Shimla climate

Name: Shimla
Address: IN

Shimla is warmest in June, with average highs of 23 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -4.0 °C. July is the wettest month (370 mm) and November the driest (22 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Shimla averages 1,596 mm of rain, 14 days above 25 °C and 92 days below freezing.

India · population 173,503 · 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 June 23 °C
Coldest month January -4.0 °C
Driest month November 22 mm
Wettest month July 370 mm
Least cloud October 16 % cloud
Hottest on record June 30 °C
Coldest on record January -16 °C

What to expectShimla through the year

Shimla has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 8.7 °C in January to 23 °C in June, a swing of 17 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 14 days a year reach 25 °C, 92 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 30 °C, in June.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 370 mm against 22 mm in November — 17 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	8.7 °C	86 mm	39 %
February	10.5 °C	106 mm	44 %
March	14.7 °C	109 mm	42 %
April	19.3 °C	95 mm	39 %
May	22.9 °C	72 mm	32 %
June	23.3 °C	156 mm	38 %
July	21.4 °C	370 mm	72 %
August	20.8 °C	341 mm	74 %
September	20.1 °C	178 mm	43 %
October	17.9 °C	32 mm	16 %
November	14.7 °C	22 mm	20 %
December	11.6 °C	29 mm	26 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	8.7 °C	-4.0 °C	2.0 °C	17.1 °C	-16.5 °C	0	28
February	10.5 °C	-2.3 °C	4.0 °C	19.3 °C	-11.9 °C	0	22
March	14.7 °C	1.2 °C	8.2 °C	22.7 °C	-8.0 °C	0	10
April	19.3 °C	5.5 °C	12.8 °C	27.9 °C	-1.9 °C	1	1
May	22.9 °C	9.4 °C	16.8 °C	29.6 °C	3.0 °C	6	0
June	23.3 °C	13.0 °C	18.5 °C	29.7 °C	7.3 °C	7	0
July	21.4 °C	15.1 °C	18.1 °C	26.5 °C	10.5 °C	0	0
August	20.8 °C	14.7 °C	17.5 °C	23.9 °C	10.0 °C	0	0
September	20.1 °C	11.4 °C	15.6 °C	23.0 °C	5.2 °C	0	0
October	17.9 °C	5.7 °C	11.8 °C	21.8 °C	-0.1 °C	0	0
November	14.7 °C	1.5 °C	7.7 °C	19.8 °C	-4.0 °C	0	6
December	11.6 °C	-2.0 °C	4.3 °C	18.7 °C	-8.8 °C	0	25

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	86 mm	8	10 h/day	39 %	71 %	8.3 km/h
February	106 mm	11	11 h/day	44 %	70 %	9.7 km/h
March	109 mm	13	12 h/day	42 %	65 %	11 km/h
April	95 mm	12	13 h/day	39 %	57 %	12 km/h
May	72 mm	12	14 h/day	32 %	53 %	13 km/h
June	156 mm	17	14 h/day	38 %	67 %	11 km/h
July	370 mm	28	14 h/day	72 %	88 %	8.7 km/h
August	341 mm	28	13 h/day	74 %	90 %	8.4 km/h
September	178 mm	18	12 h/day	43 %	84 %	9.1 km/h
October	32 mm	5	11 h/day	16 %	70 %	10 km/h
November	22 mm	4	11 h/day	20 %	69 %	9.0 km/h
December	29 mm	4	10 h/day	26 %	68 %	8.2 km/h

How Shimla 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
Shimla	23 °C	-4.0 °C	1,596 mm	14
Chandigarh · India	38 °C	6.2 °C	764 mm	257
Ambāla · India	39 °C	7.2 °C	984 mm	265
Yamuna Nagar · India	38 °C	6.5 °C	1,178 mm	264
Patiāla · India	39 °C	6.8 °C	883 mm	262
Dehradun · India	34 °C	4.1 °C	1,392 mm	226
Ludhiana · India	39 °C	6.2 °C	830 mm	258

Where Shimla ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in Asia in August	8th of 50	21 °C
The coolest places in Asia in July	11th of 50	21 °C
The coolest places in Asia in September	37th of 50	20 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Shimla’s climate

When is the best time to visit Shimla?

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

How hot does Shimla get?

In June, the warmest month, daily highs average 23 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 30 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -4.0 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 92 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Shimla?

July, averaging 370 mm over 28 days with rain. The driest month is November with 22 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,596 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 Shimla 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: 31.104°, 77.167° (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.