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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Imphal
Imphal climate by month
Monsoon-influenced humid subtropical · CwaBest Jan · Nov–Dec
Annual mean21°day and night
Seasonal swing10°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation1,842 mm160 wet days a year
24.81° N, 93.94° EElevation 784 mUTC+5:30 · India Standard Time
When to goImphal · weather score
Best timeJan · Nov–Dec
October: high / low26° / 18°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Imphal has a monsoon-influenced humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cwa): a dry winter and a wetter summer.
The warmest month is May, when afternoons average 28° and nights 20°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 20° and lows of 9°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 10°.
About 1,842 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. July is the wettest month (343 mm, 27 wet days) and December the driest (15 mm, 2 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 17% in January to 76% in July.
Compared with New Delhi, the capital, Imphal is 11° cooler on a May afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 28° · May
- Coldest nights
- 9° · January
- Wettest month
- July
- Driest month
- December
- Clearest skies
- January · 17% cloud
- Longest day
- 13 h 40 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 37 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 20° | 22° | 26° | 28° | 28° | 28° | 27° | 27° | 27° | 26° | 23° | 21° |
| Average low | 9° | 10° | 14° | 17° | 20° | 22° | 22° | 22° | 21° | 18° | 14° | 10° |
| Precipitation | 13 mm | 44 mm | 70 mm | 130 mm | 208 mm | 327 mm | 343 mm | 287 mm | 216 mm | 139 mm | 50 mm | 15 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 1.8 | 3.3 | 8.4 | 16.4 | 19.9 | 23.6 | 27.2 | 23.7 | 19.1 | 12.1 | 2.7 | 1.6 |
| Cloud cover | 17% | 17% | 21% | 31% | 37% | 65% | 76% | 75% | 62% | 38% | 27% | 20% |
| Daylight | 10h 45 | 11h 19 | 11h 59 | 12h 43 | 13h 20 | 13h 40 | 13h 32 | 13h 01 | 12h 19 | 11h 36 | 10h 57 | 10h 37 |
| Month score | 96 | 92 | 78 | 54 | 50 | 41 | 39 | 40 | 46 | 65 | 94 | 96 |
ivMonth by month
Imphal in every month
January96
20° / 9°
13 mm · 1.8 wet days
February92
22° / 10°
44 mm · 3.3 wet days
March78
26° / 14°
70 mm · 8.4 wet days
April54
28° / 17°
130 mm · 16.4 wet days
May50
28° / 20°
208 mm · 19.9 wet days
June41
28° / 22°
327 mm · 23.6 wet days
July39
27° / 22°
343 mm · 27.2 wet days
August40
27° / 22°
287 mm · 23.7 wet days
September46
27° / 21°
216 mm · 19.1 wet days
October65
26° / 18°
139 mm · 12.1 wet days
November94
23° / 14°
50 mm · 2.7 wet days
December96
21° / 10°
15 mm · 1.6 wet days