Climate averages 1991–2020
Koch Bihār 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 Koch Bihār: daytime highs average 23.0°C and nights cool to about 11.9°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 41 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jaigaon (58 km away). In January its highs average 20.3°C, 2.7°C cooler than Koch Bihār, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Koch Bihār 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; Koch Bihār is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.7°C to 25.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 13 mm to 22 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
Koch Bihār 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°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 13 | 2.0 | 10.711 h |
| February | 25.7°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 22 | 3.5 | 11.311 h |
| March | 30.2°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 59 | 7.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 30.7°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 207 | 17.4 | 12.813 h |
| May | 29.8°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 561 | 26.4 | 13.413 h |
| June | 30.2°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 755 | 29.1 | 13.814 h |
| July | 30.6°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 690 | 30.6 | 13.614 h |
| August | 31.0°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 590 | 30.1 | 13.113 h |
| September | 30.2°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 460 | 26.7 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.3°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 171 | 12.5 | 11.612 h |
| November | 27.3°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 9.9 | 1.8 | 10.911 h |
| December | 24.6°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 5.6 | 0.9 | 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
- Jaigaon in JanuaryIndia · 58 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 12.8°C · 12 mm rain
- Rangpur in JanuaryBangladesh · 67 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 12.0°C · 13 mm rain
- Jalpāiguri in JanuaryIndia · 74 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 11.7°C · 10 mm rain
- Saidpur in JanuaryBangladesh · 82 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 11.8°C · 13 mm rain
- Thākurgaon in JanuaryBangladesh · 103 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 11.6°C · 11 mm rain
- Siliguri in JanuaryIndia · 110 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 10.9°C · 19 mm rain
- Dinajpur in JanuaryBangladesh · 112 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 11.4°C · 15 mm rain
- Tura in JanuaryIndia · 118 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 12.5°C · 14 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 Koch Bihār) is explained once on the Koch Bihār year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.