Climate averages 1991–2020
Kishanganj weather
in January.
A warm, very dry month: the coolest and the 3rd 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 Kishanganj: daytime highs average 23.0°C and nights cool to about 11.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 13 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes January a very dry month (the 3rd 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 Arāria (44 km away). In January its highs average 22.7°C, about as warm as Kishanganj, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Kishanganj ranks joint 428th of 692 for the warmest January highs and joint 365th of 692 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 692 cities is 25.0°C; Kishanganj is 2.0°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 3.3°C to 26.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 13 mm to 15 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
Kishanganj climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 23.0°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 13 | 1.7 | 10.711 h |
| February | 26.2°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 15 | 2.1 | 11.311 h |
| March | 31.7°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 20 | 3.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 33.5°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 67 | 9.2 | 12.813 h |
| May | 31.8°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 215 | 19.1 | 13.413 h |
| June | 31.1°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 386 | 26.6 | 13.714 h |
| July | 30.9°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 411 | 29.6 | 13.614 h |
| August | 31.1°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 359 | 28.9 | 13.113 h |
| September | 30.4°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 309 | 24.9 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.7°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 104 | 9.9 | 11.612 h |
| November | 27.8°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 5.5 | 0.8 | 10.911 h |
| December | 24.7°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 5.9 | 0.7 | 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
- Arāria in JanuaryIndia · 44 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 11.1°C · 11 mm rain
- Thākurgaon in JanuaryBangladesh · 52 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 11.6°C · 11 mm rain
- Rāiganj in JanuaryIndia · 57 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 11.6°C · 15 mm rain
- Purnia in JanuaryIndia · 60 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 11.3°C · 12 mm rain
- Katihar in JanuaryIndia · 74 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 11.8°C · 15 mm rain
- Biratnagar in JanuaryNepal · 79 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 11.1°C · 8.9 mm rain
- Siliguri in JanuaryIndia · 82 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 10.9°C · 19 mm rain
- Dinajpur in JanuaryBangladesh · 86 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 11.4°C · 15 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 Kishanganj) is explained once on the Kishanganj year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.