Climate averages 1991–2020
Dehradun weather
in January.
A mild, moderately 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 mild month in Dehradun: daytime highs average 17.1°C and nights cool to about 4.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 44 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 26 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Haridwar (44 km away). In January its highs average 19.1°C, 2.0°C warmer than Dehradun, with 42 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Dehradun ranks 681st of 692 for the warmest January highs and joint 666th of 692 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 692 cities is 25.0°C; Dehradun is 7.9°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.7°C to 19.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 44 mm to 59 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
Dehradun climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 17.1°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 44 | 5.0 | 10.410 h |
| February | 19.8°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 59 | 6.3 | 11.111 h |
| March | 24.8°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 42 | 5.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 30.6°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 27 | 5.4 | 12.913 h |
| May | 33.8°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 32 | 7.5 | 13.714 h |
| June | 32.6°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 133 | 14.2 | 14.114 h |
| July | 28.8°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 419 | 28.4 | 13.914 h |
| August | 28.1°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 414 | 28.3 | 13.213 h |
| September | 27.7°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 178 | 17.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.4°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 16 | 2.7 | 11.511 h |
| November | 22.7°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 4.5 | 1.2 | 10.711 h |
| December | 18.9°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 15 | 2.2 | 10.210 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
- Haridwar in JanuaryIndia · 44 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 6.4°C · 42 mm rain
- Roorkee in JanuaryIndia · 53 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 6.4°C · 39 mm rain
- Sahāranpur in JanuaryIndia · 61 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 6.9°C · 55 mm rain
- Jagādhri in JanuaryIndia · 72 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 6.5°C · 59 mm rain
- Yamuna Nagar in JanuaryIndia · 75 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 6.9°C · 59 mm rain
- Deoband in JanuaryIndia · 78 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 7.6°C · 44 mm rain
- Najībābād in JanuaryIndia · 85 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 6.8°C · 33 mm rain
- Muzaffarnagar in JanuaryIndia · 100 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 7.9°C · 38 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 Dehradun) is explained once on the Dehradun year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.