Climate averages 1991–2020
Gangtok weather
in February.
A cool, very wet month: the 11th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in Gangtok: daytime highs average 12.3°C and nights cool to about 4.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 269 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes February a very wet month (the 7th 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 Dārjiling (47 km away). In February its highs average 12.5°C, about as warm as Gangtok, with 71 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Gangtok ranks 688th of 692 for the warmest February highs and 692nd of 692 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 692 cities is 28.0°C; Gangtok is 15.7°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.7°C to 16.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 269 mm to 252 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
Gangtok climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.9°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 253 | 25.6 | 10.611 h |
| February, selected | 12.3°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 269 | 24.7 | 11.211 h |
| March | 16.1°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 252 | 26.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 18.9°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 211 | 24.6 | 12.813 h |
| May | 20.2°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 283 | 29.4 | 13.513 h |
| June | 21.2°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 605 | 29.5 | 13.814 h |
| July | 21.0°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 1,126 | 31.0 | 13.714 h |
| August | 21.2°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 908 | 30.8 | 13.113 h |
| September | 20.5°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 508 | 28.4 | 12.312 h |
| October | 18.6°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 216 | 23.0 | 11.512 h |
| November | 15.2°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 181 | 21.0 | 10.811 h |
| December | 12.4°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 173 | 22.8 | 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
- Dārjiling in FebruaryIndia · 47 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 3.8°C · 71 mm rain
- Siliguri in FebruaryIndia · 71 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 12.9°C · 21 mm rain
- Jalpāiguri in FebruaryIndia · 91 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 14.0°C · 12 mm rain
- Jaigaon in FebruaryIndia · 92 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 14.7°C · 21 mm rain
- Thimphu in FebruaryBhutan · 103 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low 0.8°C · 95 mm rain
- Koch Bihār in FebruaryIndia · 139 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 14.3°C · 22 mm rain
- Dharān in FebruaryNepal · 144 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 11.7°C · 13 mm rain
- Thākurgaon in FebruaryBangladesh · 145 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 14.0°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 Gangtok) is explained once on the Gangtok year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.