climatic conditions at Bandhavgarh

Bandhavgarh experiences climatic conditions that vary to opposite extremes. In winters, the bitter cold forces the visitors to put on multiple layers as protection against the biting cold. Early morning rides can be in temperature that dip below zero, once you take the windchill factor into consideration. In the summers, it changes drastically to the opposite. It now feels uncomfortable to even sometimes put on a thin cotton t-shirt.

The temperature in the winters varies from 0 to 20 degrees centigrade between November and February.

In the summers, the temperatures move to the other extreme and can go up to 46 degrees centigrade. Towards late summer, it is also advisable to carry some protection, for yourself and for your cameras, from rain. Bandhavgarh has an average annual rainfall of 1200mm. The rains here give very little prior warning and it is preferable to be prepared for your own protection, as well as for your equipment. These rains, however, bring good respite from the blistering heat.

Sudden rain approaching on the Umaria - Tala road

A single shower can make temperatures fall from 45 degrees to 30 degrees centigrade. The main monsoon season mostly begins only once the park is closed from June to November.