Shimla weather in August

In August, Shimla sees average daytime highs of 25°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 352 mm of rain across 27.8 wet days and about 13.1 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 25°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% of the time in August, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 30 min at the start of August to 12 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Shimla's 12th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Shimla's year-round climate.

Daytime high
25°
4th warmest
Overnight low
19°
11th coldest
Rainfall
352 mm
27.8 wet days
Daylight
13 h 06 min
5:51 AM – 7:00 PM
Cloud cover
74%
12th clearest
Wind
4 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
4.24 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.1
out of 10

Shimla is capital of Himachal Pradesh, India.

Air quality
High
PM2.5 26 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
6,940/km²
people per km²

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 25°C through the month.

A typical August day in Shimla reaches about 25°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 23°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 1°C warmer than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How August really feels in Shimla

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

August sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Shimla weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 4th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan12° / 858.64.110.23.3
Feb14° / 10910.73.810.94.1
Mar18° / 11213.60.811.85.6
Apr23° / 11°9812.8012.76.6
May26° / 15°7612.7013.66.6
Jun26° / 17°160170145.7
Jul25° / 19°37728.2013.84.0
Aug25° / 19°35227.8013.14.1
Sep24° / 16°19318.7012.25.8
Oct22° / 11°336.1011.27.9
Nov18° / 223.70.110.47.4
Dec14° / 304.41.1105.3

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 74%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11783
21783
31783
41783
51783
61882
71882
81882
91981
102080
112179
122278
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303763
313862

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Shimla gets around 352 mm of rain over 27.8 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 89% and peaks near 94% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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3084
3184

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels muggy — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the muggy band about 81% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 83% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
106922
206922
306922
406922
506922
606922
707912
807912
907912
1008893
1109892
12010882
13011872
14012862
15013852
16014842
17015832
18016831
19018811
20119791
21120781
22122761
23124741
24125740
25127720
26129700
27231670
28233650
29234640
30336610
31338590

Wind in August

Winds average 4 km/h in August, the calmest month.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 4 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 30 min at the start of August to 12 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 48 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:42 AM to 6:00 AM, and sunset from 7:13 PM to 6:42 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.55:427:13
213.55:427:12
313.55:437:12
413.55:437:11
513.45:447:10
613.45:457:09
713.45:457:08
813.45:467:07
913.35:477:07
1013.35:477:06
1113.35:487:05
1213.35:497:04
1313.25:497:03
1413.25:507:02
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1613.15:517:00
1713.15:526:59
1813.15:526:58
1913.15:536:56
2013.05:546:55
2113.05:546:54
2213.05:556:53
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2512.95:576:50
2612.85:576:48
2712.85:586:47
2812.85:596:46
2912.85:596:45
3012.76:006:43
3112.76:006:42

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.24 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.57 kWh/m² to a high of 7.05 kWh/m² in May across the year — August's 4.24 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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154.2Bright
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174.3Bright
184.3Bright
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204.3Bright
214.3Bright
224.4Bright
234.4Bright
244.4Bright
254.4Bright
264.5Bright
274.5Bright
284.5Bright
294.5Bright
304.5Bright
314.5Bright
Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Shimla

In seasonPeak

In August, Shimla sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Shimla's rainy season runs July–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Shimla sees seasonal dust haze (June), heaviest in June.

Rainy season
Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is August a good time to visit Shimla?

Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

4.1
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
3.6
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Shimla for sightseeing.

What to pack for Shimla in August

From August's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In August, Shimla sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 19°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes. About 28 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothes

UV index in Shimla in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Shimla peaks around June 16 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 4 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateVery highExtremeExtremeVery highModerateJun 16UV 11Jan 1UV 4
UV index (midday)Level
Jan4Moderate
Feb5High
Mar9Very high
Apr9Very high
May9Very high
Jun12Extreme
Jul9Very high
Aug11Extreme
Sep9Very high
Oct7Very high
Nov4Moderate
Dec4Moderate

Air quality in Shimla in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where August falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Shimla is worst in December — around 37 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.1× the cleanest month (August, 17 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Shimla's WHO annual average of 26 µg/m³.

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorDec 2037 µg/m³Aug 1318 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan36Poor
Feb30Moderate
Mar25Moderate
Apr21Moderate
May21Moderate
Jun22Moderate
Jul18Moderate
Aug17Moderate
Sep20Moderate
Oct28Moderate
Nov35Moderate
Dec37Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Shimla?

Shimla sits at 31.1°N, 77.2°E, 2,073 m above sea level, in India. The nearest listed city is Rishikesh, 155 km away.

AmritsarLahoreDelhiSialkotNankana SahibLehDārchulā

Topography around Shimla

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Shimla.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Shimla has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 979 m around an average of 1,939 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,222 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,838 m.

The land around Shimla is covered by trees (79%) within 3 km, trees (78%) and grassland (20%) within 16 km, and trees (65%) within 80 km.

3 km
979 m
16 km
2,222 m
80 km
4,838 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Rishikesh 155 km · Amritsar 225 km · Lahore 272 km · Delhi 273 km · Sialkot 293 km · Nankana Sahib 331 km · Leh 343 km · Dārchulā 354 km

India travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / D / M
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 23% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$2,702
2025
Happiness
4.5 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
76%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
2.8
per 100k, 2022
Road deaths
15.6
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 484
Religion
Hindu 80%Muslim 14%Christian 2%other and unspecified 2%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Shimla (31.1044°, 77.1666°, elevation 2,073 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).