North India's cities · October to March

Packing list for Delhi, Agra and Jaipur

North India's Golden Triangle from October to March: 45°F (7°C) mornings and 77°F (25°C) afternoons, shoes that come off at every temple and the Taj, a mask for the smog from late October, and a bag that stays closed in the bazaar.

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Checked October 10, 2026.

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What the weather is like

October still touches 91°F (33°C) by day and 64°F (18°C) at night; by January the highs are around 68°F (20°C) and mornings 45°F (7°C), with fog in Delhi that can delay trains and flights in December and January. March climbs back to 86°F (30°C). Rain is rare all season, but the air quality from late October to January matters more than the rain.

Leave at home

Shorts and vest topsTemples and mosques turn away bare knees and shoulders, and loose pants do the same job in the heat.
Lace-up bootsYou will take your shoes off ten times a day. Slip-ons with socks are faster, and temple floors are swept clean.
Jewelry you would missCrowds and open rickshaws make it a target, and it is one less thing to keep track of.

Buy when you land

A cotton kurta or dupattaFabindia and the Jaipur bazaars sell temple-ready clothes for the price of a coffee at home, and they are cooler than anything you packed
Oral rehydration sachets (ORS) and basic medicinesEvery pharmacy stocks them for a few rupees; buy the stomach kit refill the first day, before you need it
A local SIM or eSIMAirtel and Jio counters at Delhi airport set it up with your passport and e-visa; data is among the cheapest in the world and rides, maps and UPI all need it

Worth knowing

The Taj Mahal is closed on Fridays and opens at sunrise the other six days; the foreign ticket is around ₹1,300 with the mausoleum, and food, tripods and drones are not allowed inside.
Pack for the day, not the season: a 45°F (7°C) sunrise at the Taj becomes a 77°F (25°C) afternoon at Agra Fort, so the fleece goes in the bag by 10 a.m.
Waystop's hours check will flag a Friday Taj or a Monday museum; Delhi's National Museum and most galleries close on Mondays.

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Packing list for Delhi, Agra and Jaipur

Clothes
- Loose cotton or linen that covers shoulders and knees (Temples, mosques and gurdwaras ask for it, and so does Chandni Chowk; loose cloth is also cooler at 82°F (28°C) than tight shorts)
- A large scarf or dupatta (Heads are covered inside the Jama Masjid and at the Bangla Sahib gurdwara, and it keeps the dust and sun off on an autorickshaw)
- Slip-on shoes with socks you do not mind on marble (Shoes come off at every temple and gurdwara; at the Taj Mahal you wear the shoe covers that come with the foreign ticket, so laces just slow you down)
- A light fleece or wool shawl (January mornings in Delhi sit around 45°F (7°C) and drop near freezing in the fog; the Taj at sunrise is cold until about 9 a.m.)
- A day bag with a zip and a flap, worn in front (Crowds at Delhi stations, the Agra Fort gate and Johari Bazaar are where pockets are picked; an open tote is an invitation)

Air, water and stomach
- An N95 or FFP2 mask, three or four of them (From late October to January the air in Delhi reaches hazardous levels from crop burning and winter smog; a cloth mask does nothing against PM2.5)
- A reusable bottle, filled only from bottled or filtered water (Tap water is not for drinking; hotels and most cafés have a filter you can refill from, which saves a dozen plastic bottles a trip)
- A stomach kit: loperamide, oral rehydration sachets and a probiotic (Most visitors have one bad day; rehydration salts get you back on the itinerary and the pharmacy brand is sold as ORS everywhere)
- Hand sanitizer and a pack of tissues (Street food is eaten with the hands, and public restrooms rarely have soap or paper)
- Any prescription in its original box (Indian pharmacies are good and cheap, but the brand names differ. The box shows the pharmacist the compound.)

Papers, money and plugs
- A printed copy of the e-visa (ETA), plus a photo of it on your phone (The e-visa rules say to carry a copy of the Electronic Travel Authorisation when you travel; hotels copy it at check-in too)
- Small notes: a stack of ₹10, ₹20 and ₹50 (Autorickshaws, shoe minders at temples and tips need exact change; nobody has change for a ₹500 note at 8 a.m.)
- A type C, D or M adapter (India runs 230 V at 50 Hz; the round-pin D and M outlets are the norm and most take the two-pin European C plug as well)
- A small padlock (For a hostel locker, a train compartment chain and the zip of the day bag in a crowd)
- A card with no foreign fees, and UPI if your bank offers it to visitors (Hotels and bigger restaurants take cards; nearly everything else runs on UPI QR codes, and cash fills the gap)

From https://waystop.app/packing/india-cities

Packing list for Delhi, Agra and Jaipur

What the weather is like

Worth knowing

Trips to pack this for

4 days in Delhi and Agra

Never leave the charger in the hotel again.