Climate averages 1991–2020
Gangtok weather
in January.
A cool, very wet month: the coolest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Gangtok: daytime highs average 10.9°C and nights cool to about 3.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 253 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes January a very wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 37 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dārjiling (47 km away). In January its highs average 10.9°C, about as warm as Gangtok, with 33 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Gangtok ranks joint 687th of 692 for the warmest January highs and 692nd of 692 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 692 cities is 25.0°C; Gangtok is 14.1°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 12.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 253 mm to 269 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
Gangtok climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 10.9°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 253 | 25.6 | 10.611 h |
| February | 12.3°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 269 | 24.7 | 11.211 h |
| March | 16.1°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 252 | 26.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 18.9°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 211 | 24.6 | 12.813 h |
| May | 20.2°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 283 | 29.4 | 13.513 h |
| June | 21.2°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 605 | 29.5 | 13.814 h |
| July | 21.0°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 1,126 | 31.0 | 13.714 h |
| August | 21.2°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 908 | 30.8 | 13.113 h |
| September | 20.5°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 508 | 28.4 | 12.312 h |
| October | 18.6°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 216 | 23.0 | 11.512 h |
| November | 15.2°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 181 | 21.0 | 10.811 h |
| December | 12.4°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 173 | 22.8 | 10.510 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
- Dārjiling in JanuaryIndia · 47 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 2.6°C · 33 mm rain
- Siliguri in JanuaryIndia · 71 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 10.9°C · 19 mm rain
- Jalpāiguri in JanuaryIndia · 91 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 11.7°C · 10 mm rain
- Jaigaon in JanuaryIndia · 92 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 12.8°C · 12 mm rain
- Thimphu in JanuaryBhutan · 103 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low -0.5°C · 65 mm rain
- Koch Bihār in JanuaryIndia · 139 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 11.9°C · 13 mm rain
- Dharān in JanuaryNepal · 144 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 9.6°C · 9.5 mm rain
- Thākurgaon in JanuaryBangladesh · 145 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 11.6°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 Gangtok) is explained once on the Gangtok year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.