Climate averages 1991–2020

Pālghar weather
in January.

A hot, very dry month: the 9th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 29.6°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 18.6°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall <1 mm Almost no rain

Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a hot month in Pālghar: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 18.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.

Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical January (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 05 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Virār (27 km away). In January its highs average 30.1°C, 0.6°C warmer than Pālghar, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 692 cities listed in India, Pālghar ranks joint 92nd of 692 for the warmest January highs and joint 10th of 692 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 692 cities is 25.0°C; Pālghar is 4.6°C warmer than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 30.8°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Pālghar climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Pālghar, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	29.6°C18.6°C	18.6°C	0.6	0.2	11.111 h
February	30.8°C19.2°C	19.2°C	0.4	0.1	11.511 h
March	33.4°C21.3°C	21.3°C	0.7	0.2	12.012 h
April	34.3°C23.6°C	23.6°C	0.5	0.2	12.613 h
May	33.8°C26.4°C	26.4°C	8.0	2.0	13.113 h
June	30.8°C26.5°C	26.5°C	329	22.8	13.313 h
July	28.1°C25.4°C	25.4°C	543	30.9	13.213 h
August	27.9°C24.9°C	24.9°C	403	30.5	12.813 h
September	29.0°C24.7°C	24.7°C	225	21.5	12.312 h
October	31.9°C24.1°C	24.1°C	49	8.2	11.712 h
November	32.2°C22.6°C	22.6°C	7.2	1.2	11.211 h
December	30.6°C20.1°C	20.1°C	4.2	0.4	11.011 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

Distance from Pālghar

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Pālghar) is explained once on the Pālghar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.