Climate averages 1991–2020
Gorakhpur weather
in January.
A mild, fairly dry month: the coolest and the 5th 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 Gorakhpur: daytime highs average 21.3°C and nights cool to about 9.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 19 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 40 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Deoria (50 km away). In January its highs average 21.5°C, about as warm as Gorakhpur, with 17 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Gorakhpur ranks joint 528th of 692 for the warmest January highs and joint 520th of 692 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 692 cities is 25.0°C; Gorakhpur is 3.7°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 3.7°C to 25.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 19 mm to 23 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
Gorakhpur climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 21.3°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 19 | 2.3 | 10.711 h |
| February | 25.0°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 23 | 2.8 | 11.211 h |
| March | 31.3°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 16 | 2.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 36.7°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 11 | 2.8 | 12.813 h |
| May | 37.5°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 29 | 5.5 | 13.413 h |
| June | 35.4°C26.9°C | 26.9°C | 179 | 15.3 | 13.814 h |
| July | 31.7°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 334 | 26.7 | 13.614 h |
| August | 31.4°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 275 | 26.7 | 13.113 h |
| September | 30.8°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 195 | 19.1 | 12.312 h |
| October | 30.2°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 40 | 3.5 | 11.512 h |
| November | 27.6°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 2.9 | 0.4 | 10.911 h |
| December | 23.3°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 8.4 | 0.8 | 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
- Deoria in JanuaryIndia · 50 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 10.2°C · 17 mm rain
- Kushinagar in JanuaryIndia · 52 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 10.0°C · 16 mm rain
- Bastī in JanuaryIndia · 65 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 9.9°C · 19 mm rain
- Tāndā in JanuaryIndia · 75 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 9.9°C · 20 mm rain
- Azamgarh in JanuaryIndia · 80 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 9.9°C · 20 mm rain
- Bagaha (Bihar, 27.10°N 84.09°E), India in JanuaryIndia · 81 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 9.8°C · 17 mm rain
- Mau in JanuaryIndia · 94 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 10.0°C · 19 mm rain
- Butwāl in JanuaryNepal · 103 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 10.6°C · 21 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 Gorakhpur) is explained once on the Gorakhpur year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.