Climate averages 1991–2020
Ludhiana weather
in January.
A mild, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Ludhiana: daytime highs average 17.8°C and nights cool to about 6.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 52 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 23 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Phagwāra (36 km away). In January its highs average 17.9°C, about as warm as Ludhiana, with 49 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Ludhiana ranks 674th of 692 for the warmest January highs and joint 676th of 692 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 692 cities is 25.0°C; Ludhiana is 7.1°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 3.3°C to 21.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 52 mm to 66 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
Ludhiana climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 17.8°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 52 | 4.1 | 10.410 h |
| February | 21.1°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 66 | 6.0 | 11.111 h |
| March | 26.9°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 60 | 6.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 34.3°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 35 | 5.6 | 12.913 h |
| May | 38.9°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 30 | 7.1 | 13.714 h |
| June | 38.1°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 75 | 10.2 | 14.114 h |
| July | 33.5°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 208 | 20.7 | 13.914 h |
| August | 32.1°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 178 | 20.9 | 13.313 h |
| September | 32.1°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 90 | 9.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 31.2°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 17 | 2.1 | 11.411 h |
| November | 26.1°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 13 | 1.6 | 10.611 h |
| December | 20.5°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 16 | 2.0 | 10.210 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
- Phagwāra in JanuaryIndia · 36 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 6.4°C · 49 mm rain
- Khanna in JanuaryIndia · 42 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 6.9°C · 52 mm rain
- Māler Kotla in JanuaryIndia · 42 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 6.6°C · 42 mm rain
- Gobindgarh in JanuaryIndia · 51 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 7.0°C · 52 mm rain
- Jalandhar in JanuaryIndia · 53 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 6.1°C · 49 mm rain
- Moga in JanuaryIndia · 66 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 6.3°C · 32 mm rain
- Barnāla in JanuaryIndia · 67 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 6.6°C · 27 mm rain
- Kapurthala Town in JanuaryIndia · 69 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 6.1°C · 50 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 Ludhiana) is explained once on the Ludhiana year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.