Climate averages 1991–2020
Saunda weather
in January.
A warm, fairly dry month: the coolest and the 4th 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 Saunda: daytime highs average 22.6°C and nights cool to about 9.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 51 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rāmgarh (20 km away). In January its highs average 23.1°C, about as warm as Saunda, with 17 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Saunda ranks joint 445th 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; Saunda is 2.3°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 4.0°C to 26.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 16 mm to 17 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
Saunda climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 22.6°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 16 | 2.4 | 10.911 h |
| February | 26.7°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 17 | 2.7 | 11.311 h |
| March | 31.8°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 17 | 3.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 36.8°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 12 | 3.2 | 12.713 h |
| May | 38.1°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 25 | 5.1 | 13.313 h |
| June | 34.4°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 151 | 15.7 | 13.614 h |
| July | 29.9°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 244 | 24.7 | 13.413 h |
| August | 29.3°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 221 | 24.8 | 13.013 h |
| September | 29.3°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 148 | 18.3 | 12.312 h |
| October | 28.7°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 52 | 6.9 | 11.612 h |
| November | 26.1°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 9.1 | 1.2 | 11.011 h |
| December | 23.1°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 8.5 | 1.2 | 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
- Rāmgarh in JanuaryIndia · 20 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 10.6°C · 17 mm rain
- Ranchi in JanuaryIndia · 36 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 10.3°C · 16 mm rain
- Hazāribāgh in JanuaryIndia · 37 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 9.3°C · 19 mm rain
- Phusro in JanuaryIndia · 70 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 10.2°C · 15 mm rain
- Bokāro in JanuaryIndia · 84 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 10.2°C · 14 mm rain
- Chas in JanuaryIndia · 86 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 10.4°C · 14 mm rain
- Jhumri Telaiya in JanuaryIndia · 88 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 10.0°C · 19 mm rain
- Bagaha (Bihar, 24.53°N 85.06°E), India in JanuaryIndia · 100 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 10.3°C · 17 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 Saunda) is explained once on the Saunda year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.