Climate averages 1991–2020
Dhaka 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 Dhaka: daytime highs average 24.1°C and nights cool to about 13.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 6.0 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 51 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kafrul (9 km away). In January its highs average 24.3°C, about as warm as Dhaka, with 6.4 mm of rain.
Among the 63 cities listed in Bangladesh, Dhaka ranks joint 32nd of 63 for the warmest January highs and joint 8th of 63 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 63 cities is 24.1°C; Dhaka is level with that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 3.2°C to 27.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 6.0 mm to 19 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
Dhaka climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 24.1°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 6.0 | 1.2 | 10.811 h |
| February | 27.3°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 19 | 3.1 | 11.311 h |
| March | 31.5°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 65 | 6.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 32.5°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 167 | 14.3 | 12.713 h |
| May | 32.0°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 316 | 22.2 | 13.313 h |
| June | 31.1°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 363 | 26.7 | 13.614 h |
| July | 30.4°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 343 | 28.8 | 13.413 h |
| August | 30.6°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 264 | 28.3 | 13.013 h |
| September | 30.6°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 263 | 25.2 | 12.312 h |
| October | 30.0°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 144 | 14.8 | 11.612 h |
| November | 28.0°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 25 | 2.2 | 11.011 h |
| December | 25.1°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 11 | 1.0 | 10.711 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
- Kafrul in JanuaryBangladesh · 9 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 13.1°C · 6.4 mm rain
- Narayanganj in JanuaryBangladesh · 15 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 13.8°C · 6.9 mm rain
- Tungi in JanuaryBangladesh · 20 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 12.9°C · 6.7 mm rain
- Savar in JanuaryBangladesh · 22 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 13.2°C · 6.4 mm rain
- Sonārgaon in JanuaryBangladesh · 22 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 13.5°C · 6.0 mm rain
- Gazipur in JanuaryBangladesh · 32 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 12.6°C · 6.7 mm rain
- Narsingdi in JanuaryBangladesh · 39 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 12.9°C · 6.5 mm rain
- Mānikganj in JanuaryBangladesh · 44 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 13.5°C · 7.3 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 Dhaka) is explained once on the Dhaka year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Sonārgaon lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.