Climate averages 1991–2020
Shimla weather
in November.
A mild, fairly dry month: the joint 8th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a mild month in Shimla: daytime highs average 15.0°C and nights cool to about 1.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 22 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes November a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 36 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chandigarh (55 km away). In November its highs average 25.5°C, 10.4°C warmer than Shimla, with 7.1 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Shimla ranks 689th of 692 for the warmest November highs and joint 463rd of 692 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 692 cities is 28.2°C; Shimla is 13.2°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 3.1°C to 11.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 22 mm to 30 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Chandigarh in NovemberIndia · 55 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 11.9°C · 7.1 mm rain
- Panchkula in NovemberIndia · 55 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 12.0°C · 7.1 mm rain
- Mohali in NovemberIndia · 63 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 12.2°C · 7.1 mm rain
- Kharar in NovemberIndia · 64 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 12.2°C · 7.1 mm rain
- Rajpura in NovemberIndia · 89 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 12.8°C · 9.4 mm rain
- Ambāla in NovemberIndia · 90 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 13.1°C · 8.2 mm rain
- Ambala Sadar in NovemberIndia · 90 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 13.2°C · 8.2 mm rain
- Gobindgarh in NovemberIndia · 96 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 12.9°C · 11 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.