Kohima
Elevation 1444 m25.67° N, 94.12° E
When to go?
Mean 11 °C, 2 rain days in the month (20 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 12 °C, 3 rain days in the month (32 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 16 °C, 5 rain days in the month (87 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 18 °C, 9 rain days in the month (158 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 20 °C, 16 rain days in the month (238 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 21 °C, 23 rain days in the month (338 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 8 days in 10
- Torrential rain15 mm per rain day
Mean 22 °C, 28 rain days in the month (385 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 9 days in 10
- Torrential rain14 mm per rain day
Mean 22 °C, 25 rain days in the month (376 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 8 days in 10
- Torrential rain15 mm per rain day
Mean 22 °C, 17 rain days in the month (304 mm).
Against
- Torrential rain18 mm per rain day
Mean 19 °C, 10 rain days in the month (175 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 16 °C, 3 rain days in the month (34 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 12 °C, 1 rain day in the month (16 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
The best months are October–April. Avoid June–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)
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 +0.5 °C. Warmest year: 1999 (+0.8 °C), coldest: 1997 (−0.6 °C).
February and September warmed the most (+0.6 and +0.5 °C), May the least (0.0 °C). The warm season (above the annual mean of then, 17 °C) begins 2 days earlier 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.