Climate averages 1991–2020
Muzaffarpur weather
in January.
A warm, fairly dry month: the coolest and the joint 4th 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 Muzaffarpur: daytime highs average 22.1°C and nights cool to about 10.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 17 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the joint 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 42 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Darbhanga (51 km away). In January its highs average 22.1°C, about as warm as Muzaffarpur, with 13 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Muzaffarpur ranks joint 479th of 692 for the warmest January highs and joint 478th of 692 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 692 cities is 25.0°C; Muzaffarpur is 2.9°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 3.9°C to 25.9°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 17 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
Muzaffarpur climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 22.1°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 17 | 2.4 | 10.711 h |
| February | 25.9°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 17 | 2.1 | 11.311 h |
| March | 32.1°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 14 | 2.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 36.7°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 17 | 3.3 | 12.813 h |
| May | 36.9°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 50 | 6.4 | 13.413 h |
| June | 34.8°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 190 | 17.6 | 13.714 h |
| July | 31.8°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 355 | 26.6 | 13.614 h |
| August | 31.6°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 286 | 26.6 | 13.113 h |
| September | 30.9°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 222 | 21.3 | 12.312 h |
| October | 30.2°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 56 | 6.0 | 11.612 h |
| November | 27.8°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 4.6 | 0.5 | 10.911 h |
| December | 23.9°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 6.8 | 0.7 | 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
- Darbhanga in JanuaryIndia · 51 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 10.6°C · 13 mm rain
- Hājīpur in JanuaryIndia · 52 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 11.2°C · 15 mm rain
- Dinapore in JanuaryIndia · 64 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 10.8°C · 16 mm rain
- Patna in JanuaryIndia · 64 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 10.9°C · 18 mm rain
- Madhubani in JanuaryIndia · 73 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 10.7°C · 13 mm rain
- Chāpra in JanuaryIndia · 75 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 10.8°C · 17 mm rain
- Mothīhāri in JanuaryIndia · 75 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 10.5°C · 14 mm rain
- Benipur in JanuaryIndia · 76 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 10.7°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 Muzaffarpur) is explained once on the Muzaffarpur year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.