Climate averages 1991–2020
Shimla weather
in June.
A warm, wet month: the warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a warm month in Shimla: daytime highs average 23.5°C and nights cool to about 13.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 160 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes June a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 08 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chandigarh (55 km away). In June its highs average 36.8°C, 13.2°C warmer than Shimla, with 84 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Shimla ranks joint 686th of 692 for the warmest June highs and joint 441st of 692 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 692 cities is 34.5°C; Shimla is 11.0°C cooler than that mean.
From June to July, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 21.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 160 mm to 378 mm.
The annual picture
June 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, selected | 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
June in nearby cities
- Chandigarh in JuneIndia · 55 kmHigh 36.8°C · Low 25.7°C · 84 mm rain
- Panchkula in JuneIndia · 55 kmHigh 36.5°C · Low 25.6°C · 84 mm rain
- Mohali in JuneIndia · 63 kmHigh 36.9°C · Low 25.9°C · 84 mm rain
- Kharar in JuneIndia · 64 kmHigh 37.0°C · Low 25.8°C · 84 mm rain
- Rajpura in JuneIndia · 89 kmHigh 37.5°C · Low 26.3°C · 79 mm rain
- Ambāla in JuneIndia · 90 kmHigh 37.4°C · Low 26.4°C · 99 mm rain
- Ambala Sadar in JuneIndia · 90 kmHigh 37.2°C · Low 26.3°C · 99 mm rain
- Gobindgarh in JuneIndia · 96 kmHigh 37.9°C · Low 26.5°C · 90 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.