Climate averages 1991–2020
Kohima weather
in January.
A mild, fairly dry month: the coolest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Kohima: daytime highs average 15.6°C and nights cool to about 4.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 26 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 44 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dimāpur (47 km away). In January its highs average 21.1°C, 5.5°C warmer than Kohima, with 22 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Kohima ranks 685th of 692 for the warmest January highs and joint 604th of 692 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 692 cities is 25.0°C; Kohima is 9.3°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.8°C to 17.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 26 mm to 43 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
Kohima climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 15.6°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 26 | 5.2 | 10.711 h |
| February | 17.5°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 43 | 7.2 | 11.311 h |
| March | 20.5°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 89 | 12.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.3°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 180 | 19.3 | 12.713 h |
| May | 23.5°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 304 | 25.9 | 13.413 h |
| June | 24.5°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 480 | 29.0 | 13.714 h |
| July | 24.4°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 534 | 30.6 | 13.614 h |
| August | 24.3°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 501 | 30.6 | 13.013 h |
| September | 23.7°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 375 | 28.7 | 12.312 h |
| October | 21.8°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 209 | 24.1 | 11.612 h |
| November | 19.2°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 45 | 8.6 | 10.911 h |
| December | 16.7°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 19 | 3.3 | 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
- Dimāpur in JanuaryIndia · 47 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 10.8°C · 22 mm rain
- Imphal in JanuaryIndia · 98 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 9.3°C · 10 mm rain
- Jorhat in JanuaryIndia · 121 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 12.3°C · 25 mm rain
- Silchar in JanuaryIndia · 162 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 11.8°C · 12 mm rain
- Nagaon in JanuaryIndia · 163 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 13.4°C · 14 mm rain
- Tezpur in JanuaryIndia · 169 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 13.1°C · 15 mm rain
- Dibrugarh in JanuaryIndia · 216 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 12.4°C · 35 mm rain
- Shillong in JanuaryIndia · 224 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 6.8°C · 22 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 Kohima) is explained once on the Kohima year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.