Shillong Weather in August
Shillong in August
The short of it: Shillong in August averages a high of 24 °C (75 °F) and a low of 18 °C (64 °F), with 415 mm (16.3 in) of rain and about 13 h 2 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are November and February. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 24° · low 18° · rain 415 mm · daylight 13 h 2 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: November & February
Thirty years of records give Shillong an average August high of 24°, a low of 18° and some 415 mm of rain. No month in Shillong runs warmer: highs about 24°. Wet spells are common — about 415 mm, the 3rd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 2 min in mid-August, 33 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates August 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are November and February.
Against its neighbours, Shillong runs cooler than most and drier than most in August. Laitumkhrah, 1 km to the E, sees much the same highs.
August in Shillong, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 1st warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 227 mm less rain
- Versus September
- about the same
- Day–night spread
- 7°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 2 min
- Average wind
- 5 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LaitumkhrahMeghalaya | 1 km E | 24° | 18° | 415 mm |
| NongthymmaiMeghalaya | 2 km ESE | 24° | 18° | 415 mm |
| NongumlongMeghalaya | 5 km W | 24° | 18° | 622 mm |
| MawpatMeghalaya | 5 km NE | 25° | 19° | 490 mm |
| Mawlai-MawïongMeghalaya | 6 km N | 25° | 19° | 538 mm |
| UmsningMeghalaya | 19 km N | 28° | 21° | 736 mm |
| MairangMeghalaya | 25 km W | 23° | 17° | 626 mm |
| JowaiMeghalaya | 34 km ESE | 25° | 19° | 494 mm |