Rashtrapati Bhavan राष्ट्रपति भवन
Rashtrapati Bhavan is an official residence in Delhi featuring Neoclassical architecture designed by Edwin Lutyens. It is one of the 120 sights of India listed on this site and is the 62nd most looked-up sight in the country on English Wikipedia.
Planning a visit
The site is located 1 km from New Delhi and 12 km from Indira Gandhi International Airport. Visitors can combine a trip here with visits to Gandhi Smriti, Jantar Mantar, India Gate, the Supreme Court of India, or Purana Qila, which are all within 4.4 km.
Rashtrapati Bhavan is open Monday to Friday from 09:30 to 17:30. For weather, the hottest months are May, with highs of 39 °C, and June, with highs of 38 °C. The wettest period is July, which has about 22 rainy days and 172 mm of rain. The coolest months are December and January, with average lows between 8 °C and 9 °C.
Weather by month
The warmest month is May, with an average high of 39 °C. The wettest is July, with about 172 mm of rain.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high, °C | 20 | 23 | 29 | 36 | 39 | 38 | 34 | 32 | 33 | 32 | 27 | 22 |
| Average low, °C | 8 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 25 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 24 | 19 | 13 | 9 |
| Rainfall, mm | 16 | 21 | 12 | 15 | 32 | 64 | 172 | 169 | 115 | 11 | 6 | 7 |
| Rainy days | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Temperatures and rainfall: 1981–2010 averages for this spot (4 km grid), from CHELSA. Rainy days: 2015–2024, NASA POWER.
