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Air: Delhi has a well
connected with other parts of word with an extensive
network of international and domestic flights. All
the major airlines fly through Delhi. Domestic airlines
connect Delhi to all the major cities of country.
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Rail: Delhi
is connected to all parts of country by its major
railway stations - Old Delhi railway station, New
Delhi railway station, Nizamuddin railway station.
Shatabdi express connects Delhi to nearby cities of
Bhopal, Chandigarh, Dehradun, Gwalior, Lucknow and
Kanpur.
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Road: Buses from all
the major places from nearby states - Uttar Pradesh,
Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh
and Rajasthan - provide transportation to Delhi. During
the summer months, North India is hot so, air-conditioned
coaches should be preferred for travelling.
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| Best time to visit Delhi |
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The best time to visit Delhi is in October-November
and in February-March, when the nights are cool and
the days filled with mellow sunshine. December and
January can be a little gloomy in Delhi while mid-summer
(May, June and July) is very hot with temperatures
over 45C; it is a dry heat and is sometimes accompanied
by dusty desert winds. Most of the rain falls between
July and September but they are not the tropical rains
you’ll experience in India’s coastal cities.
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| Climate of Delhi |
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The climate of the Delhi region is semiarid type,
with three well defined seasons. The cold season begins
at the end of November, and extends to in early July
and continues up to September. The hot summer extends
from the end of March to the end of June. The temperature
is usually between 21.1° C to 40.5° C during
these months. Winters are usually cold and night temperatures
often fall to 6.5° C during the period between
December and February. The average annual temperature
recorded in Delhi is 31.5° C based on the records
over the period of 70 years maintained by the Meteorological
Department.
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| About 87% of the annual rainfall is received
during the monsoon months June to September. On an average,
rain of 2.5 mm or more falls on 27 days in a year. Of
these, 21.4 days are during monsoon months. For design
considerations, rainfall intensity of 20 to 30 mm which
generally occurs in one hour duration has to be taken
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