Imphal climate

Name: Imphal
Address: IN

Imphal is warmest in April, with average highs of 28 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 8.8 °C. July is the wettest month (264 mm) and January the driest (9.7 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Imphal averages 1,321 mm of rain and 203 days above 25 °C.

India · population 277,196 · 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 28 °C
Coldest month January 8.8 °C
Driest month January 10 mm
Wettest month July 264 mm
Least cloud February 31 % cloud
Hottest on record May 35 °C
Coldest on record January 2.1 °C

What to expectImphal through the year

Imphal has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 20 °C in January to 28 °C in April, a swing of 9.6 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 203 days a year reach 25 °C, 14 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C, in May.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 264 mm against 10 mm in January — 27 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	20.1 °C	10 mm	31 %
February	22.4 °C	20 mm	31 %
March	25.7 °C	45 mm	36 %
April	27.8 °C	61 mm	50 %
May	27.7 °C	175 mm	63 %
June	27.2 °C	253 mm	88 %
July	26.6 °C	264 mm	96 %
August	26.7 °C	214 mm	94 %
September	26.5 °C	148 mm	86 %
October	25.5 °C	96 mm	63 %
November	23.1 °C	23 mm	44 %
December	20.7 °C	12 mm	34 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	20.1 °C	8.8 °C	14.2 °C	24.7 °C	2.1 °C	0	0
February	22.4 °C	10.9 °C	16.4 °C	28.2 °C	4.4 °C	3	0
March	25.7 °C	14.1 °C	19.6 °C	32.0 °C	5.4 °C	19	1
April	27.8 °C	17.2 °C	22.1 °C	33.4 °C	10.7 °C	26	6
May	27.7 °C	19.5 °C	23.2 °C	34.5 °C	15.1 °C	27	5
June	27.2 °C	21.2 °C	23.8 °C	33.7 °C	18.2 °C	27	2
July	26.6 °C	21.4 °C	23.6 °C	32.3 °C	19.3 °C	27	0
August	26.7 °C	21.3 °C	23.6 °C	31.4 °C	19.3 °C	27	1
September	26.5 °C	20.4 °C	23.1 °C	32.1 °C	17.2 °C	25	0
October	25.5 °C	17.8 °C	21.4 °C	30.2 °C	11.5 °C	20	0
November	23.1 °C	13.1 °C	18.0 °C	27.6 °C	7.4 °C	3	0
December	20.7 °C	9.7 °C	15.0 °C	23.7 °C	4.3 °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	31 %	71 %	8.3 km/h
February	20 mm	4	11 h/day	31 %	67 %	11 km/h
March	45 mm	6	12 h/day	36 %	66 %	13 km/h
April	61 mm	10	13 h/day	50 %	72 %	13 km/h
May	175 mm	18	13 h/day	63 %	81 %	11 km/h
June	253 mm	24	14 h/day	88 %	86 %	9.1 km/h
July	264 mm	27	14 h/day	96 %	88 %	8.8 km/h
August	214 mm	26	13 h/day	94 %	88 %	8.4 km/h
September	148 mm	21	12 h/day	86 %	88 %	8.1 km/h
October	96 mm	14	12 h/day	63 %	85 %	7.0 km/h
November	23 mm	3	11 h/day	44 %	79 %	6.8 km/h
December	12 mm	1	11 h/day	34 %	75 %	6.9 km/h

How Imphal 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
Imphal	28 °C	8.8 °C	1,321 mm	203
Silchar · India	30 °C	12 °C	2,879 mm	311
Aizawl · India	27 °C	5.1 °C	1,761 mm	118
Kalemyo · Myanmar	36 °C	11 °C	2,007 mm	297
Sylhet · Bangladesh	30 °C	11 °C	4,885 mm	305

Where Imphal ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Asia in February	13thof 50	96/100
Places with the best weather in the world in February	20thof 50	96/100
Places with the best weather in Asia in March	37thof 50	92/100
Places with the best weather in Asia year-round	43rdof 50	77/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Imphal’s climate

When is the best time to visit Imphal?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. March, October, November 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 Imphal get?

In April, the warmest month, daily highs average 28 °C. About 14 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 8.8 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Imphal?

July, averaging 264 mm over 27 days with rain. The driest month is January with 10 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,321 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 Imphal 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
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.