Best Time to Visit Nainital

A city fenced with lush greenery, enchanting lakes, and picturesque views

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Best time to visit
Mar - Jun
Ideal Duration
2 - 3 Days
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On Arrival
Starting from
Rs. 999

Website

uttarakhandtourism.gov.in/nainital
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Weather in Nainital

  • Sat, Dec 21 2024

    10ºC | 0.78ºC

    Clear in morning , afternoon and evening and clouds in night

    33.29% Humidity

  • Sun, Dec 22 2024

    9.65ºC | -0.63ºC

    Clear from morning to night

    37.88% Humidity

  • Mon, Dec 23 2024

    8.7ºC | -1.18ºC

    Clear in morning and night and clouds from afternoon to evening

    34.38% Humidity

  • Tue, Dec 24 2024

    9.75ºC | -1.16ºC

    Clear in morning , evening and night and clouds in afternoon

    35.13% Humidity

  • Wed, Dec 25 2024

    9.53ºC | -0.58ºC

    Clear in morning , evening and night and clouds in afternoon

    40.0% Humidity

  • Thu, Dec 26 2024

    -0.07ºC | -0.07ºC

    Clear from morning to night

    47.0% Humidity

Best Time To Visit Nainital

Plan your trip during best season to experience the best of this stunning destination

Nainital is a quaint little town nestled in the Himalayas, and a majorly popular tourist haven. The best time to visit Nainital and Ranikhet is all through the year, since the weather here is sub-tropical. It is mildly hot in the summers and cold in the winters with some snowfall too. Monsoons are pleasant because it takes the edge off the heat, and the rain drops bouncing off the lake surface is a mesmerizing sight to watch. There are a plethora of places to visit in Nainital, for tourists. For those who want to enjoy snowfall in Nainital, the best time to visit Nainital for snowfall is in the months of December and January. Expect a lot of crowds since this is the Nainital peak season. These two months are also the best time to visit nainital for honeymoon thanks to the romantic weather.

This small hill station is home to several lakes, small and large, which add to its allure, attracting more and more tourists every year. It is set about 2000 meters above sea level in the Kumaon region of Uttarakhand. The town is built around the Nainital Lake and is home to the famous Naina Devi Temple, as well as several other points of interest. The mountain peaks and the meadows hold within them many places that a visitor can enjoy. 

Climate in Nainital

Summer Season in Nainital

For adventure lovers and nature tourists, the best season to visit Nainital are from March to June, when summer it is and brings out the natural beauty of the place. The flora is in full bloom bringing out the animals and the birds. Natural trails abound in the hills and this makes it a wonder to be soaked in. Though one might find the afternoon sun a little overbearing, the mornings and the evenings tend to be cool and pleasant. Temperatures range from 14°C to 30°C. This is the best time to visit Nainital for honeymoon.

Take a ride in the Ariel express ropeway to the Naina Devi Peak. This will accord you superb views of the area. This is also an ideal time to visit the Jim Corbett National park. You might be lucky to catch a glimpse of the majestic Royal Bengal Tiger. With activities galore, summer is the ideal time to visit Nainital.

Monsoon Season in Nainital

Monsoon in Nainital the rains down in torrents, soaking the town through and through. This brings the landslides causing road blocks and muddy terrain. This is not the popular tourist season, and hence can be ideal for the budget traveller. With hotels offering huge discounts, Monsoon in Nainital is a season when a budget traveller can visit here. Nature is still in all its glory, but only wet, wet, wet.

Winter Season in Nainital

October is the time when Nainital starts to get ready for the winter. The temperature drops with nights turning cold. This month is the best time to visit Nainital. But if you want to see the snow then December and January are the time to come here. But be forewarned, you can get snowed in and will have to huddle in your place of residence before you can get out again. So, for the romantic at heart, this is the best time to visit Nainital for honeymoon. It is also a time for ski lovers with several beautiful trails popping up.

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Mukesh's 4 days trip to Nainital

Agent should explain everything in detail like what type of food is included and what is covered and what is not covered. Jageshwar Dham temple, Almora

Mukesh Gupta New delhi

Shilpa's 5 days trip to Nainital

Booked a trip to uttarakhand with Tripsailer. The bookings were hassle free and Preethi handled the itinerary customizations as per my interest. She booked the cab, driver, safari, hotels and any sightseeing details. I was travelling alone and hence she had taken care of the safety aspect as well. She also mentioned she would be available on call during my trip. I had to just call her once for safari driver confirmation which she immediately took care. I enjoyed the trip stress free. The hotels though it says 4 star, may not really have the amenities of a 4* hotel. I did not do enough research and asked to book hotels that were suggested by some other agent's itinerary. They were decent and had very good views from the rooms. But I felt you could find better and cleaner hotels for that price. The sunrise view from kausani and seeing the himalayan range from the hotel room balcony was amazing!!!

Shilpa Bhat Bengaluru

Aditi's 5 days trip to Nainital

We had a really good experience with Aapka Tripwala on my trip to Nainital-Almora-Mukteshwar in May 2023. The package was priced very reasonably. They arranged a car for me along with an experienced driver. Chirag and the team were helpful and took care of things in a smooth manner. Special thanks to our Drievr Kundan Ji who is very experience and professional.It was lovely experince and eager to book another trip from Aapka Tripwala . They give what you request and the way you want ...Book them for your trip to Uttarakhand without hesitation!Keep rocking team !!!

Aditi Kapil Delhi

Amol's 7 days trip to Nainital

.The hotel in Mussoorie Jim Corbett Nainital was fine, it was expected to be even better. The food given was good in some places and not right in others. How can it be better? No complaints about the rest of the vehicle and driver. The tour is expected to be a bit more relaxed in the next tour. The response from the tour planner was good but they are little bit clearity required . Mussoorie is best in hotel and food.sightseening is also good

Amol Tapkir Pune

Miss's 4 days trip to Nainital

The overall experience was good. We tried to cover all the places in the itinerary but missed some due to time constraint and long distance. Even few kms in the mountains is a lot. The driver was not experienced, he pretended as if he knows everything but he knew nothing. The goodies, cake, candle light dinner was not there as per the plan. There was mismanagement at some places. Cygnett resort was very good but Gajraj Trails Resort was okayish. Corbett Safari was good. Overall would rate the trip 4 out of 5.

Miss Jani Mumbai

Devinder's 5 days trip to Nainital

Hustle free travel since everything was already booked. Would have been better if first hotel was in Nainital instead of Bhimtal. Overall a good experience. Food taste of Resort was not that good but the ambience was very peaceful.

Devinder New delhi

Shikha's 3 days trip to Nainital

The service was quite fun The hotel staff was very cooperative The travel agent Govind kept taking follow ups The food and services offered by Langdale Manor was nice

Shikha Dave New delhi

Mithudey's 4 days trip to Nainital

Trip was amazing, Hotels which they have suggested was good, Cab driver was polite and agent was cooprative with us.

Mithudey Kolkata

Apurva's 5 days trip to Nainital

The trip arrangements were good. Ms. Neha was very prompt and kind right from the trip booking. Most importantly she was one phone call away if we need anything. Hotel chosen at Nainital was Dynasty resorts. I had checked the google reviews and it showed 3.5 stars so I gave confirmation to Neha. But the hotel experience was not good. Hotel staff is not caring. Looking at the hotel delux room cost, services provided are very less. I'll never recommend this hotel to anyone. Also, it is 10km away from Nainital view points so unnecessary your travel time increases. The Corbett view resort at Jim Corbett was nice. Staff was good and I'll give full marks to maintained cleanliness in surroundings and in rooms too. We were provided with delux room. There were huts also and we were not informed about room type. If we had known earlier about huts, I would have chosen hut stay. But anyways, our stay was comfortable, food was tasty and overall the hotel area is very nice. I would like to exclusively mention about the taxi and driver arrangements. There is one plus point and one improvement about taxi arrangements. As per the policy, driver details are shared to you one day before your trip. But in our case it was little late response. Our flight was scheduled at 11pm from Pune and we were supposed to reach delhi next day 2AM. We received taxi driver details around 9.30pm that day. So, I think this can be improved so that customer is not worried about all this. Plus point is, driver was too good. No complaints. Very humble and very punctual. Thank you so much chintu ji. Overall trip experience was good. Thank you team.

Apurva Patwardhan Pune

Bhushankumar's 4 days trip to Nainital

It was an amazing experience with Trip sailor and Travel Triangle they had suggested me a very good property to stay and managed my stay so well.

Bhushankumar New delhi

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