Climate averages 1991–2020
Karnāl weather
in January.
A mild, fairly dry 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 Karnāl: daytime highs average 18.7°C and nights cool to about 7.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 38 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 28 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Panipat (34 km away). In January its highs average 19.1°C, about as warm as Karnāl, with 35 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Karnāl ranks joint 654th of 692 for the warmest January highs and joint 653rd of 692 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 692 cities is 25.0°C; Karnāl is 6.3°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 3.3°C to 22.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 38 mm to 47 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
Karnāl climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 18.7°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 38 | 3.8 | 10.510 h |
| February | 22.0°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 47 | 4.6 | 11.111 h |
| March | 27.9°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 36 | 4.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 35.1°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 24 | 5.0 | 12.913 h |
| May | 38.8°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 24 | 6.6 | 13.614 h |
| June | 37.6°C26.7°C | 26.7°C | 76 | 10.0 | 14.014 h |
| July | 33.1°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 212 | 20.7 | 13.914 h |
| August | 31.8°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 191 | 21.2 | 13.213 h |
| September | 31.5°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 117 | 10.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 30.8°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 14 | 1.8 | 11.511 h |
| November | 26.4°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 5.9 | 0.9 | 10.711 h |
| December | 21.2°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 13 | 1.5 | 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
- Panipat in JanuaryIndia · 34 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 7.6°C · 35 mm rain
- Thānesar in JanuaryIndia · 35 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 7.7°C · 40 mm rain
- Kairāna in JanuaryIndia · 39 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 7.7°C · 36 mm rain
- Shāmli in JanuaryIndia · 41 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 7.8°C · 36 mm rain
- Yamuna Nagar in JanuaryIndia · 56 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 6.9°C · 59 mm rain
- Kaithal in JanuaryIndia · 58 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 7.1°C · 36 mm rain
- Jagādhri in JanuaryIndia · 61 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 6.5°C · 59 mm rain
- Sahāranpur in JanuaryIndia · 62 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 6.9°C · 55 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 Karnāl) is explained once on the Karnāl year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.