Climate guideThirty-year normals for Kalka
Kalka climate by month
Monsoon-influenced humid subtropical · CwaBest Feb · Nov–Dec
Annual mean22°day and night
Seasonal swing18°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation1,611 mm117 wet days a year
30.84° N, 76.94° EElevation 703 mUTC+5:30 · India Standard Time
When to goKalka · weather score
Best timeFeb · Nov–Dec
October: high / low28° / 16°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Kalka has a monsoon-influenced humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cwa): a dry winter and a wetter summer.
The warmest month is May, when afternoons average 35° and nights 22°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 17° and lows of 6°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 18°.
About 1,611 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. August is the wettest month (429 mm, 26 wet days) and November the driest (16 mm, 1 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 4% in October to 39% in July.
Compared with New Delhi, the capital, Kalka is 4.3° cooler on a May afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 35° · May
- Coldest nights
- 6° · January
- Wettest month
- August
- Driest month
- November
- Clearest skies
- October · 4% cloud
- Longest day
- 14 h 08 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 10 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 | 17° | 20° | 25° | 32° | 35° | 35° | 30° | 29° | 29° | 28° | 24° | 19° |
| Average low | 6° | 8° | 13° | 18° | 22° | 24° | 24° | 23° | 21° | 16° | 12° | 8° |
| Precipitation | 65 mm | 62 mm | 61 mm | 36 mm | 59 mm | 156 mm | 437 mm | 429 mm | 224 mm | 33 mm | 16 mm | 33 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 4.9 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 5 | 7.6 | 15.2 | 26.1 | 26.4 | 14.8 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 2.2 |
| Cloud cover | 21% | 23% | 25% | 21% | 17% | 16% | 39% | 38% | 13% | 4% | 8% | 16% |
| Daylight | 10h 21 | 11h 06 | 11h 57 | 12h 54 | 13h 42 | 14h 08 | 13h 58 | 13h 17 | 12h 23 | 11h 28 | 10h 37 | 10h 10 |
| Month score | 85 | 88 | 87 | 61 | 40 | 27 | 41 | 46 | 50 | 82 | 97 | 95 |
ivMonth by month
Kalka in every month
January85
17° / 6°
65 mm · 4.9 wet days
February88
20° / 8°
62 mm · 5.3 wet days
March87
25° / 13°
61 mm · 5.5 wet days
April61
32° / 18°
36 mm · 5 wet days
May40
35° / 22°
59 mm · 7.6 wet days
June27
35° / 24°
156 mm · 15.2 wet days
July41
30° / 24°
437 mm · 26.1 wet days
August46
29° / 23°
429 mm · 26.4 wet days
September50
29° / 21°
224 mm · 14.8 wet days
October82
28° / 16°
33 mm · 2.6 wet days
November97
24° / 12°
16 mm · 1.2 wet day
December95
19° / 8°
33 mm · 2.2 wet days