When Is It Cool Enough to Be Out?

Hour-by-hour windows for getting around Orchha in the heat — the temple, the bazaar and the monuments planned around the worst of the day, on the published heat scale.

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Today, Monday, 12 October

Best windows today: before 5 am.

Air in those windows is Moderate, not Good — acceptable for most people by the EPA’s scale, but anyone unusually sensitive to air pollution may want to take it easier.

As of 12 October at 5:20 pm. Modelled forecast for the area around Orchha, refreshed about every half hour.

Hour by hour today

4–5 amMostly fineAQI up to 79 (Moderate).

5–9 amMostly fineFeels like up to 31°C (NWS Caution), and AQI up to 78 (Moderate).

9 am–4 pmHarder goingFeels like up to 35°C (NWS Extreme Caution).

4–6 pmHarder goingFeels like up to 33°C (NWS Extreme Caution), and AQI up to 115 (Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups).

6–8 pmHarder goingAQI up to 118 (Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups).

UV peaks near 7 today. On the EPA’s UV index scale, 1–2 is low; 8 and above is very high to extreme and calls for extra sun protection.

The next two days

Day	Best windows	Peak feels-like	Peak air
Tuesday, 13 October	5–7 am	35°C	105 · Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups
Wednesday, 14 October	before 7 am	35°C	122 · Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups

Some hours in this outlook reach the “Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups” band (AQI 101–150). The EPA’s guidance for that band: members of sensitive groups — including people with asthma — may experience health effects, while the general public is less likely to be affected.

How this page decides

Heat uses the National Weather Service’s heat-index categories, applied to the modelled feels-like temperature: Caution 27°C–32°C, Extreme Caution 32°C–39°C, Danger 39°C–51°C, Extreme Danger 52°C and up.

Air uses the US EPA air quality index: Good 0–50, Moderate 51–100, Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups 101–150, Unhealthy 151–200, Very Unhealthy 201–300, Hazardous above that. The number here is that same EPA index, computed by Open-Meteo from the Copernicus CAMS model.

Each hour takes the harder of the two constraints, and the strip says which one. A “best window” means hours where the feels-like temperature stays below 27°C (below the NWS Caution band) and the air is no worse than Moderate — the EPA’s general-population activity cautions start at 101. No thresholds on this page are ours.

Reading it for your plans

The fort and the chhatris

There is almost no shade on the open terraces and the cenotaphs by the river. In summer they are best in the first hour or two after they open, or late in the afternoon — not the middle of the day.

Darshan and the bazaar

The early morning aarti and the cool of the evening are when the temple and the market are most bearable in the hot months. Carry water; the walk between the fort, the temple and the river adds up.

Worth knowing

How hot it gets here

The hot season runs roughly 11 April to 21 June, with daily highs above 38°C and May the worst — average highs near 41°C. Orchha has recorded an extreme around 47.7°C.

Source: WeatherSpark / Maps of India, checked 14 June 2026

The monsoon trades heat for humidity

From late June into September the rains bring the temperature down but push the humidity up, so the air can still feel heavy. August is the wettest month — and the time to take the river most seriously (see the Betwa page).

Source: WeatherSpark, checked 14 June 2026