Climate averages 1991–2020

Mānikganj 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.

Average high 23.9°C Daytime mean, January
Average low 13.5°C Night-time mean, January
Rainfall 7.3 mm 1 day with ≥1 mm
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Mānikganj · average highYear overview

January is a warm month in Mānikganj: daytime highs average 23.9°C and nights cool to about 13.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.

Expect about 7.3 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 50 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Savar (24 km away). In January its highs average 24.2°C, about as warm as Mānikganj, with 6.4 mm of rain.

Among the 63 cities listed in Bangladesh, Mānikganj ranks joint 37th of 63 for the warmest January highs and 30th of 63 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 63 cities is 24.1°C; Mānikganj is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 3.4°C to 27.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 7.3 mm to 20 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 3500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Mānikganj climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Mānikganj, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January, selected 23.9°C13.5°C13.5°C7.31.310.811 h
February 27.3°C16.2°C16.2°C203.111.311 h
March 31.6°C20.6°C20.6°C565.812.012 h
April 32.8°C23.9°C23.9°C14513.712.713 h
May 32.2°C25.3°C25.3°C27620.513.313 h
June 31.4°C26.2°C26.2°C32224.913.614 h
July 30.7°C25.9°C25.9°C32427.813.513 h
August 30.9°C25.9°C25.9°C25027.413.013 h
September 30.8°C25.4°C25.4°C23924.212.312 h
October 30.0°C23.4°C23.4°C13613.511.612 h
November 27.9°C19.0°C19.0°C241.911.011 h
December 24.9°C15.1°C15.1°C120.810.711 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

Distance from Mānikganj

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Mānikganj) is explained once on the Mānikganj year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.