Climate averages 1991–2020
Prayagraj weather
in January.
A warm, 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 warm month in Prayagraj: daytime highs average 22.1°C and nights cool to about 10.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 19 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 45 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bela (55 km away). In January its highs average 21.9°C, about as warm as Prayagraj, with 23 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Prayagraj ranks joint 479th of 692 for the warmest January highs and joint 520th of 692 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 692 cities is 25.0°C; Prayagraj is 2.9°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 4.0°C to 26.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 19 mm to 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
Prayagraj 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°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 19 | 2.3 | 10.711 h |
| February | 26.2°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 17 | 2.3 | 11.311 h |
| March | 32.4°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 12 | 1.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 38.4°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 6.5 | 2.2 | 12.713 h |
| May | 40.4°C27.1°C | 27.1°C | 8.8 | 2.9 | 13.413 h |
| June | 37.8°C28.5°C | 28.5°C | 137 | 12.0 | 13.714 h |
| July | 32.5°C26.7°C | 26.7°C | 320 | 24.5 | 13.614 h |
| August | 31.3°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 265 | 24.6 | 13.013 h |
| September | 31.3°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 176 | 16.6 | 12.312 h |
| October | 31.1°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 33 | 3.1 | 11.612 h |
| November | 27.9°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 4.5 | 0.6 | 10.911 h |
| December | 23.6°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 6.3 | 0.9 | 10.611 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
- Bela in JanuaryIndia · 55 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 9.8°C · 23 mm rain
- Gyānpur in JanuaryIndia · 64 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 10.2°C · 16 mm rain
- Bhadohi in JanuaryIndia · 73 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 9.9°C · 19 mm rain
- Mirzāpur in JanuaryIndia · 80 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 10.8°C · 16 mm rain
- Gauriganj in JanuaryIndia · 86 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 9.6°C · 24 mm rain
- Jaunpur in JanuaryIndia · 91 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 9.8°C · 20 mm rain
- Sultānpur in JanuaryIndia · 93 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 9.6°C · 24 mm rain
- Raebareli in JanuaryIndia · 107 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 9.5°C · 23 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 Prayagraj) is explained once on the Prayagraj year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.