Climate averages 1991–2020
Guwahati weather
in October.
A hot, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Guwahati: daytime highs average 29.0°C and nights cool to about 22.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 133 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 Shillong (70 km away). In October its highs average 21.7°C, 7.4°C cooler than Guwahati, with 224 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Guwahati ranks joint 594th of 692 for the warmest October highs and joint 540th of 692 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 692 cities is 30.6°C; Guwahati is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 2.3°C to 26.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 133 mm to 18 mm.
The annual picture
October 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
Guwahati climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.7°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 11 | 2.6 | 10.711 h |
| February | 25.4°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 23 | 4.6 | 11.311 h |
| March | 29.6°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 60 | 8.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 30.0°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 163 | 18.8 | 12.813 h |
| May | 29.9°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 317 | 27.0 | 13.413 h |
| June | 30.4°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 530 | 28.7 | 13.714 h |
| July | 30.6°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 671 | 30.2 | 13.614 h |
| August | 30.9°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 610 | 29.7 | 13.113 h |
| September | 30.3°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 392 | 26.0 | 12.312 h |
| October, selected | 29.0°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 133 | 14.0 | 11.612 h |
| November | 26.7°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 18 | 2.8 | 10.911 h |
| December | 24.0°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 9.2 | 1.6 | 10.511 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
- Shillong in OctoberIndia · 70 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 15.3°C · 224 mm rain
- Nagaon in OctoberIndia · 94 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.5°C · 127 mm rain
- Tezpur in OctoberIndia · 116 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 22.2°C · 134 mm rain
- Sunāmganj in OctoberBangladesh · 129 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.1°C · 219 mm rain
- Sylhet in OctoberBangladesh · 143 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.1°C · 217 mm rain
- Tura in OctoberIndia · 171 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 21.4°C · 159 mm rain
- Netrakona in OctoberBangladesh · 177 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.3°C · 147 mm rain
- Silchar in OctoberIndia · 184 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 21.9°C · 168 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 Guwahati) is explained once on the Guwahati year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.