Best time to visit Cherrapunji

India · South Asia

All twelve months scored on daily temperature, rainfall, humidity and holiday crowding.

The year in Cherrapunji

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Hiking Nov–Feb · fair Mar, Oct

Go in Feb, Nov or Dec — these months score within a whisker of each other; 17C max, 5 rainy days. Jan is the next best.

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Tours and tickets in Cherrapunji

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Sights and their lines from Wikivoyage, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata; in order of how often each one's Wikipedia article was read on phones in the last 12 months.

Month by month

No fare history for this route yet, so this ranking is climate and crowds only — the price column will fill in as the scanner collects.

Month	Max °C	Rain days	Humidity	Sun h/day	Verdict	Why
Jan	15°	2d	75%	9.7h	good	15C max, 2 rainy days
Feb	17°	5d	74%	9.9h	sweet spot	17C max, 5 rainy days
Mar	20°	11d	74%	10.4h	okbusy	busier than usual
Apr	21°	22d	82%	9.5h	avoid	monsoon: 22 rainy days, 329mm
May	22°	25d	88%	9.0h	avoid	monsoon: 25 rainy days, 533mm
Jun	22°	28d	94%	6.8h	avoid	monsoon: 28 rainy days, 958mm
Jul	23°	29d	94%	6.3h	avoid	monsoon: 29 rainy days, 1079mm
Aug	23°	28d	93%	6.9h	avoid	monsoon: 28 rainy days, 746mm
Sep	23°	23d	90%	8.4h	avoid	monsoon: 23 rainy days, 373mm
Oct	22°	14d	86%	9.2h	ok	22C max, 14 rainy days
Nov	20°	3d	77%	10.3h	sweet spot	20C max, 3 rainy days
Dec	17°	1d	75%	9.5h	sweet spot	17C max, 1 rainy day

Rain days are the days with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts them.

Weather read at Sohra: ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.

A busy month is a crowded one, not a bad one — usually it is crowded because the weather is good. It is flagged rather than scored down, and crowds alone never make a month “avoid”: that is reserved for weather worth skipping.

How busy it gets

Busiest in June and July; quietest from December to February.

Then and now

Cherrapunji's September days now average 23.1°C, 1.0°C warmer than in 1981–1990. 2 of 12 months are clearly warmer, 1 clearly cooler.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1981–90	16.0°	17.5°	20.0°	21.0°	22.3°	23.0°	22.1°	22.8°	22.1°	21.8°	19.9°	17.0°
2017–26	15.5°	17.0°	19.9°	21.4°	22.0°	22.4°	22.8°	22.9°	23.1°	21.7°	19.6°	16.6°
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The average daily high, month by month, for the nearest ERA5 grid cell. Bold is a clear change; grey is within the ordinary spread between years. Every destination, ranked.

Getting there

Fly into Guwahati (GAU), then drive. The flights under Where to book are to Guwahati.

The drive from each airport is the road's, from openrouteservice.org by HeiGIT: typical, not a schedule.

How far Cherrapunji is, and what it costs, depends on where you set off from — the months above do not.

Before you go

Type C and D plugs at 230 V. Drives on the left. The currency is the Indian rupee. UK Foreign Office: avoid all travel to parts. Everything for India: cost of living, languages, emergency numbers and health.

Being there

On arrival

Paying — Cards are taken at larger hotels, chain stores and many restaurants; small shops and family-run businesses rarely take them, so carry some cash.
Tipping — Not traditional; up to 10% is usual only in smarter restaurants. Taxi and auto-rickshaw drivers do not expect a tip.

Getting around Cherrapunji

Apps — Rides: Ola, Rapido, Uber. Maps: Google Maps, Apple Maps. Messages: WhatsApp. The apps also book auto-rickshaws, and bike taxis where these are allowed.

Cherrapunji is actually a collection of various villages more than a town, with the hilltop northern areas known as Upper Cherrapunjee (Upper Sohra) and the lower-elevation southern areas known as Lower Cherrapunjee… More on Wikivoyage

From the Wikivoyage article on Cherrapunji, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Help

Emergency — 112 (any emergency).
TravelCharika is not an emergency service: we cannot call for help or send anyone. Numbers can change; if one fails, ask someone local or your hotel.

Put together by hand from the sources listed, checked 3 October 2026. Apps, cards and rules change, so check before you rely on one.

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Cherrapunji in pictures

Cherrapunji, Shillong — i

Varunmoka7, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Lyngksiar, Sohra, India — i

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Janailar in Cherrapunji India — i

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Cherrapunji, Meghalaya — i

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Roadside view of Cherrapunji — i

ANKAN, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

What Cherrapunji is like

Cherrapunji (also spelled as Cherrapunjee and Charrapunji, but almost always called Sohra by locals), is a town in East Khasi Hills district in the Indian state of Meghalaya. More on Wikivoyage

Worth seeing: Living Root Bridges. The Living Root Bridges created by people of Khasi tribe is one of the most amazing examples of bio engineering. More on Wikivoyage
Worth doing: River Canyoning Trekking, Multiple treks exist in and around Cherrapunji. One of the most popular ones is to the "Double Decker Living Root" bridge in Nongriat village starting from Tyrna. More on Wikivoyage
Getting in: Shillong, the capital of Meghalaya, is the nearest airport to Cherrapunji, and is accessible from Guwahati. More on Wikivoyage

From the Wikivoyage article on Cherrapunji, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the full article has far more. The numbers above are measured; this is experience.

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Cherrapunji is in India, South Asia. Distances are great-circle, so a short one can still be a long way round.

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