Climate averages 1991–2020
Siliguri weather
in October.
A hot, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Siliguri: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 19.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 116 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes October a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 33 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jalpāiguri (37 km away). In October its highs average 29.1°C, 0.7°C warmer than Siliguri, with 145 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Siliguri ranks joint 632nd of 692 for the warmest October highs and joint 500th of 692 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 692 cities is 30.6°C; Siliguri is 2.2°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 2.1°C to 26.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 116 mm to 8.8 mm.
The annual picture
October 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
Siliguri climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21.5°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 19 | 4.4 | 10.711 h |
| February | 24.1°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 21 | 4.4 | 11.211 h |
| March | 29.2°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 30 | 5.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 30.9°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 73 | 13.9 | 12.813 h |
| May | 29.8°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 231 | 23.8 | 13.413 h |
| June | 29.3°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 616 | 28.1 | 13.814 h |
| July | 29.0°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 850 | 29.8 | 13.614 h |
| August | 29.4°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 576 | 28.7 | 13.113 h |
| September | 29.0°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 411 | 24.7 | 12.312 h |
| October, selected | 28.4°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 116 | 10.6 | 11.512 h |
| November | 26.2°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 8.8 | 2.0 | 10.911 h |
| December | 23.3°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 8.8 | 2.7 | 10.510 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
October in nearby cities
- Jalpāiguri in OctoberIndia · 37 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 21.2°C · 145 mm rain
- Dārjiling in OctoberIndia · 39 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 10.8°C · 164 mm rain
- Gangtok in OctoberIndia · 71 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 12.3°C · 216 mm rain
- Thākurgaon in OctoberBangladesh · 76 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 21.5°C · 116 mm rain
- Kishanganj in OctoberIndia · 82 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 21.7°C · 104 mm rain
- Jaigaon in OctoberIndia · 95 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 20.0°C · 107 mm rain
- Koch Bihār in OctoberIndia · 110 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 21.7°C · 171 mm rain
- Arāria in OctoberIndia · 110 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 21.5°C · 100 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 Siliguri) is explained once on the Siliguri year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.