Climate averages 1991–2020
Kohima weather
in September.
A warm, very wet month: the 4th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a warm month in Kohima: daytime highs average 23.7°C and nights cool to about 17.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 375 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes September a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 19 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dimāpur (47 km away). In September its highs average 29.0°C, 5.3°C warmer than Kohima, with 189 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Kohima ranks joint 683rd of 692 for the warmest September highs and 684th of 692 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 692 cities is 30.7°C; Kohima is 7.0°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 21.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 375 mm to 209 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Dimāpur in SeptemberIndia · 47 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.4°C · 189 mm rain
- Imphal in SeptemberIndia · 98 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 20.4°C · 145 mm rain
- Jorhat in SeptemberIndia · 121 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 316 mm rain
- Silchar in SeptemberIndia · 162 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 24.4°C · 293 mm rain
- Nagaon in SeptemberIndia · 163 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.9°C · 344 mm rain
- Tezpur in SeptemberIndia · 169 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.7°C · 332 mm rain
- Dibrugarh in SeptemberIndia · 216 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.7°C · 328 mm rain
- Shillong in SeptemberIndia · 224 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 18.0°C · 393 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.