India · 25.28°N 91.72°E · 30-year monthly averages, judged against the Warm preset (highs 19–28 °C66–82 °F, dry or showers)
The best time to visit Cherrapunji is March and November, with highs of 20–21 °C68–70 °F and nights of 11 °C52 °F, and rainfall of 48–128 mm1.9–5.0 in a month.
The monsoon season is April to October, with 304–1,752 mm12–69 in a month and a peak in July (1,752 mm69 in). August is the hottest month (highs of 24 °C75 °F) and January the coldest (16 °C61 °F).
The figures are 30-year monthly averages (WorldClim 2.1 monthly normals 1970–2000) for the 0.25° grid cell at 25.28, 91.72. This is a climate guide, not a forecast.
Pick the weather you like. Every month is then judged against it: temperature above the month names, rain below.
Good time to go for a Warm holiday: March and November.
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Reading the chart. Gold means good: the month fits what you picked. Any other colour shows the reason it does not. The temperature bar can be too cold or too hot; the rain bar can be too dry, too rainy or monsoon. A faded gold bar means that half fits but the other half does not. A gold month name means both halves fit.
What the verdicts mean. Temperature is the month's average daily high (the afternoon), judged against the preset's band (highs 19–28 °C66–82 °F for Warm). Rain is judged by each month's class within Cherrapunji's own year, not by raw millimetres: dry under 60 mm2.4 in, showers 60–100 mm2.4–3.9 in, rainy from 100 mm3.9 in and at least 35 % of the wettest month. Too rainy is a rainy-season month that the preset does not allow. Monsoon is the heaviest kind of rainy season: 180 mm7.1 in or more (120 mm4.7 in near the yearly peak) in a climate where the wettest month has at least three times the rain of the driest. Every monsoon month is also a rainy-season month; the label says which kind. Full rules on the method page.
| Month | Rain | High | Low | Season | Warm verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 160.6 | 1660 | 642 | dry | too cold |
| February | 321.3 | 1864 | 745 | dry | too cold |
| March | 1285.0 | 2170 | 1151 | showers | good |
| April | 41616 | 2373 | 1456 | monsoon | monsoon |
| May | 65626 | 2373 | 1660 | monsoon | monsoon |
| June | 120848 | 2474 | 1763 | monsoon | monsoon |
| July | 175269 | 2474 | 1864 | monsoon | monsoon |
| August | 96838 | 2475 | 1864 | monsoon | monsoon |
| September | 67226 | 2474 | 1763 | monsoon | monsoon |
| October | 30412 | 2373 | 1558 | monsoon | monsoon |
| November | 481.9 | 2068 | 1151 | dry | good |
| December | 160.6 | 1864 | 745 | dry | too cold |
| Looking for | Rule | Months that fit |
|---|---|---|
| Warm | highs 19–28 °C66–82 °F, dry or showers | March and November |
| Tropical | highs 28–38 °C82–100 °F, any rain except monsoon | |
| Beach | highs 28–38 °C82–100 °F, dry or showers | |
| Cool | highs 3–19 °C37–66 °F, any rain except monsoon | December to February |
| Snow | highs below 3 °C37 °F, any rain |
Yes. The monsoon season is April to October, with 304–1,752 mm12–69 in a month and a peak in July (1,752 mm69 in). Outside the rainy season, November to February is dry.
August is the hottest month (highs of 24 °C75 °F) and January the coldest (16 °C61 °F). Annual rainfall is about 6,216 mm245 in.
The nearest destinations that fit the Warm preset in the months when Cherrapunji does not:
The interactive map colours the whole world by how well it fits the weather you like, in any month, and shows this chart for any place you tap.