Climate averages 1991–2020
Shimla weather
in February.
A cool, wet month: the 11th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in Shimla: daytime highs average 10.8°C and nights cool to about -1.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 109 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes February a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 04 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chandigarh (55 km away). In February its highs average 21.4°C, 10.5°C warmer than Shimla, with 45 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Shimla ranks 689th of 692 for the warmest February highs and joint 684th of 692 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 692 cities is 28.0°C; Shimla is 17.1°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.2°C to 15.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 109 mm to 112 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Chandigarh in FebruaryIndia · 55 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 8.7°C · 45 mm rain
- Panchkula in FebruaryIndia · 55 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 8.9°C · 45 mm rain
- Mohali in FebruaryIndia · 63 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 8.9°C · 45 mm rain
- Kharar in FebruaryIndia · 64 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 8.9°C · 45 mm rain
- Rajpura in FebruaryIndia · 89 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 9.5°C · 57 mm rain
- Ambāla in FebruaryIndia · 90 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 10.0°C · 59 mm rain
- Ambala Sadar in FebruaryIndia · 90 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 10.0°C · 59 mm rain
- Gobindgarh in FebruaryIndia · 96 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 9.4°C · 61 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.