Weather in Dārjiling in October

A good month. October works. It is not the peak, but nothing about it fights you. Highs average 17.7 °C, lows 10.4 °C, and rain falls on 9 days — nothing in the month is working against you.

October ranks 6 of 12 in Dārjiling: past the worst of the year but short of March, which is the month to book if the dates are open.

Rain on 9 days, 2 of them heavy. Enough to need a plan B, not enough to need a plan around it. Pack for 17.7 °C days and 10.4 °C nights; the spread matters more here than any single number.

What the averages hide

The averages here are honest — no hidden extremes worth planning around. Across the twenty years measured, the hottest October day reached 21.7 °C and the coldest night fell to 6.3 °C, and the wettest single day dropped 127 mm — roughly 181% of the month's rain in one day.

October is moderately variable: 12 mm in the driest year against 189 mm in the wettest, around an average of 70 mm. Roughly two Octobers in three land near that average, and the third does something else entirely.

Wind is light at 3.4 km/h, so the temperature on the page is close to the temperature on your skin, and humidity runs at 80%, high enough to notice on the warm days without dominating them.

How October sits in the year

Temperatures hold steady either side: 19.2 °C in September, 17.7 here, 15.3 in November. Nothing about the timing within the month matters much. Rain is the thing that moves: November brings 8 days less of it, so pushing the dates later buys drier weather.

Daylight in October

11.6 hours of daylight, losing 0.8 hours across the month. That is between Dārjiling's extremes of 13.8 and 10.5 hours, so days are long enough not to constrain the plan.

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

Shoulder. The value months — prices ease off and you get the place closer to itself.

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

October in Dārjiling versus nearby

If Dārjiling is one option among several, the nearby comparison is worth making. Kathmandu is a better bet in October — 5.4 °C warmer, 2 days less rain. Patna is close enough to be a coin toss — 13.2 °C warmer, 3 days less rain.

So: October works, with March the better month by 13 points if the dates can move. If they cannot, nothing here should stop you booking.

Every month in Dārjiling

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