Climate averages 1991–2020
Ambikāpur weather
in January.
A warm, fairly dry month: the coolest and the 5th 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 Ambikāpur: daytime highs average 23.0°C and nights cool to about 9.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 18 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 53 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chirmiri (86 km away). In January its highs average 23.3°C, about as warm as Ambikāpur, with 14 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Ambikāpur ranks joint 428th of 692 for the warmest January highs and joint 504th of 692 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 692 cities is 25.0°C; Ambikāpur is 2.0°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 3.9°C to 26.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 18 mm to 21 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
Ambikāpur climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 23.0°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 18 | 2.6 | 10.911 h |
| February | 26.9°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 21 | 3.2 | 11.411 h |
| March | 31.7°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 24 | 4.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 36.3°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 15 | 3.8 | 12.713 h |
| May | 38.1°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 16 | 4.7 | 13.213 h |
| June | 33.4°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 252 | 19.0 | 13.514 h |
| July | 28.3°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 442 | 28.3 | 13.413 h |
| August | 27.7°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 392 | 28.6 | 12.913 h |
| September | 28.1°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 234 | 21.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 28.0°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 74 | 8.6 | 11.612 h |
| November | 25.8°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 14 | 1.5 | 11.011 h |
| December | 23.2°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 11 | 1.7 | 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
- Chirmiri in JanuaryIndia · 86 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 9.5°C · 14 mm rain
- Korba in JanuaryIndia · 100 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 12.5°C · 18 mm rain
- Singrauli in JanuaryIndia · 131 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 10.8°C · 17 mm rain
- Medininagar in JanuaryIndia · 135 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 10.1°C · 17 mm rain
- Raigarh in JanuaryIndia · 137 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 13.4°C · 20 mm rain
- Bilāspur in JanuaryIndia · 157 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 13.3°C · 19 mm rain
- Brajarajnagar in JanuaryIndia · 163 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 13.6°C · 18 mm rain
- Jharsuguda in JanuaryIndia · 163 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 12.8°C · 18 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 Ambikāpur) is explained once on the Ambikāpur year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.