Weather in Dārjiling in July

A good month. July is a solid month to be in Dārjiling. You should expect rain on 30 days of the month, which is more days wet than dry.

July ranks 10 of 12 — near the bottom of Dārjiling's year. March is the month that works, and the swing between the two is 26 points, which is a different holiday rather than a slightly better one. Worth keeping in perspective: July is the weakest month of Dārjiling's year and it is still a perfectly good one. The downside here is small.

Rain on 30 of the month's 31 days, 15 of them heavy. At that frequency a wet-weather backup is not a contingency, it is the itinerary — book the indoor things first and treat the clear days as the bonus. Nothing specialised needed — this is the month you pack for the trip rather than for the weather.

What the averages hide

Averages flatten a month, and this one hides a few things: it never really gets hot: not one day in an average July reaches 30 °C; the day barely swings — 5.6 °C between the overnight low and the afternoon high. Across the twenty years measured, the hottest July day reached 25 °C and the coldest night fell to 12.5 °C, and the wettest single day dropped 154 mm — roughly 37% of the month's rain in one day.

July is statistically steady but not small: the year-to-year variation is modest in relative terms, yet the wettest July on record still delivered 860 mm against 218 mm in the driest. In a month this wet, even a tame spread is a lot of rain in absolute terms — the 419 mm average is a reasonable planning figure, not a promise.

Wind is light at 5 km/h, so the temperature on the page is close to the temperature on your skin, and humidity runs at 89%, high enough to notice on the warm days without dominating them.

How July sits in the year

Temperatures hold steady either side: 22 °C in June, 20.2 here, 20.1 in August. Nothing about the timing within the month matters much.

Daylight in July

July is at or near the longest days of Dārjiling's year: 13.7 hours of daylight, losing 0.4 hours across the month. Evenings are the real gain — dinner outdoors still happens in full light.

An inland climate

Despite being inland, the year stays fairly even: 20.5 °C between the year's warmest afternoons and coldest nights. At 2127 m, altitude is doing as much work here as latitude: thinner air means fierce sun by day and heat that leaves the moment it sets.

How busy it gets

Quiet. Few other visitors, cheaper rooms, and a real chance some seasonal operators are shut.

Crowd levels are estimated from climate desirability and school-holiday calendars, not from visitor numbers.

July in Dārjiling versus nearby

If Dārjiling is one option among several, the nearby comparison is worth making. Kathmandu is close enough to be a coin toss — 6.2 °C warmer, 3 days less rain. Patna is the weaker option in July — 13.9 °C warmer, 6 days less rain.

So: July is a compromise. March is 23 points better and is what Dārjiling is actually like at its best — worth moving the trip for if that is possible, and worth adjusting expectations for if it is not.

Every month in Dārjiling

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