Climate averages 1991–2020
Shimla weather
in April.
A mild, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Shimla: daytime highs average 19.7°C and nights cool to about 6.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 98 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes April a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 55 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chandigarh (55 km away). In April its highs average 34.1°C, 14.5°C warmer than Shimla, with 25 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Shimla ranks 687th of 692 for the warmest April highs and 655th of 692 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 692 cities is 36.0°C; Shimla is 16.3°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 3.5°C to 23.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 98 mm to 76 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
Shimla climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.1°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 85 | 8.7 | 10.410 h |
| February | 10.8°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 109 | 10.9 | 11.111 h |
| March | 15.0°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 112 | 13.6 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 19.7°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 98 | 12.8 | 12.913 h |
| May | 23.2°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 76 | 12.7 | 13.714 h |
| June | 23.5°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 160 | 17.0 | 14.114 h |
| July | 21.8°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 378 | 28.2 | 14.014 h |
| August | 21.1°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 352 | 27.8 | 13.313 h |
| September | 20.5°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 193 | 18.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 18.3°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 33 | 6.1 | 11.411 h |
| November | 15.0°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 22 | 3.7 | 10.611 h |
| December | 11.9°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 30 | 4.3 | 10.210 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
- Chandigarh in AprilIndia · 55 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 18.2°C · 25 mm rain
- Panchkula in AprilIndia · 55 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 18.4°C · 25 mm rain
- Mohali in AprilIndia · 63 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 18.3°C · 25 mm rain
- Kharar in AprilIndia · 64 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 18.2°C · 25 mm rain
- Rajpura in AprilIndia · 89 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 19.0°C · 29 mm rain
- Ambāla in AprilIndia · 90 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 19.5°C · 32 mm rain
- Ambala Sadar in AprilIndia · 90 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 19.5°C · 32 mm rain
- Gobindgarh in AprilIndia · 96 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 19.0°C · 31 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 Shimla) is explained once on the Shimla year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.