Climate averages 1991–2020
Bikaner weather
in January.
A mild, very dry month: the coolest and the 3rd 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 Bikaner: daytime highs average 21.2°C and nights cool to about 8.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 3.8 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes January a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 35 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nāgaur (100 km away). In January its highs average 21.9°C, 0.7°C warmer than Bikaner, with 4.2 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Bikaner ranks joint 536th of 692 for the warmest January highs and joint 134th of 692 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 692 cities is 25.0°C; Bikaner is 3.8°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 4.1°C to 25.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 3.8 mm to 7.7 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
Bikaner climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 21.2°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 3.8 | 1.1 | 10.611 h |
| February | 25.3°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 7.7 | 1.2 | 11.211 h |
| March | 31.4°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 5.8 | 1.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 37.4°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 5.9 | 1.4 | 12.813 h |
| May | 41.2°C27.3°C | 27.3°C | 12 | 2.4 | 13.514 h |
| June | 40.3°C29.5°C | 29.5°C | 28 | 4.0 | 13.914 h |
| July | 36.8°C28.3°C | 28.3°C | 60 | 9.6 | 13.714 h |
| August | 35.3°C26.9°C | 26.9°C | 59 | 8.6 | 13.113 h |
| September | 36.1°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 21 | 3.8 | 12.312 h |
| October | 34.7°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 8.3 | 1.0 | 11.512 h |
| November | 28.9°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 2.0 | 0.3 | 10.811 h |
| December | 23.3°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 2.8 | 0.5 | 10.410 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
- Nāgaur in JanuaryIndia · 100 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 8.1°C · 4.2 mm rain
- Sūjāngarh in JanuaryIndia · 119 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 7.6°C · 6.7 mm rain
- Sardārshahr in JanuaryIndia · 124 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 7.7°C · 8.8 mm rain
- Ratangarh in JanuaryIndia · 128 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 7.7°C · 7.2 mm rain
- Fort Abbas in JanuaryPakistan · 138 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 7.4°C · 8.0 mm rain
- Suratgarh in JanuaryIndia · 156 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 7.5°C · 10 mm rain
- Fatehpur (Rajasthan), India in JanuaryIndia · 161 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 7.7°C · 7.2 mm rain
- Chūru in JanuaryIndia · 165 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 7.7°C · 8.7 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 Bikaner) is explained once on the Bikaner year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.