Climate averages 1991–2020
New Delhi weather
in January.
A mild, fairly dry month: the coolest and the 7th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in New Delhi: daytime highs average 20.1°C and nights cool to about 8.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 25 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 32 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Delhi (4 km away). In January its highs average 19.8°C, about as warm as New Delhi, with 26 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, New Delhi ranks joint 590th of 692 for the warmest January highs and joint 589th of 692 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 692 cities is 25.0°C; New Delhi is 4.8°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 3.5°C to 23.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 25 mm to 31 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
New Delhi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 20.1°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 25 | 2.4 | 10.511 h |
| February | 23.6°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 31 | 3.5 | 11.211 h |
| March | 29.5°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 22 | 3.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 36.4°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 14 | 3.6 | 12.813 h |
| May | 39.8°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 20 | 5.0 | 13.614 h |
| June | 38.5°C28.0°C | 28.0°C | 69 | 9.1 | 13.914 h |
| July | 33.9°C27.0°C | 27.0°C | 195 | 19.2 | 13.814 h |
| August | 32.3°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 178 | 19.3 | 13.213 h |
| September | 32.3°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 93 | 10.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 31.9°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 13 | 2.4 | 11.512 h |
| November | 27.3°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 5.2 | 1.1 | 10.811 h |
| December | 22.3°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 6.7 | 1.0 | 10.410 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
- Delhi in JanuaryIndia · 4 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 7.7°C · 26 mm rain
- Noida in JanuaryIndia · 12 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 8.0°C · 25 mm rain
- Mandoli in JanuaryIndia · 13 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 7.9°C · 26 mm rain
- Deoli in JanuaryIndia · 13 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 7.9°C · 25 mm rain
- Burāri in JanuaryIndia · 15 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 7.8°C · 26 mm rain
- Hashtsāl in JanuaryIndia · 15 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 7.9°C · 26 mm rain
- Loni in JanuaryIndia · 16 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 7.9°C · 26 mm rain
- Molārband in JanuaryIndia · 16 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 8.1°C · 25 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 New Delhi) is explained once on the New Delhi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Faridabad, Noida and Deoli lie in the same rainfall cell, so their rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.