Climate averages 1991–2020
Imphal weather
in January.
A mild, very dry month: the coolest and the 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 Imphal: daytime highs average 20.0°C and nights cool to about 9.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 10 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes January a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 47 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kohima (98 km away). In January its highs average 15.6°C, 4.4°C cooler than Imphal, with 26 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Imphal ranks joint 603rd of 692 for the warmest January highs and joint 292nd of 692 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 692 cities is 25.0°C; Imphal is 5.0°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.2°C to 22.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 10 mm to 19 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
Imphal climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 20.0°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 10 | 2.0 | 10.811 h |
| February | 22.2°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 19 | 3.7 | 11.311 h |
| March | 25.5°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 42 | 6.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 27.6°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 61 | 10.0 | 12.713 h |
| May | 27.6°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 167 | 17.8 | 13.313 h |
| June | 27.0°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 251 | 24.7 | 13.614 h |
| July | 26.4°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 257 | 27.2 | 13.514 h |
| August | 26.4°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 203 | 26.1 | 13.013 h |
| September | 26.3°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 145 | 21.9 | 12.312 h |
| October | 25.3°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 94 | 14.2 | 11.612 h |
| November | 22.9°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 23 | 3.2 | 11.011 h |
| December | 20.5°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 11 | 1.5 | 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 · 98 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 4.8°C · 26 mm rain
- Silchar in JanuaryIndia · 116 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 11.8°C · 12 mm rain
- Dimāpur in JanuaryIndia · 125 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 10.8°C · 22 mm rain
- Aizawl in JanuaryIndia · 173 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 5.5°C · 9.9 mm rain
- Kalemyo in JanuaryMyanmar · 180 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 11.4°C · 12 mm rain
- Sylhet in JanuaryBangladesh · 209 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 11.6°C · 10 mm rain
- Nagaon in JanuaryIndia · 214 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 13.4°C · 14 mm rain
- Jorhat in JanuaryIndia · 218 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 12.3°C · 25 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 Imphal) is explained once on the Imphal year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.