Climate averages 1991–2020
Gangtok weather
in June.
A mild, very wet month: one of the warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a mild month in Gangtok: daytime highs average 21.2°C and nights cool to about 15.9°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 605 mm of rain on roughly 30 days, which makes June a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 50 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dārjiling (47 km away). In June its highs average 20.5°C, 0.7°C cooler than Gangtok, with 618 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Gangtok ranks 690th of 692 for the warmest June highs and 674th of 692 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 692 cities is 34.5°C; Gangtok is 13.3°C cooler than that mean.
From June to July, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 21.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 605 mm to 1,126 mm.
The annual picture
June 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 | 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, selected | 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
June in nearby cities
- Dārjiling in JuneIndia · 47 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 15.1°C · 618 mm rain
- Siliguri in JuneIndia · 71 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.0°C · 616 mm rain
- Jalpāiguri in JuneIndia · 91 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.4°C · 701 mm rain
- Jaigaon in JuneIndia · 92 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 23.9°C · 706 mm rain
- Thimphu in JuneBhutan · 103 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 12.6°C · 378 mm rain
- Koch Bihār in JuneIndia · 139 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.8°C · 755 mm rain
- Dharān in JuneNepal · 144 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 23.8°C · 319 mm rain
- Thākurgaon in JuneBangladesh · 145 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 24.8°C · 440 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.