Climate averages 1991–2020
Mangaluru weather
in January.
A hot, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Mangaluru: daytime highs average 30.9°C and nights cool to about 22.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 2.0 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes January a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 27 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Udupi (48 km away). In January its highs average 31.7°C, 0.8°C warmer than Mangaluru, with 2.2 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Mangaluru ranks joint 28th of 692 for the warmest January highs and joint 80th of 692 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 692 cities is 25.0°C; Mangaluru is 5.9°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 31.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 2.0 mm to 1.5 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
Mangaluru climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 30.9°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 2.0 | 0.7 | 11.511 h |
| February | 31.5°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 1.5 | 0.4 | 11.712 h |
| March | 32.1°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 15 | 2.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.3°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 50 | 9.1 | 12.412 h |
| May | 31.1°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 175 | 17.4 | 12.713 h |
| June | 27.8°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 592 | 29.4 | 12.913 h |
| July | 26.8°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 631 | 30.9 | 12.813 h |
| August | 26.9°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 437 | 30.0 | 12.613 h |
| September | 27.7°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 228 | 24.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.7°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 224 | 22.2 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.8°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 72 | 10.0 | 11.512 h |
| December | 30.6°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 15 | 3.2 | 11.411 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
- Udupi in JanuaryIndia · 48 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 21.0°C · 2.2 mm rain
- Kanhangad in JanuaryIndia · 73 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 22.5°C · 3.3 mm rain
- Payyanur in JanuaryIndia · 99 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.2°C · 4.1 mm rain
- Chikmagalūr in JanuaryIndia · 109 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 14.4°C · 6.0 mm rain
- Taliparamba in JanuaryIndia · 112 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 21.7°C · 4.1 mm rain
- Hassan in JanuaryIndia · 135 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 14.6°C · 3.9 mm rain
- Shivamogga in JanuaryIndia · 137 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 17.2°C · 1.4 mm rain
- Bhadrāvati in JanuaryIndia · 138 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 17.8°C · 1.8 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 Mangaluru) is explained once on the Mangaluru year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.