Climate averages 1991–2020
Shillong weather
in January.
A mild, fairly dry month: the coolest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Shillong: daytime highs average 15.7°C and nights cool to about 6.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 22 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 44 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Guwahati (70 km away). In January its highs average 22.7°C, 7.1°C warmer than Shillong, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Shillong ranks 684th of 692 for the warmest January highs and joint 559th of 692 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 692 cities is 25.0°C; Shillong is 9.3°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 17.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 22 mm to 43 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Guwahati in JanuaryIndia · 70 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 12.5°C · 11 mm rain
- Sunāmganj in JanuaryBangladesh · 74 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 10.6°C · 9.5 mm rain
- Sylhet in JanuaryBangladesh · 74 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 11.6°C · 10 mm rain
- Nagaon in JanuaryIndia · 117 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 13.4°C · 14 mm rain
- Silchar in JanuaryIndia · 124 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 11.8°C · 12 mm rain
- Netrakona in JanuaryBangladesh · 139 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 11.9°C · 8.8 mm rain
- Habiganj in JanuaryBangladesh · 140 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 12.8°C · 8.5 mm rain
- Tezpur in JanuaryIndia · 150 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 13.1°C · 15 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.