Climate averages 1991–2020
Dārjiling weather
in February.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in Dārjiling: daytime highs average 12.5°C and nights cool to about 3.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 71 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 13 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Siliguri (39 km away). In February its highs average 24.1°C, 11.6°C warmer than Dārjiling, with 21 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Dārjiling ranks 687th of 692 for the warmest February highs and joint 678th of 692 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 692 cities is 28.0°C; Dārjiling is 15.5°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.4°C to 16.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 71 mm to 137 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Siliguri in FebruaryIndia · 39 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 12.9°C · 21 mm rain
- Gangtok in FebruaryIndia · 47 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 4.2°C · 269 mm rain
- Jalpāiguri in FebruaryIndia · 74 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 14.0°C · 12 mm rain
- Dharān in FebruaryNepal · 101 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 11.7°C · 13 mm rain
- Kishanganj in FebruaryIndia · 108 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 14.1°C · 15 mm rain
- Jaigaon in FebruaryIndia · 112 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 14.7°C · 21 mm rain
- Thākurgaon in FebruaryBangladesh · 113 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 14.0°C · 12 mm rain
- Biratnagar in FebruaryNepal · 118 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 13.5°C · 12 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.