Climate guideThirty-year normals for Ranikhet
Ranikhet climate by month
Subtropical highland · CwbBest Mar · Oct–Nov
Annual mean14°day and night
Seasonal swing14°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation1,562 mm122 wet days a year
29.64° N, 79.43° EElevation 1,804 mUTC+5:30 · India Standard Time
When to goRanikhet · weather score
Best timeMar · Oct–Nov
October: high / low20° / 9°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Ranikhet has a subtropical highland climate (Köppen Cwb): a dry winter and a wetter summer.
The warmest month is May, when afternoons average 25° and nights 13°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 12° and lows of 0°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 14°.
About 1,562 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. July is the wettest month (471 mm, 26 wet days) and November the driest (10 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 8% in October to 63% in August.
Compared with New Delhi, the capital, Ranikhet is 14.1° cooler on a May afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 25° · May
- Coldest nights
- 0° · January
- Wettest month
- July
- Driest month
- November
- Clearest skies
- October · 8% cloud
- Longest day
- 14 h 02 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 15 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 | 12° | 14° | 18° | 23° | 25° | 25° | 23° | 22° | 22° | 20° | 17° | 14° |
| Average low | 0° | 2° | 5° | 9° | 13° | 15° | 16° | 16° | 14° | 9° | 5° | 2° |
| Precipitation | 52 mm | 56 mm | 45 mm | 26 mm | 51 mm | 126 mm | 471 mm | 417 mm | 242 mm | 46 mm | 10 mm | 20 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 6.2 | 4.2 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 14 | 14.8 | 26 | 25.3 | 15.2 | 3.3 | 0.3 | 1.8 |
| Cloud cover | 21% | 23% | 24% | 20% | 17% | 28% | 62% | 63% | 30% | 8% | 9% | 15% |
| Daylight | 10h 26 | 11h 08 | 11h 57 | 12h 52 | 13h 38 | 14h 02 | 13h 53 | 13h 14 | 12h 22 | 11h 29 | 10h 41 | 10h 15 |
| Month score | 54 | 68 | 88 | 88 | 66 | 67 | 54 | 53 | 67 | 92 | 94 | 75 |
ivMonth by month
Ranikhet in every month
January54
12° / 0°
52 mm · 6.2 wet days
February68
14° / 2°
56 mm · 4.2 wet days
March88
18° / 5°
45 mm · 5.3 wet days
April88
23° / 9°
26 mm · 5.2 wet days
May66
25° / 13°
51 mm · 14 wet days
June67
25° / 15°
126 mm · 14.8 wet days
July54
23° / 16°
471 mm · 26 wet days
August53
22° / 16°
417 mm · 25.3 wet days
September67
22° / 14°
242 mm · 15.2 wet days
October92
20° / 9°
46 mm · 3.3 wet days
November94
17° / 5°
10 mm · 0.3 wet days
December75
14° / 2°
20 mm · 1.8 wet days