Aizawl climate

Name: Aizawl
Address: IN

Aizawl is warmest in April, with average highs of 27 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 5.1 °C. July is the wettest month (309 mm) and January the driest (9.6 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Aizawl averages 1,761 mm of rain, 118 days above 25 °C and 0 days below freezing.

India · population 293,416 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month April 27 °C
Coldest month January 5.1 °C
Driest month January 10 mm
Wettest month July 309 mm
Least cloud January 21 % cloud
Hottest on record April 33 °C
Coldest on record December -0.6 °C

What to expectAizawl through the year

Aizawl has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 19 °C in January to 27 °C in April, a swing of 9.3 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 118 days a year reach 25 °C, 4 of them reach 30 °C, 0 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 33 °C, in April.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 309 mm against 10 mm in January — 32 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	18.7 °C	10 mm	21 %
February	21.4 °C	21 mm	22 %
March	25.0 °C	54 mm	29 %
April	26.9 °C	84 mm	42 %
May	26.2 °C	224 mm	60 %
June	25.1 °C	299 mm	88 %
July	24.3 °C	309 mm	95 %
August	24.3 °C	298 mm	94 %
September	24.3 °C	256 mm	89 %
October	23.6 °C	154 mm	65 %
November	21.7 °C	38 mm	40 %
December	19.4 °C	12 mm	26 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	18.7 °C	5.1 °C	11.9 °C	24.4 °C	-0.3 °C	0	0
February	21.4 °C	7.7 °C	14.6 °C	27.9 °C	0.2 °C	2	0
March	25.0 °C	11.8 °C	18.4 °C	31.2 °C	3.0 °C	17	0
April	26.9 °C	15.2 °C	20.7 °C	32.6 °C	8.2 °C	24	2
May	26.2 °C	17.4 °C	21.2 °C	32.0 °C	12.5 °C	22	1
June	25.1 °C	18.7 °C	21.2 °C	31.0 °C	15.2 °C	17	0
July	24.3 °C	18.6 °C	20.8 °C	31.0 °C	16.8 °C	11	0
August	24.3 °C	18.5 °C	20.8 °C	29.9 °C	16.5 °C	10	0
September	24.3 °C	17.8 °C	20.4 °C	30.5 °C	14.5 °C	9	0
October	23.6 °C	15.6 °C	19.1 °C	28.8 °C	9.0 °C	6	0
November	21.7 °C	10.9 °C	16.1 °C	26.6 °C	3.7 °C	1	0
December	19.4 °C	6.6 °C	12.9 °C	24.8 °C	-0.6 °C	0	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	10 mm	2	11 h/day	21 %	75 %	6.5 km/h
February	21 mm	3	11 h/day	22 %	68 %	8.0 km/h
March	54 mm	7	12 h/day	29 %	65 %	9.7 km/h
April	84 mm	12	13 h/day	42 %	73 %	10 km/h
May	224 mm	22	13 h/day	60 %	83 %	9.5 km/h
June	299 mm	27	14 h/day	88 %	88 %	9.2 km/h
July	309 mm	29	13 h/day	95 %	90 %	8.8 km/h
August	298 mm	30	13 h/day	94 %	91 %	7.3 km/h
September	256 mm	28	12 h/day	89 %	91 %	6.4 km/h
October	154 mm	20	12 h/day	65 %	90 %	5.7 km/h
November	38 mm	5	11 h/day	40 %	84 %	5.6 km/h
December	12 mm	1	11 h/day	26 %	80 %	5.9 km/h

How Aizawl compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Aizawl	27 °C	5.1 °C	1,761 mm	118
Silchar · India	30 °C	12 °C	2,879 mm	311
Karnaphuli · Bangladesh	33 °C	14 °C	1,929 mm	326
Agartala · India	32 °C	12 °C	1,944 mm	328
Kalemyo · Myanmar	36 °C	11 °C	2,007 mm	297
Sylhet · Bangladesh	30 °C	11 °C	4,885 mm	305
Comilla · Bangladesh	32 °C	12 °C	2,128 mm	333

Where Aizawl ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in Asia in July	38th of 50	24 °C
Places with the best weather in Asia in March	39th of 50	92/100
Places with the best weather in Asia year-round	42nd of 50	77/100
The coolest places in Asia in August	48th of 50	24 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Aizawl.

QuestionsCommon questions about Aizawl’s climate

When is the best time to visit Aizawl?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. April, August, September sit closest to 20 °C on average, April is the warmest month and January the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Aizawl get?

In April, the warmest month, daily highs average 27 °C. About 4 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 33 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 5.1 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 0 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Aizawl?

July, averaging 309 mm over 29 days with rain. The driest month is January with 10 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,761 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Aizawl rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: 23.729°, 92.718° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.