Nainital climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Nainital?

Nainital has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.3 °C and it receives 1,981 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Nainital?

The hottest day measured in Nainital between 1940 and 2025 was 27 June 1987, reaching 38.1 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Nainital?

The coldest day measured in Nainital between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 1953, at -4.9 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Nainital?

Yes. Nainital gets on average 1.5 cm of snow per year and has around 0 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Nainital warmed?

Yes: Nainital warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Nainital?

The wettest day measured in Nainital between 1940 and 2025 was 28 August 1989, with 272 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Nainital?

The windiest day measured in Nainital between 1940 and 2025 was 7 May 1955, with winds reaching 23.0 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Nainital?

The warmest month in Nainital is June (24.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (9.6 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Nainital?

Nainital receives on average 1,981 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 150 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Nainital?

Nainital gets on average 10.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,723 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Nainital (India) has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Cwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.3 °C and it receives 1,981 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 June (24.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (9.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.

Nainital averages 0 frost days, 38 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 150 rainy days per year.

Nainital has warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.14 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 38.1 °C (on 27 June 1987) and the coldest -4.9 °C (on 18 January 1953).

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

NainitalUttarakhand

coords: 29.40°, 79.45°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CwaHumid subtropical, dry winterWarmest monthJuneColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJulyDriest monthNovember

Mean daily temperature

18.3°C

Average daily high

23.8°C

Average daily low

13.6°C

Annual rainfall

1,981mm

Sunshine / day

10.2h

Mean relative humidity

70%

Average peak wind

8.2km/h

Seasonal range

15.1°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

38 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

150 d/yr

Annual snowfall

1.5 cm

Average feels-like high

24.5 °C

Average feels-like low

13.9 °C

Average peak gust

31.4 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

79 d/yr

Solar radiation

17.7 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.2 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.41 · p = < 0.001

19402025

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

38.1 °C

27 June 1987

Coldest day

-4.9 °C

18 January 1953

Wettest day

272 mm

28 August 1989

Windiest day

23.0 km/h

7 May 1955

Strongest gust

83.9 km/h

15 September 1957

Hottest feels-like

38.2 °C

24 May 1998

Coldest feels-like

-8.3 °C

18 January 1953

Snowiest day

15.1 cm

16 January 1953

Sunniest day

13.2 h

1 July 1987

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	33.0 °C26 April 2025	4.2 °C13 January 2025	19.0 °C	1,971 mm	21	0
2024	36.6 °C17 June 2024	2.5 °C10 December 2024	19.2 °C	1,783 mm	56	0
2023	33.1 °C22 May 2023	3.4 °C18 January 2023	18.6 °C	1,612 mm	29	0
2022	34.7 °C6 June 2022	2.4 °C30 January 2022	19.3 °C	1,933 mm	71	0
2021	32.2 °C14 April 2021	2.7 °C31 January 2021	18.9 °C	2,326 mm	12	0
2020	34.4 °C27 May 2020	2.1 °C10 January 2020	18.4 °C	1,364 mm	18	0
2019	35.6 °C15 June 2019	1.3 °C29 January 2019	18.7 °C	1,841 mm	57	0
2018	34.1 °C22 May 2018	0.2 °C28 December 2018	18.8 °C	1,881 mm	32	0
2017	33.4 °C4 June 2017	0.3 °C12 January 2017	19.0 °C	1,793 mm	35	0
2016	33.9 °C2 May 2016	3.1 °C23 January 2016	19.3 °C	1,768 mm	36	0
2015	35.4 °C9 June 2015	0.9 °C25 December 2015	18.7 °C	1,644 mm	35	0
2014	36.2 °C6 June 2014	1.8 °C19 January 2014	18.5 °C	1,488 mm	46	0
2013	34.3 °C10 May 2013	-0.5 °C8 January 2013	18.6 °C	2,172 mm	34	1
2012	36.9 °C13 June 2012	0.9 °C9 February 2012	18.8 °C	1,488 mm	55	0
2011	33.1 °C15 May 2011	2.9 °C1 January 2011	18.5 °C	1,851 mm	23	0
2010	34.3 °C18 April 2010	3.3 °C14 January 2010	19.5 °C	2,312 mm	69	0
2009	35.9 °C22 June 2009	3.6 °C2 January 2009	19.4 °C	1,716 mm	51	0
2008	33.8 °C1 May 2008	0.5 °C1 February 2008	18.6 °C	2,275 mm	19	0
2007	35.3 °C3 June 2007	2.0 °C7 January 2007	18.7 °C	1,854 mm	33	0
2006	32.5 °C6 May 2006	2.0 °C24 January 2006	19.1 °C	1,633 mm	26	0
2005	36.1 °C19 June 2005	2.5 °C19 January 2005	18.6 °C	1,790 mm	47	0
2004	35.7 °C16 May 2004	2.6 °C27 December 2004	18.8 °C	1,271 mm	43	0
2003	35.3 °C3 June 2003	0.7 °C10 January 2003	18.4 °C	1,998 mm	39	0
2002	34.2 °C23 May 2002	2.7 °C28 January 2002	18.5 °C	1,827 mm	30	0
2001	32.9 °C28 April 2001	1.8 °C10 January 2001	18.4 °C	1,378 mm	17	0
2000	32.3 °C19 May 2000	2.1 °C17 January 2000	18.1 °C	2,092 mm	24	0
1999	36.3 °C5 May 1999	2.8 °C31 January 1999	19.0 °C	1,642 mm	46	0
1998	35.5 °C7 June 1998	2.6 °C23 January 1998	18.6 °C	1,983 mm	35	0
1997	31.6 °C21 May 1997	0.5 °C22 January 1997	17.2 °C	1,984 mm	10	0
1996	34.9 °C28 May 1996	2.7 °C29 January 1996	18.4 °C	2,513 mm	32	0
1995	37.0 °C3 June 1995	1.1 °C10 January 1995	18.4 °C	2,043 mm	47	0
1994	37.8 °C3 June 1994	1.2 °C17 January 1994	18.7 °C	1,922 mm	38	0
1993	34.6 °C4 May 1993	1.9 °C14 January 1993	18.5 °C	2,022 mm	37	0
1992	35.6 °C13 May 1992	-0.7 °C3 January 1992	18.4 °C	1,373 mm	47	1
1991	35.9 °C15 May 1991	0.5 °C3 January 1991	18.3 °C	1,658 mm	40	0
1990	34.0 °C10 June 1990	2.0 °C3 January 1990	18.3 °C	2,582 mm	29	0
1989	34.4 °C16 May 1989	0.3 °C11 January 1989	18.1 °C	1,875 mm	37	0
1988	36.3 °C27 May 1988	1.4 °C26 January 1988	18.9 °C	2,119 mm	46	0
1987	38.1 °C27 June 1987	2.2 °C3 January 1987	18.9 °C	1,034 mm	51	0
1986	35.6 °C10 June 1986	1.7 °C28 December 1986	18.1 °C	1,672 mm	32	0
1985	35.3 °C30 May 1985	1.2 °C28 December 1985	19.0 °C	1,719 mm	60	0
1984	36.7 °C24 May 1984	0.0 °C26 January 1984	18.6 °C	1,466 mm	31	0
1983	36.7 °C22 June 1983	0.2 °C27 December 1983	17.8 °C	2,155 mm	37	0
1982	32.8 °C5 July 1982	2.1 °C28 January 1982	17.7 °C	1,520 mm	28	0
1981	34.8 °C16 June 1981	-0.1 °C9 January 1981	17.6 °C	1,592 mm	20	1
1980	34.5 °C2 May 1980	0.0 °C6 January 1980	18.3 °C	1,667 mm	40	0
1979	34.5 °C6 June 1979	1.1 °C9 March 1979	18.3 °C	1,356 mm	33	0
1978	36.8 °C21 May 1978	0.6 °C11 January 1978	18.3 °C	1,842 mm	45	0
1977	33.8 °C4 June 1977	-0.4 °C29 January 1977	18.3 °C	1,532 mm	22	1
1976	34.3 °C2 June 1976	1.8 °C20 January 1976	18.1 °C	1,980 mm	24	0
1975	34.7 °C30 May 1975	0.4 °C3 January 1975	18.3 °C	2,622 mm	43	0
1974	35.1 °C13 June 1974	-1.3 °C9 February 1974	18.5 °C	1,497 mm	53	2
1973	34.4 °C8 May 1973	1.4 °C25 December 1973	18.3 °C	2,596 mm	42	0
1972	36.2 °C13 June 1972	1.2 °C14 February 1972	18.5 °C	1,834 mm	47	0
1971	29.1 °C15 July 1971	2.6 °C27 January 1971	17.8 °C	2,670 mm	0	0
1970	36.0 °C15 May 1970	1.7 °C28 January 1970	18.4 °C	1,848 mm	27	0
1969	33.6 °C24 May 1969	1.0 °C5 January 1969	18.4 °C	2,123 mm	25	0
1968	34.4 °C26 May 1968	1.1 °C29 December 1968	17.9 °C	1,693 mm	22	0
1967	36.1 °C4 June 1967	1.9 °C5 January 1967	18.2 °C	2,449 mm	40	0
1966	37.4 °C8 June 1966	3.0 °C27 January 1966	18.5 °C	1,967 mm	43	0
1965	35.3 °C15 June 1965	1.9 °C22 February 1965	17.7 °C	1,373 mm	44	0
1964	36.6 °C11 June 1964	-0.7 °C16 January 1964	18.5 °C	2,270 mm	54	3
1963	33.7 °C26 May 1963	1.7 °C2 January 1963	18.0 °C	2,322 mm	21	0
1962	35.7 °C28 May 1962	0.4 °C16 January 1962	18.0 °C	2,374 mm	33	0
1961	35.8 °C1 June 1961	-2.2 °C20 December 1961	17.7 °C	2,735 mm	34	2
1960	36.1 °C1 June 1960	-0.9 °C22 January 1960	18.5 °C	2,474 mm	52	3
1959	35.0 °C22 May 1959	2.0 °C30 December 1959	18.4 °C	2,367 mm	52	0
1958	35.9 °C15 June 1958	2.8 °C10 February 1958	19.0 °C	2,405 mm	66	0
1957	35.9 °C17 June 1957	-1.4 °C12 January 1957	17.9 °C	1,752 mm	51	2
1956	36.1 °C3 May 1956	2.1 °C5 February 1956	18.1 °C	2,554 mm	41	0
1955	36.5 °C4 June 1955	0.0 °C1 January 1955	18.0 °C	2,413 mm	34	0
1954	35.7 °C20 May 1954	-1.1 °C31 December 1954	18.0 °C	2,883 mm	55	2
1953	32.1 °C31 May 1953	-4.9 °C18 January 1953	16.6 °C	3,181 mm	3	8
1952	29.7 °C27 May 1952	1.1 °C4 January 1952	16.8 °C	2,421 mm	0	0
1951	34.3 °C21 May 1951	-2.0 °C3 February 1951	17.4 °C	1,739 mm	35	1
1950	35.9 °C6 June 1950	-1.2 °C11 February 1950	17.4 °C	2,708 mm	53	1
1949	34.7 °C21 June 1949	1.1 °C10 February 1949	17.5 °C	2,505 mm	30	0
1948	36.8 °C19 June 1948	0.4 °C6 February 1948	18.0 °C	2,112 mm	57	0
1947	37.8 °C1 June 1947	1.8 °C29 January 1947	18.5 °C	2,326 mm	64	0
1946	35.8 °C4 June 1946	2.5 °C1 January 1946	18.5 °C	1,297 mm	53	0
1945	37.0 °C15 June 1945	-4.5 °C7 January 1945	17.8 °C	2,346 mm	61	5
1944	37.2 °C27 May 1944	1.9 °C31 January 1944	18.2 °C	1,727 mm	55	0
1943	36.5 °C17 May 1943	1.6 °C2 February 1943	17.9 °C	2,889 mm	36	0
1942	37.1 °C4 June 1942	1.2 °C19 January 1942	18.2 °C	2,265 mm	61	0
1941	37.4 °C30 May 1941	1.3 °C23 January 1941	18.0 °C	1,534 mm	37	0
1940	36.0 °C12 June 1940	-0.6 °C7 February 1940	17.6 °C	1,753 mm	44	2

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

24.5 °C

+0.7 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

21 d/yr

-17

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1971 mm

-10 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	18.1 °C	+2.4 °C	15 mm	-38 mm
Feb	20.2 °C	+2.1 °C	64 mm	+9 mm
Mar	24.3 °C	+1.9 °C	17 mm	-39 mm
Apr	28.6 °C	+1.1 °C	29 mm	-5 mm
May	27.6 °C	-2.6 °C	156 mm	+98 mm
Jun	27.9 °C	-1.6 °C	343 mm	+107 mm
Jul	27.5 °C	+1.0 °C	368 mm	-221 mm
Aug	26.5 °C	+0.4 °C	561 mm	+35 mm
Sep	27.2 °C	+1.4 °C	362 mm	+95 mm
Oct	25.2 °C	+1.0 °C	53 mm	-17 mm
Nov	22.1 °C	+0.9 °C	1 mm	-10 mm
Dec	18.4 °C	+0.6 °C	0 mm	-23 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

33.0 °C

26 Apr 2025

Coldest day

4.2 °C

13 Jan 2025

Wettest day

90.3 mm

17 Sep 2025

Windiest day

17.9 km/h

27 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

57.6 km/h

27 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

37.7 °C

25 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

2.2 °C

13 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

13.0 h

7 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Nainital?

Nainital has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.3 °C and it receives 1,981 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Nainital?

The hottest day measured in Nainital between 1940 and 2025 was 27 June 1987, reaching 38.1 °C.

What is the coldest day in Nainital?

The coldest day measured in Nainital between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 1953, at -4.9 °C.

Does it snow in Nainital?

Yes. Nainital gets on average 1.5 cm of snow per year and has around 0 frost days.

Has the climate of Nainital warmed?

Yes: Nainital warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Nainital?

The wettest day measured in Nainital between 1940 and 2025 was 28 August 1989, with 272 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Nainital?

The windiest day measured in Nainital between 1940 and 2025 was 7 May 1955, with winds reaching 23.0 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Nainital?

The warmest month in Nainital is June (24.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (9.6 °C).

How much does it rain in Nainital?

Nainital receives on average 1,981 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 150 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Nainital?

Nainital 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 Nainital?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Nainital between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1953, with 15.1 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Nainital?

Yes: Nainital has on average 79 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Nainital?

In Nainital, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.2 °C on 24 May 1998, and the lowest was -8.3 °C on 18 January 1953.

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