Climate averages 1991–2020
Shimla weather
in January.
A cool, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Shimla: daytime highs average 9.1°C and nights cool to about -3.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 85 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 22 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chandigarh (55 km away). In January its highs average 18.1°C, 9.0°C warmer than Shimla, with 42 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Shimla ranks 689th of 692 for the warmest January highs and 686th of 692 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 692 cities is 25.0°C; Shimla is 15.9°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.8°C to 10.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 85 mm to 109 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Chandigarh in JanuaryIndia · 55 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 6.3°C · 42 mm rain
- Panchkula in JanuaryIndia · 55 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 6.5°C · 42 mm rain
- Mohali in JanuaryIndia · 63 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 6.5°C · 42 mm rain
- Kharar in JanuaryIndia · 64 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 6.5°C · 42 mm rain
- Rajpura in JanuaryIndia · 89 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 7.1°C · 50 mm rain
- Ambāla in JanuaryIndia · 90 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 7.5°C · 51 mm rain
- Ambala Sadar in JanuaryIndia · 90 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 7.5°C · 51 mm rain
- Gobindgarh in JanuaryIndia · 96 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 7.0°C · 52 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.