Climate averages 1991–2020
Anantnag weather
in January.
A cold, wet month: the coolest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Anantnag: daytime highs average 5.0°C and nights cool to about -5.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 114 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes January a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 11 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sopur (88 km away). In January its highs average 2.7°C, 2.4°C cooler than Anantnag, with 137 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Anantnag ranks 690th of 692 for the warmest January highs and 688th of 692 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 692 cities is 25.0°C; Anantnag is 19.9°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 6.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 114 mm to 149 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
Anantnag climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 5.0°C-5.6°C | -5.6°C | 114 | 11.2 | 10.210 h |
| February | 6.3°C-3.3°C | -3.3°C | 149 | 13.3 | 11.011 h |
| March | 10.7°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 142 | 14.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 16.4°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 117 | 13.6 | 13.013 h |
| May | 20.6°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 83 | 12.7 | 13.914 h |
| June | 23.5°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 68 | 10.5 | 14.414 h |
| July | 24.3°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 142 | 16.8 | 14.214 h |
| August | 23.9°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 129 | 15.5 | 13.413 h |
| September | 22.5°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 62 | 7.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 18.5°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 27 | 4.1 | 11.411 h |
| November | 13.8°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 47 | 5.7 | 10.410 h |
| December | 8.8°C-3.8°C | -3.8°C | 66 | 7.6 | 10.010 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
- Sopur in JanuaryIndia · 88 kmHigh 2.7°C · Low -4.9°C · 137 mm rain
- Udhampur in JanuaryIndia · 90 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 2.0°C · 139 mm rain
- Bāramūla in JanuaryIndia · 92 kmHigh 3.4°C · Low -4.1°C · 122 mm rain
- Jammu in JanuaryIndia · 114 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 4.3°C · 77 mm rain
- New Mirpur City in JanuaryPakistan · 145 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 4.2°C · 79 mm rain
- Sialkot in JanuaryPakistan · 149 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 5.9°C · 52 mm rain
- Dhirkot in JanuaryPakistan · 150 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low -4.2°C · 111 mm rain
- Jalalpur Jattan in JanuaryPakistan · 150 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 5.9°C · 58 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 Anantnag) is explained once on the Anantnag year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.