Climate averages 1991–2020
Guwahati 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 Guwahati: daytime highs average 22.7°C and nights cool to about 12.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 11 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes January a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 42 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Shillong (70 km away). In January its highs average 15.7°C, 7.1°C cooler than Guwahati, with 22 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Guwahati ranks joint 439th of 692 for the warmest January highs and joint 305th of 692 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 692 cities is 25.0°C; Guwahati is 2.2°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.7°C to 25.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 11 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
Guwahati climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 22.7°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 11 | 2.6 | 10.711 h |
| February | 25.4°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 23 | 4.6 | 11.311 h |
| March | 29.6°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 60 | 8.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 30.0°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 163 | 18.8 | 12.813 h |
| May | 29.9°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 317 | 27.0 | 13.413 h |
| June | 30.4°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 530 | 28.7 | 13.714 h |
| July | 30.6°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 671 | 30.2 | 13.614 h |
| August | 30.9°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 610 | 29.7 | 13.113 h |
| September | 30.3°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 392 | 26.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.0°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 133 | 14.0 | 11.612 h |
| November | 26.7°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 18 | 2.8 | 10.911 h |
| December | 24.0°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 9.2 | 1.6 | 10.511 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
- Shillong in JanuaryIndia · 70 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 6.8°C · 22 mm rain
- Nagaon in JanuaryIndia · 94 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 13.4°C · 14 mm rain
- Tezpur in JanuaryIndia · 116 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 13.1°C · 15 mm rain
- Sunāmganj in JanuaryBangladesh · 129 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 10.6°C · 9.5 mm rain
- Sylhet in JanuaryBangladesh · 143 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 11.6°C · 10 mm rain
- Tura in JanuaryIndia · 171 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 12.5°C · 14 mm rain
- Netrakona in JanuaryBangladesh · 177 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 11.9°C · 8.8 mm rain
- Silchar in JanuaryIndia · 184 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 11.8°C · 12 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 Guwahati) is explained once on the Guwahati year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.