Climate averages 1991–2020
Sunāmganj 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 Sunāmganj: daytime highs average 22.7°C and nights cool to about 10.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 9.5 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes January a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 46 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sylhet (51 km away). In January its highs average 23.5°C, 0.8°C warmer than Sunāmganj, with 10 mm of rain.
Among the 63 cities listed in Bangladesh, Sunāmganj ranks 63rd of 63 for the warmest January highs and 45th of 63 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 63 cities is 24.1°C; Sunāmganj is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.1°C to 24.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 9.5 mm to 38 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
Sunāmganj climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 22.7°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 9.5 | 1.6 | 10.811 h |
| February | 24.9°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 38 | 4.5 | 11.311 h |
| March | 27.9°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 155 | 10.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 28.6°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 519 | 21.9 | 12.713 h |
| May | 29.0°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 751 | 28.1 | 13.313 h |
| June | 29.0°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 918 | 29.6 | 13.714 h |
| July | 29.0°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 916 | 30.8 | 13.514 h |
| August | 29.4°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 723 | 30.6 | 13.013 h |
| September | 29.2°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 521 | 27.8 | 12.312 h |
| October | 28.7°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 219 | 15.7 | 11.612 h |
| November | 26.8°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 28 | 2.8 | 10.911 h |
| December | 24.0°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 11 | 1.2 | 10.611 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
- Sylhet in JanuaryBangladesh · 51 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 11.6°C · 10 mm rain
- Netrakona in JanuaryBangladesh · 71 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 11.9°C · 8.8 mm rain
- Shillong in JanuaryIndia · 74 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 6.8°C · 22 mm rain
- Habiganj in JanuaryBangladesh · 77 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 12.8°C · 8.5 mm rain
- Kishorganj in JanuaryBangladesh · 94 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 12.7°C · 8.1 mm rain
- Mymensingh in JanuaryBangladesh · 106 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 12.3°C · 8.7 mm rain
- Nagar Naluākot in JanuaryBangladesh · 120 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 13.0°C · 6.6 mm rain
- Bhairab Bāzār in JanuaryBangladesh · 121 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 13.1°C · 6.5 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 Sunāmganj) is explained once on the Sunāmganj year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.