Climate averages 1991–2020
Kohima weather
in October.
A mild, very wet month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Kohima: daytime highs average 21.8°C and nights cool to about 14.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 209 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 7th 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 Dimāpur (47 km away). In October its highs average 27.4°C, 5.6°C warmer than Kohima, with 102 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Kohima ranks 684th of 692 for the warmest October highs and 662nd of 692 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 692 cities is 30.6°C; Kohima is 8.7°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 2.7°C to 19.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 209 mm to 45 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Dimāpur in OctoberIndia · 47 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 20.4°C · 102 mm rain
- Imphal in OctoberIndia · 98 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 18.0°C · 94 mm rain
- Jorhat in OctoberIndia · 121 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.1°C · 127 mm rain
- Silchar in OctoberIndia · 162 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 21.9°C · 168 mm rain
- Nagaon in OctoberIndia · 163 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.5°C · 127 mm rain
- Tezpur in OctoberIndia · 169 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 22.2°C · 134 mm rain
- Dibrugarh in OctoberIndia · 216 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.1°C · 127 mm rain
- Shillong in OctoberIndia · 224 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 15.3°C · 224 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.