Climate averages 1991–2020
Shimla weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Shimla: daytime highs average 23.2°C and nights cool to about 9.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 76 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 43 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chandigarh (55 km away). In May its highs average 38.0°C, 14.8°C warmer than Shimla, with 27 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Shimla ranks 685th of 692 for the warmest May highs and joint 563rd of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Shimla is 14.2°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 23.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 76 mm to 160 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Chandigarh in MayIndia · 55 kmHigh 38.0°C · Low 22.9°C · 27 mm rain
- Panchkula in MayIndia · 55 kmHigh 37.8°C · Low 22.9°C · 27 mm rain
- Mohali in MayIndia · 63 kmHigh 38.0°C · Low 23.0°C · 27 mm rain
- Kharar in MayIndia · 64 kmHigh 38.0°C · Low 22.9°C · 27 mm rain
- Rajpura in MayIndia · 89 kmHigh 38.5°C · Low 23.7°C · 33 mm rain
- Ambāla in MayIndia · 90 kmHigh 38.6°C · Low 24.0°C · 33 mm rain
- Ambala Sadar in MayIndia · 90 kmHigh 38.3°C · Low 23.9°C · 33 mm rain
- Gobindgarh in MayIndia · 96 kmHigh 38.9°C · Low 23.7°C · 32 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.