India · 25.28°N 91.72°E · monthly climate normals, judged against the Warm preset (mean 14–24 °C57–75 °F, dry or showers)
The best time to visit Cherrapunji is March and November, when mean temperatures sit around 16 °C61 °F and rainfall runs 48–128 mm1.9–5.0 in a month.
The monsoon runs April to October, with 304–1,752 mm12–69 in a month and peaking in July at 1,752 mm69 in. June is the hottest month at 21 °C70 °F and January the coldest at 11 °C52 °F.
Figures are 30-year monthly averages (WorldClim 2.1 monthly normals 1970–2000) for the 0.25° grid cell at 25.28, 91.72 — a climate guide, not a forecast.
Pick the weather you like and every month is judged against it — temperature above the month names, rain below.
Good time to go for a Warm holiday: March and November.
Open Cherrapunji on the interactive map ↗ the same verdict for every place on Earth, any month
Reading the chart. Gold is good: the month fits what you picked. Any other colour names the reason it doesn't — the temperature bar can be too cold or too hot, the rain bar too dry, too rainy or monsoon. A faded gold bar is a half that fits while the other half fails; a gold month name means both fit.
What the verdicts mean. Temperature is the monthly mean, judged against the preset's band (mean 14–24 °C57–75 °F for Warm). Rain is judged by each month's class within Cherrapunji's own year rather than raw millimetres: dry under 60 mm2.4 in, showers 60–100 mm2.4–3.9 in, rainy from 100 mm3.9 in and 35 % of the wettest month. Too rainy is a rainy-season month the preset doesn't 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 whose wettest month is at least three times its driest — so every monsoon month is rainy season too; the label says which kind. Full rules on the method page.
| Month | Rain | Mean | Season | Warm verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 160.6 | 1151 | dry | too cold |
| February | 321.3 | 1355 | dry | too cold |
| March | 1285.0 | 1661 | showers | good |
| April | 41616 | 1965 | monsoon | monsoon |
| May | 65626 | 1966 | monsoon | monsoon |
| June | 120848 | 2169 | monsoon | monsoon |
| July | 175269 | 2169 | monsoon | monsoon |
| August | 96838 | 2169 | monsoon | monsoon |
| September | 67226 | 2068 | monsoon | monsoon |
| October | 30412 | 1965 | monsoon | monsoon |
| November | 481.9 | 1660 | dry | good |
| December | 160.6 | 1254 | dry | too cold |
| Looking for | Rule | Months that fit |
|---|---|---|
| Warm | mean 14–24 °C57–75 °F, dry or showers | March and November |
| Tropical | mean 24–33 °C75–91 °F, anything but the monsoon | |
| Beach | mean 24–33 °C75–91 °F, dry or showers | |
| Cool | mean 0–14 °C32–57 °F, anything but the monsoon | December to February |
| Snow | mean below 0 °C32 °F, any rain |
Yes. The monsoon runs April to October, with 304–1,752 mm12–69 in a month and peaking in July at 1,752 mm69 in. Outside it, November to February is dry.
June is the hottest month at 21 °C70 °F and January the coldest at 11 °C52 °F. Annual rainfall totals about 6,216 mm245 in.
The nearest destinations that do fit the Warm preset in the months Cherrapunji doesn't:
The interactive map colours the whole world by how it fits your picks in any month, and shows this chart for any place you tap.