Climate averages 1991–2020
Shillong weather
in February.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a mild month in Shillong: daytime highs average 17.6°C and nights cool to about 8.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 43 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 17 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Guwahati (70 km away). In February its highs average 25.4°C, 7.8°C warmer than Shillong, with 23 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Shillong ranks 684th of 692 for the warmest February highs and joint 635th of 692 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 692 cities is 28.0°C; Shillong is 10.4°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.0°C to 20.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 43 mm to 119 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Guwahati in FebruaryIndia · 70 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 14.5°C · 23 mm rain
- Sunāmganj in FebruaryBangladesh · 74 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 12.9°C · 38 mm rain
- Sylhet in FebruaryBangladesh · 74 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 13.7°C · 48 mm rain
- Nagaon in FebruaryIndia · 117 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 15.3°C · 27 mm rain
- Silchar in FebruaryIndia · 124 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 13.9°C · 51 mm rain
- Netrakona in FebruaryBangladesh · 139 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 14.3°C · 23 mm rain
- Habiganj in FebruaryBangladesh · 140 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 15.1°C · 33 mm rain
- Tezpur in FebruaryIndia · 150 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 15.0°C · 32 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.