Climate averages 1991–2020
Shillong weather
in April.
A warm, very wet month: the 6th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Shillong: daytime highs average 22.0°C and nights cool to about 14.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 275 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes April a very wet month (the 7th 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 Guwahati (70 km away). In April its highs average 30.0°C, 8.0°C warmer than Shillong, with 163 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Shillong ranks 686th of 692 for the warmest April highs and 688th of 692 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 692 cities is 36.0°C; Shillong is 14.0°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 22.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 275 mm to 453 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
Shillong climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.7°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 22 | 4.4 | 10.711 h |
| February | 17.6°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 43 | 7.7 | 11.311 h |
| March | 20.6°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 119 | 15.9 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 22.0°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 275 | 25.9 | 12.713 h |
| May | 22.8°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 453 | 30.1 | 13.413 h |
| June | 23.5°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 697 | 29.8 | 13.714 h |
| July | 23.5°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 715 | 31.0 | 13.614 h |
| August | 23.5°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 558 | 30.9 | 13.013 h |
| September | 23.0°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 393 | 28.8 | 12.312 h |
| October | 21.7°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 224 | 20.2 | 11.612 h |
| November | 19.3°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 47 | 6.6 | 10.911 h |
| December | 16.9°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 16 | 2.6 | 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
- Guwahati in AprilIndia · 70 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 21.1°C · 163 mm rain
- Sunāmganj in AprilBangladesh · 74 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 20.3°C · 519 mm rain
- Sylhet in AprilBangladesh · 74 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 20.9°C · 559 mm rain
- Nagaon in AprilIndia · 117 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 20.9°C · 156 mm rain
- Silchar in AprilIndia · 124 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 21.1°C · 252 mm rain
- Netrakona in AprilBangladesh · 139 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 21.8°C · 317 mm rain
- Habiganj in AprilBangladesh · 140 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 22.3°C · 333 mm rain
- Tezpur in AprilIndia · 150 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.5°C · 210 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 Shillong) is explained once on the Shillong year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.