Climate averages 1991–2020
Sāhibganj 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 Sāhibganj: daytime highs average 22.4°C and nights cool to about 12.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 17 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 10 h 45 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Katihar (33 km away). In January its highs average 22.6°C, about as warm as Sāhibganj, with 15 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Sāhibganj ranks joint 455th of 692 for the warmest January highs and joint 478th of 692 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 692 cities is 25.0°C; Sāhibganj is 2.5°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 3.6°C to 26.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 17 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
Sāhibganj 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°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 17 | 2.0 | 10.811 h |
| February | 26.0°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 19 | 2.3 | 11.311 h |
| March | 31.5°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 22 | 3.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 34.8°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 51 | 7.8 | 12.713 h |
| May | 34.1°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 143 | 15.7 | 13.413 h |
| June | 32.7°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 289 | 22.8 | 13.714 h |
| July | 31.3°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 332 | 28.5 | 13.514 h |
| August | 31.3°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 287 | 27.5 | 13.013 h |
| September | 30.7°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 265 | 24.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.8°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 101 | 9.7 | 11.612 h |
| November | 27.3°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 7.5 | 0.7 | 10.911 h |
| December | 23.9°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 5.7 | 0.8 | 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
- Katihar in JanuaryIndia · 33 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 11.8°C · 15 mm rain
- Malda in JanuaryIndia · 58 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 12.2°C · 16 mm rain
- Purnia in JanuaryIndia · 62 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 11.3°C · 12 mm rain
- Rāiganj in JanuaryIndia · 64 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 11.6°C · 15 mm rain
- Bhāgalpur in JanuaryIndia · 67 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 11.0°C · 17 mm rain
- Dhuliān in JanuaryIndia · 70 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 11.8°C · 17 mm rain
- Jangipur in JanuaryIndia · 97 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 12.1°C · 14 mm rain
- Nawābganj, Bangladesh in JanuaryBangladesh · 97 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 12.6°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 Sāhibganj) is explained once on the Sāhibganj year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.