Climate averages 1991–2020
Contai weather
in January.
A warm, very dry month: the coolest and the 2nd 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 Contai: daytime highs average 25.3°C and nights cool to about 14.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 12 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes January a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 58 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Haldia (49 km away). In January its highs average 25.2°C, about as warm as Contai, with 14 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Contai ranks joint 349th of 692 for the warmest January highs and joint 332nd of 692 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 692 cities is 25.0°C; Contai is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 3.2°C to 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 12 mm to 18 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
Contai climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 25.3°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 12 | 1.6 | 11.011 h |
| February | 28.4°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 18 | 2.5 | 11.411 h |
| March | 32.3°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 22 | 2.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 34.1°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 41 | 5.1 | 12.613 h |
| May | 34.2°C27.8°C | 27.8°C | 93 | 7.5 | 13.213 h |
| June | 32.3°C27.7°C | 27.7°C | 256 | 19.4 | 13.413 h |
| July | 30.5°C26.7°C | 26.7°C | 335 | 27.4 | 13.313 h |
| August | 30.2°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 338 | 28.0 | 12.913 h |
| September | 30.2°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 263 | 23.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.8°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 158 | 13.2 | 11.712 h |
| November | 28.2°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 43 | 2.7 | 11.111 h |
| December | 25.9°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 9.9 | 0.9 | 10.811 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
- Haldia in JanuaryIndia · 49 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 14.5°C · 14 mm rain
- Kharagpur in JanuaryIndia · 76 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 12.9°C · 14 mm rain
- Medinīpur in JanuaryIndia · 84 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 12.8°C · 13 mm rain
- Uluberiya in JanuaryIndia · 85 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 13.3°C · 13 mm rain
- Budge Budge in JanuaryIndia · 90 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 13.3°C · 13 mm rain
- Balasore in JanuaryIndia · 90 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 14.7°C · 13 mm rain
- Maheshtala in JanuaryIndia · 96 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 13.3°C · 13 mm rain
- Rajpur Sonarpur in JanuaryIndia · 102 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 13.6°C · 13 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 Contai) is explained once on the Contai year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.