Climate averages 1991–2020
Aizawl weather
in January.
A mild, 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 mild month in Aizawl: daytime highs average 19.0°C and nights cool to about 5.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 9.9 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 51 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Silchar (122 km away). In January its highs average 23.8°C, 4.8°C warmer than Aizawl, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Aizawl ranks joint 649th of 692 for the warmest January highs and joint 288th of 692 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 692 cities is 25.0°C; Aizawl is 5.9°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.7°C to 21.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 9.9 mm to 20 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
Aizawl climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 19.0°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 9.9 | 1.8 | 10.811 h |
| February | 21.7°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 20 | 3.4 | 11.311 h |
| March | 25.3°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 52 | 6.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 27.2°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 86 | 12.3 | 12.713 h |
| May | 26.5°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 224 | 22.3 | 13.313 h |
| June | 25.4°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 297 | 27.6 | 13.614 h |
| July | 24.6°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 306 | 29.4 | 13.413 h |
| August | 24.7°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 303 | 29.6 | 13.013 h |
| September | 24.6°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 261 | 27.3 | 12.312 h |
| October | 23.9°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 158 | 20.6 | 11.612 h |
| November | 21.9°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 40 | 5.3 | 11.011 h |
| December | 19.6°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 14 | 1.5 | 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
- Silchar in JanuaryIndia · 122 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 11.8°C · 12 mm rain
- Karnaphuli in JanuaryBangladesh · 126 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 14.6°C · 6.8 mm rain
- Rangamati in JanuaryBangladesh · 132 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 14.4°C · 6.8 mm rain
- Agartala in JanuaryIndia · 147 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 12.6°C · 6.6 mm rain
- Kalemyo in JanuaryMyanmar · 150 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 11.4°C · 12 mm rain
- Bibir Hat in JanuaryBangladesh · 150 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 14.6°C · 5.5 mm rain
- Habiganj in JanuaryBangladesh · 151 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 12.8°C · 8.5 mm rain
- Sylhet in JanuaryBangladesh · 156 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 11.6°C · 10 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 Aizawl) is explained once on the Aizawl year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.