{
  "name": "Shimla",
  "type": "city",
  "url": "https://snowingplaces.com/cities/shimla/",
  "summary": "Himalayan hill station at about 2,200 m in Himachal Pradesh, with winter snow that draws visitors from the plains.",
  "location": {
    "country": "India",
    "region": "Himachal Pradesh",
    "latitude": 31.1,
    "longitude": 77.17
  },
  "elevationMetres": {
    "city": 1940
  },
  "factsVerified": false,
  "forecast": {
    "status": "out of season",
    "resumes": "December"
  },
  "snowRecord": {
    "metric": "average days per month with at least 1 cm of snowfall",
    "period": "2016–2025",
    "source": "ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo",
    "elevation": "city centre",
    "daysPerMonth": {
      "january": 2.8,
      "february": 1.8,
      "march": 0.2,
      "april": 0,
      "may": 0,
      "june": 0,
      "july": 0,
      "august": 0,
      "september": 0,
      "october": 0,
      "november": 0,
      "december": 0.7
    },
    "shareOfAnnualSnowfallPercent": {
      "january": 54,
      "february": 35,
      "march": 4,
      "april": 0,
      "may": 0,
      "june": 0,
      "july": 0,
      "august": 0,
      "september": 0,
      "october": 0,
      "november": 0,
      "december": 8
    },
    "averageDailyTemperatureC": {
      "january": {
        "low": -1.3,
        "high": 10.4
      },
      "february": {
        "low": 0.3,
        "high": 12.5
      },
      "march": {
        "low": 4,
        "high": 16.3
      },
      "april": {
        "low": 8.4,
        "high": 21
      },
      "may": {
        "low": 11.6,
        "high": 23.6
      },
      "june": {
        "low": 14.8,
        "high": 24.6
      },
      "july": {
        "low": 16.2,
        "high": 22.8
      },
      "august": {
        "low": 15.7,
        "high": 22.3
      },
      "september": {
        "low": 13.3,
        "high": 21.6
      },
      "october": {
        "low": 8,
        "high": 19.4
      },
      "november": {
        "low": 3.9,
        "high": 15.7
      },
      "december": {
        "low": 0.6,
        "high": 12.8
      }
    },
    "wintersAsPercentOfAverage": {
      "2016/17": 48,
      "2017/18": 22,
      "2018/19": 191,
      "2019/20": 80,
      "2020/21": 29,
      "2021/22": 217,
      "2022/23": 57,
      "2023/24": 38,
      "2024/25": 121,
      "2025/26": 197
    },
    "holidays": {
      "christmas": {
        "years": 10,
        "yearsWithSnowOnGround": 0,
        "yearsWithFreshSnow": 1
      },
      "newYear": {
        "years": 10,
        "yearsWithSnowOnGround": 0,
        "yearsWithFreshSnow": 2
      },
      "midFebruary": {
        "years": 10,
        "yearsWithSnowOnGround": 0,
        "yearsWithFreshSnow": 3
      },
      "easter": {
        "years": 10,
        "yearsWithSnowOnGround": 0,
        "yearsWithFreshSnow": 0
      },
      "midJuly": {
        "years": 10,
        "yearsWithSnowOnGround": 0,
        "yearsWithFreshSnow": 0
      }
    },
    "note": "Absolute snowfall and depth are not published: ERA5 underestimates them in mountain terrain."
  },
  "sources": [
    {
      "label": "Shimla on Wikidata",
      "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q83786"
    },
    {
      "label": "Elevation from the Open-Meteo terrain model at the city centre coordinates",
      "url": "https://open-meteo.com/en/docs/elevation-api"
    }
  ],
  "methodology": "https://snowingplaces.com/methodology/",
  "attribution": "snowingplaces.com. Weather data by Open-Meteo.com."
}