Cherrapunji
Elevation 1484 m25.28° N, 91.72° E
When to go?
Mean 10 °C, 1 rain day in the month (10 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 12 °C, 2 rain days in the month (28 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 16 °C, 6 rain days in the month (137 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 18 °C, 12 rain days in the month (426 mm).
Against
- Torrential rain36 mm per rain day
Mean 19 °C, 20 rain days in the month (598 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 6 days in 10
- Torrential rain30 mm per rain day
Mean 20 °C, 28 rain days in the month (1004 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 9 days in 10
- Torrential rain36 mm per rain day
Mean 20 °C, 31 rain days in the month (1159 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain almost every day
- Torrential rain37 mm per rain day
Mean 20 °C, 28 rain days in the month (1030 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 9 days in 10
- Torrential rain37 mm per rain day
Mean 20 °C, 18 rain days in the month (529 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 6 days in 10
- Torrential rain29 mm per rain day
Mean 19 °C, 7 rain days in the month (215 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 15 °C, 1 rain day in the month (25 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 12 °C, 1 rain day in the month (8 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
The best months are October–March. Avoid April–September (torrential rain, at times often rainy).
What is the climate like?
Temperature and rain
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Temperatures brought to the town's elevation: −4.0 °C (cells at 865 m).
How much it rains
Rain days and how much water
Rain days and how much water
Bars: length = rain days, thickness = mm on a rain day, area = the month's rain. 3 mm a day7 mm a day15 mm a day
Colour = the month's rain: 103060100160250400mm
Daylight hours
Daylight and sky: sunrise, sunset and cloud cover
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
Times on the 15th of each month, in local time: daylight saving where and when it applies, standard time in the other months.
Effect of climate change
Today's climate (1996–2025) compared with 1961–1990:
In short
Year by year
Temperature of each year
Against 1961–1990 the mean temperature of today (1996–2025) has changed by +0.3 °C; in the last ten years by +0.6 °C. Warmest year: 2023 (+1.0 °C), coldest: 1997 (−0.5 °C).
February and October warmed the most (+0.5 and +0.5 °C), June the least (+0.1 °C). The warm season (above the annual mean of then, 16 °C) begins on the same days and ends 3 days later.
Warming stripes: after an idea by Ed Hawkins (University of Reading), showyourstripes.info, CC BY 4.0.
Rain of each year (% against 1961–1990)
more rain than in 1961–1990less rain
Rain in a year: no clear trend, dry and wet years alternate as before.