Climate guideThirty-year normals for Solan
Solan climate by month
Monsoon-influenced humid subtropical · CwaBest Apr · Oct–Nov
Annual mean16°day and night
Seasonal swing16°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation1,868 mm117 wet days a year
30.91° N, 77.11° EElevation 1,509 mUTC+5:30 · India Standard Time
When to goSolan · weather score
Best timeApr · Oct–Nov
October: high / low22° / 11°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Solan 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 16°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 13° and lows of 2°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 16°.
About 1,868 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. August is the wettest month (462 mm, 26 wet days) and November the driest (21 mm, 1 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 5% in October to 45% in July.
Compared with New Delhi, the capital, Solan is 10.9° cooler on a May afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 28° · May
- Coldest nights
- 2° · January
- Wettest month
- August
- Driest month
- November
- Clearest skies
- October · 5% 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 | 13° | 15° | 20° | 25° | 28° | 28° | 26° | 25° | 24° | 22° | 19° | 15° |
| Average low | 2° | 3° | 7° | 12° | 16° | 19° | 19° | 19° | 16° | 11° | 7° | 4° |
| Precipitation | 81 mm | 81 mm | 86 mm | 53 mm | 74 mm | 172 mm | 502 mm | 462 mm | 247 mm | 49 mm | 21 mm | 40 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 | 22% | 24% | 26% | 22% | 18% | 19% | 45% | 45% | 17% | 5% | 9% | 17% |
| Daylight | 10h 21 | 11h 05 | 11h 57 | 12h 55 | 13h 42 | 14h 08 | 13h 58 | 13h 18 | 12h 23 | 11h 27 | 10h 37 | 10h 10 |
| Month score | 61 | 70 | 87 | 88 | 68 | 53 | 59 | 61 | 67 | 94 | 97 | 79 |
ivMonth by month
Solan in every month
January61
13° / 2°
81 mm · 4.9 wet days
February70
15° / 3°
81 mm · 5.3 wet days
March87
20° / 7°
86 mm · 5.5 wet days
April88
25° / 12°
53 mm · 5 wet days
May68
28° / 16°
74 mm · 7.6 wet days
June53
28° / 19°
172 mm · 15.2 wet days
July59
26° / 19°
502 mm · 26.1 wet days
August61
25° / 19°
462 mm · 26.4 wet days
September67
24° / 16°
247 mm · 14.8 wet days
October94
22° / 11°
49 mm · 2.6 wet days
November97
19° / 7°
21 mm · 1.2 wet day
December79
15° / 4°
40 mm · 2.2 wet days