Climate averages 1991–2020
Puri weather
in January.
A warm, very dry month: the 11th warmest and the 2nd 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 Puri: daytime highs average 27.2°C and nights cool to about 17.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 11 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes January a very dry month (the 2nd 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 Bhubaneswar (53 km away). In January its highs average 27.0°C, about as warm as Puri, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Puri ranks joint 274th of 692 for the warmest January highs and joint 305th of 692 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 692 cities is 25.0°C; Puri is 2.2°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.8°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 11 mm to 14 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
Puri climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 27.2°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 11 | 1.7 | 11.111 h |
| February | 29.9°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 14 | 2.3 | 11.511 h |
| March | 33.0°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 10 | 2.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 34.0°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 12 | 1.7 | 12.613 h |
| May | 34.6°C27.9°C | 27.9°C | 44 | 3.1 | 13.113 h |
| June | 32.7°C27.9°C | 27.9°C | 205 | 15.6 | 13.313 h |
| July | 30.6°C26.9°C | 26.9°C | 345 | 24.2 | 13.213 h |
| August | 30.2°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 332 | 25.6 | 12.813 h |
| September | 30.5°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 255 | 23.1 | 12.312 h |
| October | 30.1°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 183 | 15.3 | 11.712 h |
| November | 28.8°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 55 | 4.0 | 11.211 h |
| December | 27.1°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 17 | 1.4 | 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
- Bhubaneswar in JanuaryIndia · 53 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 15.5°C · 11 mm rain
- Cuttack in JanuaryIndia · 74 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 15.5°C · 13 mm rain
- Parādīp Garh in JanuaryIndia · 100 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 17.4°C · 12 mm rain
- Brahmapur in JanuaryIndia · 121 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 16.8°C · 14 mm rain
- Bhadrak in JanuaryIndia · 157 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 14.4°C · 14 mm rain
- Paralakhemundi in JanuaryIndia · 214 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 16.4°C · 8.7 mm rain
- Balasore in JanuaryIndia · 221 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 14.7°C · 13 mm rain
- Baripāda in JanuaryIndia · 255 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 12.6°C · 13 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 Puri) is explained once on the Puri year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.