Climate averages 1991–2020

Aizawl weather
in October.

A warm, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 23.9°C Daytime mean, October
Average low 16.0°C Night-time mean, October
Rainfall 158 mm 21 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Aizawl · average highYear overview

October is a warm month in Aizawl: daytime highs average 23.9°C and nights cool to about 16.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 158 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes October a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 37 min on an average October day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Silchar (122 km away). In October its highs average 29.5°C, 5.6°C warmer than Aizawl, with 168 mm of rain.

Among the 692 cities listed in India, Aizawl ranks 683rd of 692 for the warmest October highs and joint 595th of 692 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 692 cities is 30.6°C; Aizawl is 6.7°C cooler than that mean.

From October to November, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 21.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 158 mm to 40 mm.

The annual picture

October in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 051015202530 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 3500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Aizawl climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Aizawl, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 19.0°C5.5°C5.5°C9.91.810.811 h
February 21.7°C8.1°C8.1°C203.411.311 h
March 25.3°C12.1°C12.1°C526.912.012 h
April 27.2°C15.5°C15.5°C8612.312.713 h
May 26.5°C17.6°C17.6°C22422.313.313 h
June 25.4°C18.8°C18.8°C29727.613.614 h
July 24.6°C18.8°C18.8°C30629.413.413 h
August 24.7°C18.7°C18.7°C30329.613.013 h
September 24.6°C18.1°C18.1°C26127.312.312 h
October, selected 23.9°C16.0°C16.0°C15820.611.612 h
November 21.9°C11.5°C11.5°C405.311.011 h
December 19.6°C7.1°C7.1°C141.510.711 h

Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.

Compare places

October in nearby cities

Distance from Aizawl

Read the numbers correctly

Climate, not a promise.

These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.

Sources, method and limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Aizawl) is explained once on the Aizawl year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.