Climate averages 1991–2020
Shimla weather
in March.
A mild, wet month: the joint 8th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Shimla: daytime highs average 15.0°C and nights cool to about 1.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 112 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes March a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chandigarh (55 km away). In March its highs average 27.2°C, 12.1°C warmer than Shimla, with 39 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Shimla ranks 689th of 692 for the warmest March highs and 678th of 692 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 692 cities is 32.4°C; Shimla is 17.3°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.6°C to 19.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 112 mm to 98 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Chandigarh in MarchIndia · 55 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 12.8°C · 39 mm rain
- Panchkula in MarchIndia · 55 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 13.1°C · 39 mm rain
- Mohali in MarchIndia · 63 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 13.0°C · 39 mm rain
- Kharar in MarchIndia · 64 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 12.9°C · 39 mm rain
- Rajpura in MarchIndia · 89 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 13.7°C · 52 mm rain
- Ambāla in MarchIndia · 90 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 14.2°C · 53 mm rain
- Ambala Sadar in MarchIndia · 90 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 14.3°C · 53 mm rain
- Gobindgarh in MarchIndia · 96 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 13.6°C · 56 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.