Climate averages 1991–2020
Amritsar weather
in January.
A mild, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Amritsar: daytime highs average 17.5°C and nights cool to about 6.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 42 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 20 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Batāla (37 km away). In January its highs average 17.3°C, about as warm as Amritsar, with 52 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Amritsar ranks 678th of 692 for the warmest January highs and joint 659th of 692 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 692 cities is 25.0°C; Amritsar is 7.4°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.9°C to 20.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 42 mm to 66 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
Amritsar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 17.5°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 42 | 4.9 | 10.310 h |
| February | 20.5°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 66 | 6.3 | 11.011 h |
| March | 26.1°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 56 | 6.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 33.3°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 31 | 5.3 | 12.913 h |
| May | 38.8°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 23 | 6.5 | 13.714 h |
| June | 38.5°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 80 | 10.1 | 14.214 h |
| July | 33.8°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 194 | 20.3 | 14.014 h |
| August | 32.5°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 171 | 20.1 | 13.313 h |
| September | 32.4°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 73 | 8.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 30.9°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 14 | 2.2 | 11.411 h |
| November | 25.6°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 14 | 1.6 | 10.611 h |
| December | 20.2°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 17 | 2.2 | 10.110 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
- Batāla in JanuaryIndia · 37 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 5.8°C · 52 mm rain
- Lahore in JanuaryPakistan · 50 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 6.4°C · 27 mm rain
- Narowal in JanuaryPakistan · 53 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 6.2°C · 45 mm rain
- Model Town in JanuaryPakistan · 54 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 6.5°C · 27 mm rain
- Kapurthala Town in JanuaryIndia · 55 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 6.1°C · 50 mm rain
- Kahna Nau in JanuaryPakistan · 56 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 6.4°C · 23 mm rain
- Muridke in JanuaryPakistan · 62 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 6.3°C · 32 mm rain
- Gurdaspur in JanuaryIndia · 68 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 6.4°C · 77 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 Amritsar) is explained once on the Amritsar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.