Climate guideThirty-year normals for Srinagar
Srinagar climate by month
Oceanic · CfbBest May · Sep–Oct
Annual mean12°day and night
Seasonal swing22°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation1,010 mm99 wet days a year
34.09° N, 74.81° EElevation 1,589 mUTC+5:30 · India Standard Time
When to goSrinagar · weather score
Best timeMay · Sep–Oct
October: high / low20° / 6°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Srinagar has an oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb): rain spread through the year and no real dry season.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 27° and nights 17°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 5° and lows of -5°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 22°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 1,010 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. April is the wettest month (138 mm, 11 wet days) and November the driest (38 mm, 4 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 14% in September to 43% in February.
Compared with New Delhi, the capital, Srinagar is 7.3° cooler on a July afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 27° · July
- Coldest nights
- -5° · January
- Wettest month
- April
- Driest month
- November
- Clearest skies
- September · 14% cloud
- Longest day
- 14 h 25 min
- Shortest day
- 9 h 54 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 | 5° | 7° | 11° | 18° | 22° | 26° | 27° | 26° | 24° | 20° | 15° | 9° |
| Average low | -5° | -3° | 1° | 5° | 10° | 14° | 17° | 17° | 13° | 6° | 1° | -3° |
| Precipitation | 85 mm | 117 mm | 142 mm | 138 mm | 105 mm | 53 mm | 97 mm | 92 mm | 55 mm | 39 mm | 38 mm | 49 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 7.3 | 10.3 | 10.4 | 11.3 | 10.2 | 9.9 | 11.2 | 10.7 | 5.6 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.2 |
| Cloud cover | 39% | 43% | 42% | 37% | 30% | 18% | 25% | 25% | 14% | 16% | 21% | 33% |
| Daylight | 10h 07 | 10h 58 | 11h 56 | 13h 01 | 13h 55 | 14h 25 | 14h 13 | 13h 27 | 12h 25 | 11h 22 | 10h 25 | 9h 54 |
| Month score | 37 | 28 | 36 | 70 | 76 | 73 | 66 | 70 | 87 | 91 | 74 | 47 |
ivMonth by month
Srinagar in every month
January37
5° / -5°
85 mm · 7.3 wet days
February28
7° / -3°
117 mm · 10.3 wet days
March36
11° / 1°
142 mm · 10.4 wet days
April70
18° / 5°
138 mm · 11.3 wet days
May76
22° / 10°
105 mm · 10.2 wet days
June73
26° / 14°
53 mm · 9.9 wet days
July66
27° / 17°
97 mm · 11.2 wet days
August70
26° / 17°
92 mm · 10.7 wet days
September87
24° / 13°
55 mm · 5.6 wet days
October91
20° / 6°
39 mm · 3.9 wet days
November74
15° / 1°
38 mm · 3.8 wet days
December47
9° / -3°
49 mm · 4.2 wet days