Climate averages 1991–2020
Kohima weather
in August.
A warm, very wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Kohima: daytime highs average 24.3°C and nights cool to about 18.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 501 mm of rain on roughly 31 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 02 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dimāpur (47 km away). In August its highs average 29.5°C, 5.2°C warmer than Kohima, with 227 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Kohima ranks 683rd of 692 for the warmest August highs and 677th of 692 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 692 cities is 30.2°C; Kohima is 5.9°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 23.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 501 mm to 375 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Dimāpur in AugustIndia · 47 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.4°C · 227 mm rain
- Imphal in AugustIndia · 98 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 21.3°C · 203 mm rain
- Jorhat in AugustIndia · 121 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 25.6°C · 427 mm rain
- Silchar in AugustIndia · 162 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 25.0°C · 390 mm rain
- Nagaon in AugustIndia · 163 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 25.7°C · 490 mm rain
- Tezpur in AugustIndia · 169 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 25.6°C · 433 mm rain
- Dibrugarh in AugustIndia · 216 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 25.5°C · 402 mm rain
- Shillong in AugustIndia · 224 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 18.9°C · 558 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.