Shimla Weather in April
Shimla in April
The short of it: Shimla in April averages a high of 23 °C (74 °F) and a low of 13 °C (56 °F), with 36 mm (1.4 in) of rain and about 12 h 54 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and October. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 23° · low 13° · rain 36 mm · daylight 12 h 54 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: April & October
Thirty years of records give Shimla an average April high of 23°, a low of 13° and some 36 mm of rain. Highs rise 5° against March, to near 23°; nights run about 13°. Rain is modest, about 36 mm, the 10th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 54 min in mid-April, 60 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening. The Almanac rates April 5 of 5 for a visit; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Shimla runs cooler than most and wetter than most in April. Sabāthu, 22 km to the SW, is 6° warmer by day.
April in Shimla, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus March
- 5° warmer, 24 mm less rain
- Versus May
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 54 min
- Average wind
- 6 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
April averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SabāthuHimachal Pradesh | 22 km SW | 30° | 17° | 18 mm |
| SolanHimachal Pradesh | 22 km SSW | 26° | 15° | 22 mm |
| KasauliHimachal Pradesh | 30 km SW | 26° | 15° | 19 mm |
| ParwanooHimachal Pradesh | 36 km SSW | 29° | 17° | 16 mm |
| KālkaHimachal Pradesh | 36 km SW | 31° | 18° | 13 mm |
| BaddiHimachal Pradesh | 39 km WSW | 35° | 20° | 10 mm |
| PinjaurHaryana | 41 km SW | 33° | 19° | 11 mm |
| NālāgarhHimachal Pradesh | 43 km W | 34° | 20° | 12 mm |