Siliguri climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Siliguri?

Siliguri has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 23.3 °C and it receives 2,884 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Siliguri between 1940 and 2025 was 15 May 1957, reaching 42.6 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Siliguri?

The coldest day measured in Siliguri between 1940 and 2025 was 31 January 1964, at 2.7 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Siliguri?

Almost never: Siliguri sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Siliguri warmed?

Yes: Siliguri warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Siliguri?

The wettest day measured in Siliguri between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 1987, with 394 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Siliguri?

The windiest day measured in Siliguri between 1940 and 2025 was 28 May 1989, with winds reaching 27.5 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Siliguri?

The warmest month in Siliguri is August (27.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (16.3 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Siliguri?

Siliguri receives on average 2,884 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 177 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Siliguri?

Siliguri gets on average 9.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,358 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Siliguri (India) has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Cwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 23.3 °C and it receives 2,884 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 August (27.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (16.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.

Siliguri averages 0 frost days, 120 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 177 rainy days per year.

Siliguri has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.18 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 42.6 °C (on 15 May 1957) and the coldest 2.7 °C (on 31 January 1964).

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

SiliguriWest Bengal

coords: 26.71°, 88.43°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CwaHumid subtropical, dry winterWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJulyDriest monthDecember

Mean daily temperature

23.3°C

Average daily high

28.2°C

Average daily low

19.0°C

Annual rainfall

2,884mm

Sunshine / day

9.2h

Mean relative humidity

75%

Average peak wind

7.5km/h

Seasonal range

10.7°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

120 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

177 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

31.3 °C

Average feels-like low

21.3 °C

Average peak gust

22.6 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

187 d/yr

Solar radiation

15.0 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.6 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.64 · 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

42.6 °C

15 May 1957

Coldest day

2.7 °C

31 January 1964

Wettest day

394 mm

24 July 1987

Windiest day

27.5 km/h

28 May 1989

Strongest gust

83.2 km/h

28 May 1989

Hottest feels-like

46.5 °C

26 May 1957

Coldest feels-like

-0.1 °C

31 January 1964

Sunniest day

13.5 h

6 June 1944

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	36.9 °C24 July 2025	9.7 °C3 January 2025	24.2 °C	2,813 mm	177
2024	39.8 °C24 May 2024	7.0 °C28 January 2024	24.3 °C	3,349 mm	184
2023	39.0 °C6 June 2023	7.9 °C6 January 2023	24.3 °C	2,743 mm	178
2022	35.6 °C15 July 2022	6.6 °C31 January 2022	23.8 °C	2,087 mm	155
2021	37.0 °C30 April 2021	5.7 °C31 January 2021	23.7 °C	2,816 mm	154
2020	36.5 °C4 August 2020	7.8 °C27 December 2020	23.4 °C	3,575 mm	145
2019	36.8 °C12 August 2019	6.2 °C2 January 2019	23.9 °C	2,985 mm	162
2018	36.6 °C20 July 2018	6.4 °C9 January 2018	23.5 °C	2,558 mm	154
2017	36.1 °C18 July 2017	8.2 °C14 January 2017	23.8 °C	2,919 mm	150
2016	36.3 °C25 April 2016	8.2 °C25 January 2016	23.8 °C	3,065 mm	154
2015	35.9 °C16 April 2015	7.6 °C23 December 2015	23.7 °C	2,682 mm	146
2014	39.0 °C25 April 2014	8.2 °C29 December 2014	23.8 °C	2,561 mm	166
2013	37.6 °C12 April 2013	3.2 °C11 January 2013	23.8 °C	2,658 mm	168
2012	39.0 °C15 May 2012	6.7 °C16 January 2012	23.6 °C	2,909 mm	169
2011	36.5 °C23 April 2011	7.2 °C12 January 2011	23.6 °C	3,141 mm	153
2010	37.9 °C4 April 2010	8.8 °C6 January 2010	24.3 °C	3,115 mm	179
2009	38.5 °C9 May 2009	8.7 °C28 December 2009	24.2 °C	2,853 mm	170
2008	37.2 °C19 April 2008	9.4 °C4 February 2008	23.8 °C	3,464 mm	155
2007	38.3 °C29 March 2007	7.9 °C1 January 2007	24.0 °C	3,155 mm	145
2006	38.8 °C13 April 2006	9.5 °C25 January 2006	24.2 °C	2,049 mm	175
2005	38.6 °C18 April 2005	8.3 °C31 December 2005	23.8 °C	2,992 mm	153
2004	37.2 °C8 May 2004	7.6 °C13 January 2004	23.4 °C	2,806 mm	119
2003	36.1 °C24 July 2003	6.3 °C23 January 2003	23.3 °C	3,464 mm	115
2002	34.8 °C20 March 2002	8.5 °C31 December 2002	23.7 °C	3,072 mm	112
2001	39.8 °C7 April 2001	7.4 °C17 January 2001	23.9 °C	2,293 mm	165
2000	36.4 °C6 April 2000	7.9 °C8 January 2000	23.5 °C	2,675 mm	126
1999	37.5 °C4 April 1999	6.2 °C14 January 1999	23.9 °C	2,970 mm	143
1998	41.0 °C20 May 1998	7.6 °C29 December 1998	23.9 °C	3,834 mm	136
1997	36.2 °C6 May 1997	7.9 °C19 February 1997	23.2 °C	2,939 mm	129
1996	39.9 °C18 April 1996	9.2 °C8 January 1996	23.7 °C	3,614 mm	131
1995	39.2 °C25 April 1995	5.8 °C2 January 1995	24.0 °C	3,878 mm	162
1994	40.6 °C6 May 1994	7.8 °C26 December 1994	23.9 °C	2,142 mm	164
1993	37.7 °C3 April 1993	7.5 °C23 February 1993	23.2 °C	3,231 mm	105
1992	42.1 °C14 April 1992	6.7 °C3 January 1992	23.4 °C	1,969 mm	140
1991	38.1 °C16 April 1991	7.1 °C16 January 1991	23.3 °C	3,244 mm	117
1990	35.3 °C15 April 1990	7.2 °C5 January 1990	23.2 °C	3,413 mm	95
1989	40.3 °C21 April 1989	6.4 °C31 December 1989	23.4 °C	3,976 mm	129
1988	39.7 °C11 April 1988	7.4 °C27 January 1988	24.0 °C	2,729 mm	148
1987	40.4 °C18 May 1987	7.2 °C9 January 1987	23.8 °C	4,448 mm	113
1986	38.2 °C30 March 1986	6.5 °C29 December 1986	23.3 °C	2,404 mm	115
1985	37.8 °C15 April 1985	6.6 °C21 January 1985	23.3 °C	2,811 mm	113
1984	40.0 °C4 April 1984	7.1 °C2 January 1984	23.2 °C	2,455 mm	100
1983	38.4 °C8 April 1983	4.6 °C7 January 1983	23.0 °C	3,246 mm	139
1982	40.0 °C7 April 1982	7.7 °C28 December 1982	23.4 °C	2,541 mm	143
1981	35.6 °C21 March 1981	6.4 °C11 January 1981	23.4 °C	1,997 mm	129
1980	38.9 °C15 April 1980	7.6 °C31 January 1980	23.6 °C	2,310 mm	144
1979	38.9 °C6 June 1979	6.4 °C3 January 1979	24.0 °C	2,158 mm	148
1978	37.9 °C9 April 1978	4.7 °C9 January 1978	23.3 °C	1,864 mm	150
1977	36.9 °C24 March 1977	6.5 °C11 February 1977	23.0 °C	2,451 mm	110
1976	38.3 °C12 April 1976	7.0 °C12 December 1976	23.3 °C	2,308 mm	135
1975	39.4 °C10 April 1975	6.3 °C16 January 1975	23.3 °C	3,241 mm	119
1974	35.3 °C14 August 1974	7.9 °C8 February 1974	23.1 °C	2,687 mm	89
1973	41.4 °C16 April 1973	8.7 °C26 December 1973	23.7 °C	3,783 mm	116
1972	35.7 °C1 May 1972	8.4 °C18 February 1972	23.4 °C	2,944 mm	124
1971	35.1 °C26 March 1971	7.8 °C22 December 1971	22.7 °C	3,019 mm	67
1970	35.8 °C21 August 1970	8.4 °C9 December 1970	23.0 °C	2,706 mm	105
1969	36.3 °C17 May 1969	7.9 °C8 February 1969	23.0 °C	1,850 mm	100
1968	36.5 °C21 April 1968	7.6 °C31 December 1968	22.6 °C	2,696 mm	95
1967	34.9 °C18 May 1967	6.3 °C3 January 1967	22.6 °C	3,232 mm	68
1966	40.2 °C2 May 1966	9.0 °C10 January 1966	22.8 °C	3,443 mm	71
1965	38.9 °C26 April 1965	8.0 °C9 January 1965	22.7 °C	2,876 mm	90
1964	38.1 °C4 April 1964	2.7 °C31 January 1964	23.3 °C	3,129 mm	129
1963	38.5 °C31 March 1963	5.7 °C20 January 1963	23.1 °C	2,991 mm	118
1962	38.5 °C15 April 1962	6.9 °C4 January 1962	22.9 °C	2,980 mm	107
1961	40.3 °C24 April 1961	4.8 °C25 December 1961	23.1 °C	2,684 mm	113
1960	42.1 °C2 May 1960	6.1 °C2 January 1960	23.9 °C	3,307 mm	136
1959	37.9 °C9 April 1959	8.4 °C16 January 1959	22.8 °C	3,098 mm	90
1958	35.9 °C16 April 1958	8.1 °C16 February 1958	23.3 °C	3,949 mm	115
1957	42.6 °C15 May 1957	8.2 °C18 January 1957	23.7 °C	2,570 mm	143
1956	39.6 °C18 April 1956	7.7 °C3 January 1956	23.0 °C	3,766 mm	110
1955	37.2 °C23 April 1955	5.9 °C2 January 1955	23.0 °C	3,269 mm	102
1954	38.2 °C19 April 1954	7.6 °C14 January 1954	23.0 °C	3,037 mm	85
1953	33.3 °C31 July 1953	6.4 °C26 January 1953	22.0 °C	2,788 mm	34
1952	33.8 °C14 April 1952	7.9 °C31 December 1952	22.2 °C	2,633 mm	45
1951	34.1 °C24 July 1951	7.5 °C27 January 1951	22.3 °C	2,668 mm	36
1950	34.8 °C23 April 1950	8.1 °C12 February 1950	22.3 °C	3,214 mm	48
1949	32.2 °C21 September 1949	7.9 °C1 January 1949	22.1 °C	3,321 mm	22
1948	34.3 °C13 April 1948	7.8 °C13 December 1948	22.7 °C	2,410 mm	90
1947	37.5 °C18 May 1947	8.2 °C17 January 1947	23.0 °C	2,154 mm	98
1946	35.5 °C22 March 1946	8.7 °C2 January 1946	22.9 °C	2,070 mm	85
1945	37.8 °C10 April 1945	6.4 °C10 February 1945	22.5 °C	2,640 mm	90
1944	34.6 °C23 April 1944	7.9 °C21 January 1944	22.8 °C	2,955 mm	93
1943	33.5 °C10 July 1943	8.7 °C10 December 1943	21.8 °C	2,752 mm	26
1942	36.3 °C22 April 1942	8.2 °C26 January 1942	22.7 °C	3,200 mm	75
1941	33.6 °C7 April 1941	6.8 °C31 January 1941	22.3 °C	2,620 mm	58
1940	34.9 °C23 April 1940	7.8 °C11 January 1940	22.4 °C	1,622 mm	66

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

29.1 °C

+0.9 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

177 d/yr

+57

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

2813 mm

-71 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	23.1 °C	+0.7 °C	27 mm	+9 mm
Feb	23.9 °C	-1.1 °C	35 mm	+18 mm
Mar	29.0 °C	-0.8 °C	26 mm	-5 mm
Apr	31.2 °C	-0.5 °C	73 mm	-5 mm
May	30.9 °C	+0.2 °C	386 mm	+172 mm
Jun	32.3 °C	+2.3 °C	324 mm	-255 mm
Jul	32.1 °C	+2.6 °C	372 mm	-460 mm
Aug	30.9 °C	+1.1 °C	845 mm	+261 mm
Sep	32.1 °C	+2.5 °C	403 mm	+14 mm
Oct	30.5 °C	+1.6 °C	292 mm	+166 mm
Nov	28.5 °C	+1.7 °C	25 mm	+16 mm
Dec	24.2 °C	+0.3 °C	6 mm	-1 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

36.9 °C

24 Jul 2025

Coldest day

9.7 °C

3 Jan 2025

Wettest day

116.6 mm

5 Oct 2025

Windiest day

17.5 km/h

17 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

44.6 km/h

29 May 2025

Hottest feels-like

45.2 °C

14 Jun 2025

Coldest feels-like

8.8 °C

3 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

13.2 h

9 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Siliguri?

Siliguri has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 23.3 °C and it receives 2,884 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Siliguri?

The hottest day measured in Siliguri between 1940 and 2025 was 15 May 1957, reaching 42.6 °C.

What is the coldest day in Siliguri?

The coldest day measured in Siliguri between 1940 and 2025 was 31 January 1964, at 2.7 °C.

Does it snow in Siliguri?

Almost never: Siliguri sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Siliguri warmed?

Yes: Siliguri warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Siliguri?

The wettest day measured in Siliguri between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 1987, with 394 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Siliguri?

The windiest day measured in Siliguri between 1940 and 2025 was 28 May 1989, with winds reaching 27.5 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Siliguri?

The warmest month in Siliguri is August (27.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (16.3 °C).

How much does it rain in Siliguri?

Siliguri receives on average 2,884 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 177 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Siliguri?

Siliguri gets on average 9.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,358 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Siliguri?

Yes: Siliguri has on average 187 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Siliguri?

In Siliguri, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.5 °C on 26 May 1957, and the lowest was -0.1 °C on 31 January 1964.

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