Climate averages 1991–2020
Balotra weather
in January.
A warm, very 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 Balotra: daytime highs average 24.7°C and nights cool to about 10.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 2.9 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes January a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 43 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bārmer (85 km away). In January its highs average 24.1°C, 0.6°C cooler than Balotra, with 2.4 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Balotra ranks joint 377th of 692 for the warmest January highs and joint 107th of 692 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 692 cities is 25.0°C; Balotra is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 3.5°C to 28.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 2.9 mm to 3.3 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
Balotra climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 24.7°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 2.9 | 0.7 | 10.711 h |
| February | 28.2°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 3.3 | 0.6 | 11.311 h |
| March | 33.7°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 1.7 | 0.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 38.7°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 2.2 | 0.7 | 12.813 h |
| May | 41.0°C27.0°C | 27.0°C | 4.8 | 1.2 | 13.413 h |
| June | 39.3°C28.3°C | 28.3°C | 23 | 3.1 | 13.714 h |
| July | 34.9°C27.0°C | 27.0°C | 118 | 9.0 | 13.614 h |
| August | 32.8°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 101 | 10.0 | 13.013 h |
| September | 34.8°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 43 | 4.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 35.7°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 11 | 1.3 | 11.612 h |
| November | 31.1°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 1.9 | 0.3 | 10.911 h |
| December | 26.5°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 0.6 | 0.2 | 10.611 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
- Bārmer in JanuaryIndia · 85 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 10.5°C · 2.4 mm rain
- Jodhpur in JanuaryIndia · 91 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 9.9°C · 2.8 mm rain
- Pāli in JanuaryIndia · 109 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 10.2°C · 2.7 mm rain
- Deesa in JanuaryIndia · 175 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 12.5°C · 1.6 mm rain
- Pālanpur in JanuaryIndia · 186 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 12.2°C · 2.0 mm rain
- Udaipur in JanuaryIndia · 203 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 10.0°C · 2.5 mm rain
- Beāwar in JanuaryIndia · 210 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 9.2°C · 4.8 mm rain
- Nāgaur in JanuaryIndia · 213 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 8.1°C · 4.2 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 Balotra) is explained once on the Balotra year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.