Chamba climate — normals and trends
Chamba (India) has a warm-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.8 °C and it receives 1,833 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (18.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Chamba averages 116 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 189 rainy days per year.
Chamba has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.20 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 131 to 101 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 30.3 °C (on 9 June 1947) and the coldest -20.1 °C (on 31 December 1954).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
ChambaHimachal Pradesh
- coords
- 32.56°, 76.13°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.8°C
Average daily high
15.5°C
Average daily low
4.3°C
Annual rainfall
1,833mm
Sunshine / day
10.2h
Mean relative humidity
65%
Average peak wind
7.2km/h
Seasonal range
20.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
116 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
189 d/yr
Annual snowfall
202.5 cm
Average feels-like high
15.1 °C
Average feels-like low
1.8 °C
Average peak gust
31.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.7 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.48 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
30.3 °C
9 June 1947
Coldest day
-20.1 °C
31 December 1954
Wettest day
195 mm
30 July 1961
Windiest day
17.3 km/h
8 April 2005
Strongest gust
112.7 km/h
9 March 1963
Hottest feels-like
34.2 °C
31 July 2024
Coldest feels-like
-25.0 °C
31 December 1954
Snowiest day
57.3 cm
25 December 1968
Sunniest day
14.0 h
8 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7.7 °C | +2.7 °C | 60 mm | -82 mm |
| Feb | 9.1 °C | +1.9 °C | 243 mm | +87 mm |
| Mar | 13.4 °C | +1.8 °C | 76 mm | -84 mm |
| Apr | 19.7 °C | +3.2 °C | 79 mm | -20 mm |
| May | 21.4 °C | +0.4 °C | 103 mm | +27 mm |
| Jun | 23.2 °C | -0.2 °C | 230 mm | +116 mm |
| Jul | 22.7 °C | +0.8 °C | 410 mm | -12 mm |
| Aug | 21.6 °C | +0.2 °C | 715 mm | +345 mm |
| Sep | 21.7 °C | +1.6 °C | 328 mm | +184 mm |
| Oct | 17.9 °C | +0.9 °C | 93 mm | +47 mm |
| Nov | 14.3 °C | +1.6 °C | 10 mm | -22 mm |
| Dec | 11.8 °C | +3.7 °C | 5 mm | -67 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Chamba?
Chamba has a warm-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.8 °C and it receives 1,833 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Chamba?
The hottest day measured in Chamba between 1940 and 2025 was 9 June 1947, reaching 30.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Chamba?
The coldest day measured in Chamba between 1940 and 2025 was 31 December 1954, at -20.1 °C.
Does it snow in Chamba?
Yes. Chamba gets on average 202.5 cm of snow per year and has around 116 frost days.
Has the climate of Chamba warmed?
Yes: Chamba warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Chamba?
The wettest day measured in Chamba between 1940 and 2025 was 30 July 1961, with 195 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Chamba?
The windiest day measured in Chamba between 1940 and 2025 was 8 April 2005, with winds reaching 17.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Chamba?
The warmest month in Chamba is July (18.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Chamba?
Chamba receives on average 1,833 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 189 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Chamba?
Chamba gets on average 10.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,723 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Chamba?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Chamba between 1940 and 2025 was 25 December 1968, with 57.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Chamba?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Chamba.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Chamba?
In Chamba, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 34.2 °C on 31 July 2024, and the lowest was -25.0 °C on 31 December 1954.
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