Climate averages 1991–2020

Thimphu weather
in January.

A cold, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 2nd driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 7.2°C Daytime mean, January

Average low -0.5°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall 65 mm 17 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a cold month in Thimphu: daytime highs average 7.2°C and nights cool to about -0.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.

Expect about 65 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 37 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Jaigaon (74 km away). In January its highs average 20.3°C, 13.1°C warmer than Thimphu, with 12 mm of rain.

From January to February, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 9.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 65 mm to 95 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

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

Every month, side by side

Thimphu climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Thimphu, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	7.2°C-0.5°C	-0.5°C	65	17.2	10.611 h
February	9.0°C0.8°C	0.8°C	95	21.2	11.211 h
March	12.6°C3.3°C	3.3°C	151	27.0	12.012 h
April	15.8°C6.1°C	6.1°C	160	26.1	12.813 h
May	17.9°C9.4°C	9.4°C	236	28.8	13.513 h
June	19.2°C12.6°C	12.6°C	378	29.2	13.814 h
July	19.2°C13.6°C	13.6°C	484	30.2	13.714 h
August	19.4°C13.4°C	13.4°C	350	28.8	13.113 h
September	18.6°C12.1°C	12.1°C	255	26.2	12.312 h
October	16.0°C8.0°C	8.0°C	139	22.8	11.512 h
November	12.5°C3.9°C	3.9°C	72	18.2	10.811 h
December	9.4°C1.1°C	1.1°C	59	17.0	10.410 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 Thimphu

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 Thimphu) is explained once on the Thimphu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.