Climate averages 1991–2020
Dārjiling weather
in April.
A mild, very wet month: the 6th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Dārjiling: daytime highs average 18.6°C and nights cool to about 9.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 222 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes April a very wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 47 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Siliguri (39 km away). In April its highs average 30.9°C, 12.3°C warmer than Dārjiling, with 73 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Dārjiling ranks 689th of 692 for the warmest April highs and 685th of 692 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 692 cities is 36.0°C; Dārjiling is 17.4°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 19.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 222 mm to 377 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Dārjiling climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.9°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 33 | 7.1 | 10.611 h |
| February | 12.5°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 71 | 12.6 | 11.211 h |
| March | 16.0°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 137 | 18.7 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 18.6°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 222 | 22.8 | 12.813 h |
| May | 19.7°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 377 | 29.0 | 13.513 h |
| June | 20.5°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 618 | 29.4 | 13.814 h |
| July | 20.1°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 864 | 30.6 | 13.714 h |
| August | 20.4°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 548 | 29.7 | 13.113 h |
| September | 19.7°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 416 | 27.3 | 12.312 h |
| October | 18.1°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 164 | 19.1 | 11.512 h |
| November | 15.1°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 35 | 7.8 | 10.811 h |
| December | 12.4°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 17 | 3.9 | 10.510 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
April in nearby cities
- Siliguri in AprilIndia · 39 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 19.5°C · 73 mm rain
- Gangtok in AprilIndia · 47 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 9.6°C · 211 mm rain
- Jalpāiguri in AprilIndia · 74 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 21.0°C · 89 mm rain
- Dharān in AprilNepal · 101 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 18.5°C · 44 mm rain
- Kishanganj in AprilIndia · 108 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 22.3°C · 67 mm rain
- Jaigaon in AprilIndia · 112 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 19.5°C · 83 mm rain
- Thākurgaon in AprilBangladesh · 113 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 21.8°C · 84 mm rain
- Biratnagar in AprilNepal · 118 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 34 mm rain
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 limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Dārjiling) is explained once on the Dārjiling year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.