Climate averages 1991–2020
Barishal weather
in January.
A warm, very dry month: the coolest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Barishal: daytime highs average 24.6°C and nights cool to about 14.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 6.9 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes January a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 54 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bhola (28 km away). In January its highs average 24.3°C, about as warm as Barishal, with 5.6 mm of rain.
Among the 63 cities listed in Bangladesh, Barishal ranks joint 11th of 63 for the warmest January highs and joint 24th of 63 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 63 cities is 24.1°C; Barishal is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 3.4°C to 28.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 6.9 mm to 18 mm.
The annual picture
January in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Barishal climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 24.6°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 6.9 | 1.1 | 10.911 h |
| February | 28.0°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 18 | 2.7 | 11.411 h |
| March | 32.1°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 40 | 4.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 33.1°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 127 | 11.0 | 12.713 h |
| May | 32.4°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 227 | 17.1 | 13.213 h |
| June | 30.8°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 361 | 25.6 | 13.514 h |
| July | 29.9°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 366 | 29.9 | 13.413 h |
| August | 30.0°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 320 | 29.2 | 12.913 h |
| September | 30.2°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 262 | 26.3 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.7°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 153 | 14.6 | 11.612 h |
| November | 27.7°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 45 | 2.3 | 11.111 h |
| December | 25.2°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 8.1 | 1.0 | 10.811 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
January in nearby cities
- Bhola in JanuaryBangladesh · 28 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 15.3°C · 5.6 mm rain
- Tungipara in JanuaryBangladesh · 53 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 13.1°C · 7.8 mm rain
- Madaripur in JanuaryBangladesh · 54 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 13.7°C · 7.0 mm rain
- Bagerhat in JanuaryBangladesh · 60 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 13.6°C · 7.9 mm rain
- Chāndpur in JanuaryBangladesh · 65 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 14.3°C · 6.5 mm rain
- Maijdi in JanuaryBangladesh · 77 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 12.9°C · 5.7 mm rain
- Khulna in JanuaryBangladesh · 83 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 13.6°C · 8.1 mm rain
- Lākshām in JanuaryBangladesh · 97 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 12.8°C · 5.6 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Barishal) is explained once on the Barishal year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.