Climate averages 1991–2020

Kohima weather
in July.

A warm, very wet month: the 2nd warmest and the wettest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 24.4°C Daytime mean, July
Average low 18.6°C Night-time mean, July
Rainfall 534 mm 31 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 14 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Kohima · average highYear overview

July is a warm month in Kohima: daytime highs average 24.4°C and nights cool to about 18.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 534 mm of rain on roughly 31 days, which makes July a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 34 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Dimāpur (47 km away). In July its highs average 29.6°C, 5.2°C warmer than Kohima, with 238 mm of rain.

Among the 692 cities listed in India, Kohima ranks joint 682nd of 692 for the warmest July highs and 662nd of 692 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 692 cities is 31.0°C; Kohima is 6.6°C cooler than that mean.

From July to August, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 24.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 534 mm to 501 mm.

The annual picture

July in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 051015202530 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 5500

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Kohima, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 15.6°C4.8°C4.8°C265.210.711 h
February 17.5°C6.3°C6.3°C437.211.311 h
March 20.5°C9.1°C9.1°C8912.112.012 h
April 22.3°C12.3°C12.3°C18019.312.713 h
May 23.5°C15.3°C15.3°C30425.913.413 h
June 24.5°C17.8°C17.8°C48029.013.714 h
July, selected 24.4°C18.6°C18.6°C53430.613.614 h
August 24.3°C18.5°C18.5°C50130.613.013 h
September 23.7°C17.4°C17.4°C37528.712.312 h
October 21.8°C14.3°C14.3°C20924.111.612 h
November 19.2°C9.5°C9.5°C458.610.911 h
December 16.7°C6.1°C6.1°C193.310.611 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

July in nearby cities

Distance from Kohima

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 limits

How 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.