Climate averages 1991–2020

Krishnagiri weather
in January.

A hot, very dry month: the 10th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 29.0°C Daytime mean, January
Average low 16.6°C Night-time mean, January
Rainfall 5.7 mm 1 day with ≥1 mm
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Krishnagiri · average highYear overview

January is a hot month in Krishnagiri: daytime highs average 29.0°C and nights cool to about 16.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 5.7 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes January a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 29 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Vaniyambadi (48 km away). In January its highs average 28.9°C, about as warm as Krishnagiri, with 6.1 mm of rain.

Among the 692 cities listed in India, Krishnagiri ranks joint 134th of 692 for the warmest January highs and joint 190th of 692 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 692 cities is 25.0°C; Krishnagiri is 4.1°C warmer than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 2.7°C to 31.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 5.7 mm to 4.8 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 10152025303540 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Krishnagiri climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Krishnagiri, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January, selected 29.0°C16.6°C16.6°C5.71.111.511 h
February 31.8°C18.0°C18.0°C4.81.311.712 h
March 34.6°C20.6°C20.6°C101.812.112 h
April 35.7°C23.4°C23.4°C315.512.412 h
May 35.0°C24.3°C24.3°C10113.912.713 h
June 31.9°C23.6°C23.6°C7812.312.813 h
July 31.1°C23.1°C23.1°C6311.912.813 h
August 30.9°C22.7°C22.7°C7612.512.513 h
September 31.0°C22.3°C22.3°C11414.012.212 h
October 29.5°C21.3°C21.3°C13716.711.912 h
November 28.0°C19.5°C19.5°C8210.811.612 h
December 27.4°C17.3°C17.3°C424.911.411 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

Distance from Krishnagiri

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Krishnagiri) is explained once on the Krishnagiri year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.