Climate averages 1991–2020
Dimāpur weather
in January.
A mild, fairly 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 mild month in Dimāpur: daytime highs average 21.1°C and nights cool to about 10.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 22 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 2nd 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 Kohima (47 km away). In January its highs average 15.6°C, 5.5°C cooler than Dimāpur, with 26 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Dimāpur ranks joint 541st of 692 for the warmest January highs and joint 559th of 692 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 692 cities is 25.0°C; Dimāpur is 3.8°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.5°C to 23.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 22 mm to 40 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
Dimāpur climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 21.1°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 22 | 4.4 | 10.711 h |
| February | 23.6°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 40 | 5.8 | 11.311 h |
| March | 27.3°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 85 | 9.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 28.6°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 203 | 16.3 | 12.813 h |
| May | 29.3°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 235 | 23.2 | 13.413 h |
| June | 29.9°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 249 | 23.2 | 13.714 h |
| July | 29.6°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 238 | 23.1 | 13.614 h |
| August | 29.5°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 227 | 23.4 | 13.013 h |
| September | 29.0°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 189 | 20.8 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.4°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 102 | 13.6 | 11.612 h |
| November | 24.9°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 23 | 4.0 | 10.911 h |
| December | 22.1°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 13 | 2.2 | 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
- Kohima in JanuaryIndia · 47 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 4.8°C · 26 mm rain
- Jorhat in JanuaryIndia · 106 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 12.3°C · 25 mm rain
- Nagaon in JanuaryIndia · 116 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 13.4°C · 14 mm rain
- Tezpur in JanuaryIndia · 122 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 13.1°C · 15 mm rain
- Imphal in JanuaryIndia · 125 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 9.3°C · 10 mm rain
- Silchar in JanuaryIndia · 152 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 11.8°C · 12 mm rain
- Shillong in JanuaryIndia · 188 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 6.8°C · 22 mm rain
- Guwahati in JanuaryIndia · 200 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 12.5°C · 11 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 Dimāpur) is explained once on the Dimāpur year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.