Climate averages 1991–2020
Ooty weather
in January.
A mild, fairly dry month: the joint 6th warmest and the 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 Ooty: daytime highs average 19.9°C and nights cool to about 10.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 20 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 32 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Idaiyarpālaiyam (48 km away). In January its highs average 29.2°C, 9.3°C warmer than Ooty, with 8.4 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Ooty ranks joint 611th of 692 for the warmest January highs and joint 538th of 692 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 692 cities is 25.0°C; Ooty is 5.0°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 20.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 20 mm to 24 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
Ooty climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 19.9°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 20 | 4.8 | 11.512 h |
| February | 20.9°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 24 | 5.0 | 11.812 h |
| March | 22.4°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 44 | 7.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 22.8°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 85 | 15.0 | 12.412 h |
| May | 22.3°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 161 | 23.2 | 12.613 h |
| June | 20.2°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 205 | 23.7 | 12.813 h |
| July | 19.2°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 202 | 24.7 | 12.713 h |
| August | 19.4°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 179 | 22.9 | 12.512 h |
| September | 19.9°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 145 | 20.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 19.5°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 196 | 22.1 | 11.912 h |
| November | 19.0°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 134 | 16.3 | 11.612 h |
| December | 19.2°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 58 | 8.3 | 11.511 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
- Idaiyarpālaiyam in JanuaryIndia · 48 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 18.0°C · 8.4 mm rain
- Coimbatore in JanuaryIndia · 54 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 18.2°C · 8.4 mm rain
- Manjeri in JanuaryIndia · 71 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 20.5°C · 5.9 mm rain
- Palakkad in JanuaryIndia · 71 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 20.9°C · 2.5 mm rain
- Velampālaiyam in JanuaryIndia · 74 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 18.8°C · 11 mm rain
- Malappuram in JanuaryIndia · 79 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 21.3°C · 5.9 mm rain
- Tiruppur in JanuaryIndia · 79 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 19.2°C · 9.1 mm rain
- Pollachi in JanuaryIndia · 91 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 18.9°C · 6.1 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 Ooty) is explained once on the Ooty year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.