Climate averages 1991–2020
Kohima weather
in April.
A warm, very wet month: the 6th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Kohima: daytime highs average 22.3°C and nights cool to about 12.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 180 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes April a very wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 45 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dimāpur (47 km away). In April its highs average 28.6°C, 6.3°C warmer than Kohima, with 203 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Kohima ranks 685th of 692 for the warmest April highs and 679th of 692 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 692 cities is 36.0°C; Kohima is 13.7°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 23.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 180 mm to 304 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Kohima climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.6°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 26 | 5.2 | 10.711 h |
| February | 17.5°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 43 | 7.2 | 11.311 h |
| March | 20.5°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 89 | 12.1 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 22.3°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 180 | 19.3 | 12.713 h |
| May | 23.5°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 304 | 25.9 | 13.413 h |
| June | 24.5°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 480 | 29.0 | 13.714 h |
| July | 24.4°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 534 | 30.6 | 13.614 h |
| August | 24.3°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 501 | 30.6 | 13.013 h |
| September | 23.7°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 375 | 28.7 | 12.312 h |
| October | 21.8°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 209 | 24.1 | 11.612 h |
| November | 19.2°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 45 | 8.6 | 10.911 h |
| December | 16.7°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 19 | 3.3 | 10.611 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
April in nearby cities
- Dimāpur in AprilIndia · 47 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 18.9°C · 203 mm rain
- Imphal in AprilIndia · 98 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 17.4°C · 61 mm rain
- Jorhat in AprilIndia · 121 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 20.3°C · 254 mm rain
- Silchar in AprilIndia · 162 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 21.1°C · 252 mm rain
- Nagaon in AprilIndia · 163 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 20.9°C · 156 mm rain
- Tezpur in AprilIndia · 169 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.5°C · 210 mm rain
- Dibrugarh in AprilIndia · 216 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 19.7°C · 383 mm rain
- Shillong in AprilIndia · 224 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 14.2°C · 275 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 Kohima) is explained once on the Kohima year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.