India
Udaipur in December
🌫️ WinterPleasant and mostly dry.
🎒 Pack: warm jacket for evenings · sunglasses & hat
Why December scores 8.9What goes into the score
How it works- Weather comfort9.6
- ✓Comfortable temperatures (26°C highs / 9°C lows)
- ✓Comfortable humidity (dew point 2.6°C)
- ✓Mostly dry (~1 mm rain)
- Air quality6.8
- !Elevated (PM2.5 ~26 µg/m³)
- Seasonal hazards10.0
- ·No notable seasonal hazards
- Safety baseline7.0
- ·Increased caution
| Dec | Feb | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 8.9 Excellent | 9.1 Excellent |
| Season | 🌫️ Winter | 🌫️ Winter |
| High / low | 26° / 9° | 28° / 10° |
| Rain | 1 mm | 1 mm |
| Humidity | dew pt 3° | dew pt -1° |
| PM2.5 | 26 µg/m³ | 17 µg/m³ |
Typical-month data: NASA POWER (MERRA-2 reanalysis) 2015–2024 (modelled, not a forecast). Temperatures: Udaipur Airport weather-station normals. Rainfall: Udaipur Airport weather-station normals (national met service).
Holidays & crowdsDecember 2026
Long weekendThere's at least one long weekend. Domestic travel picks up and popular spots get busier over those days.
- Christmas 25–27 Dec · 3 days off in a row
National holidays only; regional holidays and school breaks aren't included. Source: holidays (open-source public-holiday calendar).
Explore UdaipurEvents, sights, food & souvenirs
Check event dates locallyThe 'City of Lakes' in Rajasthan, India, known for palaces on and around Lake Pichola and its Rajput royal heritage.
Goa Carnival / ChristmasAcross India
Beach parties, parades and midnight mass along Goa's coast.
Coming up later
Mewar FestivalDate variesUsually March or April, alongside Gangaur
A spring festival with processions of women carrying Gangaur idols to the lake.
Why go: A colourful celebration of local traditions around the lake.
Where: Gangaur Ghat and Lake Pichola
HoliDate variesHindu calendar — usually March
The festival of colours, with a bonfire ceremony the night before.
Why go: Expect to be covered in colour; wear old clothes.
Where: Across the city; the royal Holika Dahan at the City Palace
DiwaliDate variesHindu calendar — usually October or November
The festival of lights, with lamps on palaces and ghats.
Why go: Very atmospheric, but hotels are busy and fireworks are loud.
Where: Across the city
City Palace
A huge palace complex of courtyards and balconies above Lake Pichola, partly a museum.
Lake Pichola boat ride
Boat trips past Jag Mandir and the Lake Palace hotel.
💡 Sunset rides are the most popular; lake levels depend on the monsoon.
Jagdish Temple
A 17th-century Hindu temple with intricate carvings near the City Palace.
Bagore ki Haveli
A lakeside mansion museum that hosts an evening folk dance show.
Sajjangarh (Monsoon Palace)
A hilltop palace with views over the city and lakes.
Saheliyon ki Bari
An 18th-century garden with fountains and marble pavilions.
Dal baati churma
Baked wheat balls with lentils and a sweet crumbled wheat dessert, a Rajasthani classic.
💡 Local thali restaurants
Laal maas
A fiery red mutton curry from Rajasthan.
💡 Rajasthani restaurants
Gatte ki sabzi
Gram-flour dumplings in a yoghurt curry.
💡 Thali restaurants
Kachori
Fried pastries filled with spiced lentils or onion.
💡 Street stalls, especially for breakfast
Miniature paintings
Detailed paintings in the Mewar school tradition.
💡 Art shops around the City Palace
Block-printed and bandhani textiles
Hand-printed and tie-dyed fabrics from Rajasthan.
💡 Hathi Pol and Bada Bazaar
Puppets
Rajasthani string puppets (kathputli).
💡 Craft shops