Climate averages 1991–2020
Ranchi weather
in January.
A warm, fairly dry month: the coolest and the 3rd 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 Ranchi: daytime highs average 22.4°C and nights cool to about 10.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 52 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saunda (36 km away). In January its highs average 22.6°C, about as warm as Ranchi, with 16 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Ranchi ranks joint 455th of 692 for the warmest January highs and joint 449th of 692 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 692 cities is 25.0°C; Ranchi is 2.5°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 3.7°C to 26.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 16 mm to 19 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
Ranchi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 22.4°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 16 | 3.0 | 10.911 h |
| February | 26.2°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 19 | 3.4 | 11.411 h |
| March | 31.0°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 23 | 4.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 35.5°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 24 | 5.4 | 12.713 h |
| May | 36.5°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 53 | 9.0 | 13.313 h |
| June | 32.6°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 242 | 20.6 | 13.514 h |
| July | 28.6°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 337 | 28.2 | 13.413 h |
| August | 28.1°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 310 | 28.1 | 12.913 h |
| September | 28.1°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 204 | 21.9 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.5°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 69 | 9.3 | 11.612 h |
| November | 25.2°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 11 | 1.5 | 11.011 h |
| December | 22.6°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 9.5 | 1.5 | 10.711 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
- Saunda in JanuaryIndia · 36 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 9.9°C · 16 mm rain
- Rāmgarh in JanuaryIndia · 39 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 10.6°C · 17 mm rain
- Hazāribāgh in JanuaryIndia · 72 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 9.3°C · 19 mm rain
- Phusro in JanuaryIndia · 85 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 10.2°C · 15 mm rain
- Bokāro in JanuaryIndia · 93 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 10.2°C · 14 mm rain
- Chas in JanuaryIndia · 93 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 10.4°C · 14 mm rain
- Bhetia in JanuaryIndia · 105 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 12.3°C · 12 mm rain
- Puruliya in JanuaryIndia · 108 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 10.9°C · 14 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 Ranchi) is explained once on the Ranchi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.