Climate averages 1991–2020
Gangtok weather
in November.
A mild, very wet month: the 9th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a mild month in Gangtok: daytime highs average 15.2°C and nights cool to about 8.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 181 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes November a very wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 49 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dārjiling (47 km away). In November its highs average 15.1°C, about as warm as Gangtok, with 35 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Gangtok ranks 687th of 692 for the warmest November highs and 656th of 692 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 692 cities is 28.2°C; Gangtok is 13.0°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 2.8°C to 12.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 181 mm to 173 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Dārjiling in NovemberIndia · 47 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 7.1°C · 35 mm rain
- Siliguri in NovemberIndia · 71 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 15.3°C · 8.8 mm rain
- Jalpāiguri in NovemberIndia · 91 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 17.0°C · 5.1 mm rain
- Jaigaon in NovemberIndia · 92 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 16.5°C · 5.9 mm rain
- Thimphu in NovemberBhutan · 103 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 3.9°C · 72 mm rain
- Koch Bihār in NovemberIndia · 139 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 16.9°C · 9.9 mm rain
- Dharān in NovemberNepal · 144 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 14.6°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Thākurgaon in NovemberBangladesh · 145 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 16.8°C · 5.7 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.