Climate averages 1991–2020

Rāyagada weather
in January.

A hot, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

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

Average high 28.0°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 16.0°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall 16 mm 2 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a hot month in Rāyagada: daytime highs average 28.0°C and nights cool to about 16.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 07 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Paralakhemundi (84 km away). In January its highs average 27.9°C, about as warm as Rāyagada, with 8.7 mm of rain.

Among the 692 cities listed in India, Rāyagada ranks joint 220th 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; Rāyagada is 3.0°C warmer than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 3.3°C to 31.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 16 mm to 15 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

Rāyagada climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Rāyagada, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	28.0°C16.0°C	16.0°C	16	2.3	11.111 h
February	31.3°C18.5°C	18.5°C	15	2.4	11.512 h
March	35.2°C22.0°C	22.0°C	28	5.3	12.012 h
April	36.6°C24.4°C	24.4°C	49	12.4	12.613 h
May	37.6°C26.2°C	26.2°C	74	12.6	13.013 h
June	33.4°C26.1°C	26.1°C	221	21.4	13.313 h
July	30.1°C24.8°C	24.8°C	351	25.5	13.213 h
August	29.7°C24.4°C	24.4°C	318	25.9	12.813 h
September	30.2°C23.8°C	23.8°C	232	21.8	12.312 h
October	29.7°C21.9°C	21.9°C	117	12.4	11.712 h
November	28.3°C18.6°C	18.6°C	37	4.0	11.211 h
December	27.1°C15.6°C	15.6°C	15	1.8	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 Rāyagada

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 Rāyagada) is explained once on the Rāyagada year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.