Climate averages 1991–2020

Dimāpur weather
in October.

A warm, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.

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

Average high 27.4°C Daytime mean, October
Average low 20.4°C Night-time mean, October
Rainfall 102 mm 14 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Dimāpur · average highYear overview

October is a warm month in Dimāpur: daytime highs average 27.4°C and nights cool to about 20.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 102 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes October a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 34 min on an average October day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Kohima (47 km away). In October its highs average 21.8°C, 5.6°C cooler than Dimāpur, with 209 mm of rain.

Among the 692 cities listed in India, Dimāpur ranks 663rd of 692 for the warmest October highs and joint 460th of 692 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 692 cities is 30.6°C; Dimāpur is 3.1°C cooler than that mean.

From October to November, average highs fall by 2.6°C to 24.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 102 mm to 23 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. 5101520253035 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 2500

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

Every month, side by side

Dimāpur climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Dimāpur, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 21.1°C10.8°C10.8°C224.410.711 h
February 23.6°C12.7°C12.7°C405.811.311 h
March 27.3°C16.0°C16.0°C859.712.012 h
April 28.6°C18.9°C18.9°C20316.312.813 h
May 29.3°C21.6°C21.6°C23523.213.413 h
June 29.9°C24.0°C24.0°C24923.213.714 h
July 29.6°C24.5°C24.5°C23823.113.614 h
August 29.5°C24.4°C24.4°C22723.413.013 h
September 29.0°C23.4°C23.4°C18920.812.312 h
October, selected 27.4°C20.4°C20.4°C10213.611.612 h
November 24.9°C15.9°C15.9°C234.010.911 h
December 22.1°C12.3°C12.3°C132.210.611 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 Dimāpur

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 Dimāpur) is explained once on the Dimāpur year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.