Golden Triangle of the East

Last updated: 2026-08-16

Sweet spot: January, February, December. Computed from NASA POWER climate normals across the route's overnight towns, balancing temperature, rainfall and daylight.

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Migratory birds raft Chilika by the hundred thousand, Irrawaddy dolphins surface off Satapada, and the December Konark festival dances against the Sun Temple.
Puri's Rath Yatra — the original juggernaut — draws a million pilgrims hauling the chariots; extraordinary, and best planned for deliberately.

Month	Low	High	Rain	Daylight
January	16.9°C	25.8°C	12 mm	10.9 h
February	19.8°C	29.2°C	17 mm	11.3 h
March	23.4°C	32.9°C	24 mm	11.9 h
April	25.9°C	35.1°C	45 mm	12.5 h
May	27.5°C	34.6°C	113 mm	12.9 h
June	27.6°C	32.0°C	212 mm	13.2 h
July	26.8°C	30.2°C	336 mm	13.1 h
August	26.5°C	29.7°C	331 mm	12.7 h
September	26.3°C	29.6°C	283 mm	12.1 h
October	24.6°C	29.3°C	180 mm	11.5 h
November	20.6°C	27.4°C	30 mm	11.0 h
December	17.4°C	25.4°C	13 mm	10.8 h

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