Climate averages 1991–2020
Shimla weather
in August.
A mild, very wet month: the 4th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Shimla: daytime highs average 21.1°C and nights cool to about 15.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 352 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 17 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chandigarh (55 km away). In August its highs average 30.8°C, 9.6°C warmer than Shimla, with 184 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Shimla ranks 690th of 692 for the warmest August highs and 607th of 692 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 692 cities is 30.2°C; Shimla is 9.1°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 20.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 352 mm to 193 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Chandigarh in AugustIndia · 55 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 24.5°C · 184 mm rain
- Panchkula in AugustIndia · 55 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.6°C · 184 mm rain
- Mohali in AugustIndia · 63 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 24.8°C · 184 mm rain
- Kharar in AugustIndia · 64 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 24.8°C · 184 mm rain
- Rajpura in AugustIndia · 89 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 25.2°C · 174 mm rain
- Ambāla in AugustIndia · 90 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 25.3°C · 240 mm rain
- Ambala Sadar in AugustIndia · 90 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 25.2°C · 240 mm rain
- Gobindgarh in AugustIndia · 96 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 25.3°C · 191 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.