Climate averages 1991–2020
Shillong weather
in October.
A mild, very wet month: the 7th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Shillong: daytime highs average 21.7°C and nights cool to about 15.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 224 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 35 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Guwahati (70 km away). In October its highs average 29.0°C, 7.4°C warmer than Shillong, with 133 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Shillong ranks 685th of 692 for the warmest October highs and joint 671st of 692 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 692 cities is 30.6°C; Shillong is 8.9°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 2.4°C to 19.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 224 mm to 47 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Guwahati in OctoberIndia · 70 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.0°C · 133 mm rain
- Sunāmganj in OctoberBangladesh · 74 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.1°C · 219 mm rain
- Sylhet in OctoberBangladesh · 74 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.1°C · 217 mm rain
- Nagaon in OctoberIndia · 117 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.5°C · 127 mm rain
- Silchar in OctoberIndia · 124 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 21.9°C · 168 mm rain
- Netrakona in OctoberBangladesh · 139 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.3°C · 147 mm rain
- Habiganj in OctoberBangladesh · 140 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.8°C · 163 mm rain
- Tezpur in OctoberIndia · 150 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 22.2°C · 134 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.