Climate averages 1991–2020

Shivamogga weather
in January.

A hot, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the driest of the year.

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

Average high 30.2°C Daytime mean, January
Average low 17.2°C Night-time mean, January
Rainfall 1.4 mm fewer than one day with ≥1 mm
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Shivamogga · average highYear overview

January is a hot month in Shivamogga: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 17.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 1.4 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes January a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 24 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Bhadrāvati (17 km away). In January its highs average 30.3°C, about as warm as Shivamogga, with 1.8 mm of rain.

Among the 692 cities listed in India, Shivamogga ranks joint 60th of 692 for the warmest January highs and joint 53rd of 692 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 692 cities is 25.0°C; Shivamogga is 5.2°C warmer than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 2.1°C to 32.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.4 mm to 1.7 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 152025303540 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Shivamogga climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Shivamogga, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January, selected 30.2°C17.2°C17.2°C1.40.411.411 h
February 32.3°C18.5°C18.5°C1.70.511.712 h
March 34.4°C20.7°C20.7°C8.51.712.012 h
April 34.4°C22.5°C22.5°C348.312.412 h
May 32.5°C22.7°C22.7°C6713.312.813 h
June 27.1°C21.8°C21.8°C18824.712.913 h
July 25.2°C21.1°C21.1°C23728.212.913 h
August 25.5°C21.0°C21.0°C17026.012.613 h
September 26.8°C20.8°C20.8°C11819.812.212 h
October 27.6°C20.2°C20.2°C12015.911.812 h
November 28.0°C18.6°C18.6°C355.411.511 h
December 28.8°C17.2°C17.2°C7.11.211.311 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 Shivamogga

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