Climate averages 1991–2020
Haridwar weather
in January.
A mild, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 7th 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 Haridwar: daytime highs average 19.1°C and nights cool to about 6.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 42 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 27 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Roorkee (27 km away). In January its highs average 19.1°C, about as warm as Haridwar, with 39 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Haridwar ranks joint 646th of 692 for the warmest January highs and joint 659th of 692 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 692 cities is 25.0°C; Haridwar is 5.8°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 3.2°C to 22.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 42 mm to 57 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
Haridwar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 19.1°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 42 | 4.3 | 10.510 h |
| February | 22.3°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 57 | 5.8 | 11.111 h |
| March | 27.8°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 41 | 5.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 34.1°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 27 | 5.5 | 12.913 h |
| May | 37.2°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 34 | 8.4 | 13.614 h |
| June | 35.7°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 122 | 14.5 | 14.014 h |
| July | 31.3°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 356 | 28.1 | 13.914 h |
| August | 30.3°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 337 | 27.6 | 13.213 h |
| September | 30.0°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 154 | 17.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 28.9°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 13 | 2.6 | 11.511 h |
| November | 25.1°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 3.8 | 0.9 | 10.711 h |
| December | 20.8°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 16 | 1.9 | 10.310 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
- Roorkee in JanuaryIndia · 27 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 6.4°C · 39 mm rain
- Najībābād in JanuaryIndia · 41 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 6.8°C · 33 mm rain
- Dehradun in JanuaryIndia · 44 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 4.0°C · 44 mm rain
- Deoband in JanuaryIndia · 54 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 7.6°C · 44 mm rain
- Sahāranpur in JanuaryIndia · 59 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 6.9°C · 55 mm rain
- Nagīna in JanuaryIndia · 62 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 7.2°C · 34 mm rain
- Bijnor in JanuaryIndia · 64 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 7.8°C · 33 mm rain
- Muzaffarnagar in JanuaryIndia · 69 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 Haridwar) is explained once on the Haridwar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.