Climate averages 1991–2020

Chikmagalūr weather
in January.

A warm, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 27.5°C Daytime mean, January
Average low 14.4°C Night-time mean, January
Rainfall 6.0 mm 1 day with ≥1 mm
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Chikmagalūr · average highYear overview

January is a warm month in Chikmagalūr: daytime highs average 27.5°C and nights cool to about 14.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 6.0 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes January a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 26 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Hassan (49 km away). In January its highs average 27.2°C, about as warm as Chikmagalūr, with 3.9 mm of rain.

Among the 692 cities listed in India, Chikmagalūr ranks joint 256th of 692 for the warmest January highs and joint 199th of 692 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 692 cities is 25.0°C; Chikmagalūr is 2.5°C warmer than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 2.0°C to 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 6.0 mm to 11 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 3500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Chikmagalūr climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Chikmagalūr, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January, selected 27.5°C14.4°C14.4°C6.01.211.411 h
February 29.5°C16.0°C16.0°C111.711.712 h
March 31.7°C18.5°C18.5°C233.512.112 h
April 31.6°C20.5°C20.5°C6611.712.412 h
May 29.7°C20.7°C20.7°C13019.012.713 h
June 25.0°C20.1°C20.1°C25026.512.913 h
July 23.4°C19.4°C19.4°C31529.412.813 h
August 23.7°C19.2°C19.2°C23428.512.613 h
September 25.0°C19.0°C19.0°C16322.412.212 h
October 25.4°C18.3°C18.3°C18018.911.812 h
November 25.4°C16.8°C16.8°C698.711.512 h
December 25.9°C14.8°C14.8°C173.211.411 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

Distance from Chikmagalūr

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Chikmagalūr) is explained once on the Chikmagalūr year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.