Climate averages 1991–2020
Raigarh weather
in January.
A warm, fairly dry month: the coolest and the 6th 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 Raigarh: daytime highs average 26.4°C and nights cool to about 13.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 20 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 57 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Brajarajnagar (54 km away). In January its highs average 26.2°C, about as warm as Raigarh, with 18 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Raigarh ranks joint 316th 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; Raigarh is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 3.8°C to 30.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 20 mm to 12 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
Raigarh climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 26.4°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 20 | 2.0 | 11.011 h |
| February | 30.2°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 12 | 1.9 | 11.411 h |
| March | 35.2°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 14 | 2.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 39.2°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 15 | 3.6 | 12.613 h |
| May | 40.7°C28.0°C | 28.0°C | 26 | 5.3 | 13.213 h |
| June | 35.3°C27.2°C | 27.2°C | 258 | 19.1 | 13.413 h |
| July | 30.1°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 432 | 27.4 | 13.313 h |
| August | 29.6°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 393 | 27.5 | 12.913 h |
| September | 30.3°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 248 | 21.6 | 12.312 h |
| October | 30.4°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 64 | 8.1 | 11.712 h |
| November | 28.8°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 12 | 1.5 | 11.111 h |
| December | 26.5°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 12 | 1.2 | 10.811 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
- Brajarajnagar in JanuaryIndia · 54 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 13.6°C · 18 mm rain
- Jharsuguda in JanuaryIndia · 63 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 12.8°C · 18 mm rain
- Bargarh in JanuaryIndia · 67 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 14.8°C · 16 mm rain
- Sambalpur in JanuaryIndia · 77 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 14.6°C · 17 mm rain
- Korba in JanuaryIndia · 88 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 12.5°C · 18 mm rain
- Bilāspur in JanuaryIndia · 130 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 13.3°C · 19 mm rain
- Balāngīr in JanuaryIndia · 133 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 15.3°C · 15 mm rain
- Ambikāpur in JanuaryIndia · 137 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 9.9°C · 18 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 Raigarh) is explained once on the Raigarh year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.