Shimla
Elevation 2205 m31.10° N, 77.17° E
When to go?
Mean 4 °C, 4 rain days in the month (79 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 6 °C, 4 rain days in the month (82 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 11 °C, 4 rain days in the month (71 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 15 °C, 3 rain days in the month (64 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 18 °C, 4 rain days in the month (71 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 19 °C, 8 rain days in the month (169 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 19 °C, 18 rain days in the month (424 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 6 days in 10
- Torrential rain24 mm per rain day
Mean 18 °C, 16 rain days in the month (376 mm).
Against
- Torrential rain24 mm per rain day
Mean 17 °C, 8 rain days in the month (205 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 14 °C, 2 rain days in the month (46 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 9 °C, 1 rain day in the month (25 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 6 °C, 1 rain day in the month (33 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
The best months are February–June, September–December. Avoid July–August (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: −3.3 °C (cells at 1704 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 +0.5 °C. Warmest year: 2010 (+1.0 °C), coldest: 1997 (−1.2 °C).
February and March warmed the most (+0.8 and +0.7 °C), June the least (−0.8 °C). The warm season (above the annual mean of then, 13 °C) begins 2 days earlier and ends on the same days.
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: −2 % every ten years.