Climate averages 1991–2020
Shillong weather
in March.
A mild, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Shillong: daytime highs average 20.6°C and nights cool to about 11.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 119 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes March a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 00 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Guwahati (70 km away). In March its highs average 29.6°C, 8.9°C warmer than Shillong, with 60 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Shillong ranks 685th of 692 for the warmest March highs and 681st of 692 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 692 cities is 32.4°C; Shillong is 11.8°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 22.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 119 mm to 275 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Guwahati in MarchIndia · 70 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 18.3°C · 60 mm rain
- Sunāmganj in MarchBangladesh · 74 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 16.8°C · 155 mm rain
- Sylhet in MarchBangladesh · 74 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 17.4°C · 186 mm rain
- Nagaon in MarchIndia · 117 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 18.4°C · 58 mm rain
- Silchar in MarchIndia · 124 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 17.6°C · 171 mm rain
- Netrakona in MarchBangladesh · 139 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 18.3°C · 80 mm rain
- Habiganj in MarchBangladesh · 140 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 19.1°C · 124 mm rain
- Tezpur in MarchIndia · 150 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 18.0°C · 82 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.