Climate averages 1991–2020
Silchar weather
in January.
A warm, very dry month: the coolest and the 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 Silchar: daytime highs average 23.8°C and nights cool to about 11.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 12 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes January a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 47 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sylhet (94 km away). In January its highs average 23.5°C, about as warm as Silchar, with 10 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Silchar ranks joint 401st of 692 for the warmest January highs and joint 332nd of 692 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 692 cities is 25.0°C; Silchar is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.2°C to 26.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 12 mm to 51 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
Silchar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 23.8°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 12 | 2.0 | 10.811 h |
| February | 26.1°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 51 | 5.2 | 11.311 h |
| March | 29.1°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 171 | 10.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 30.1°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 252 | 17.9 | 12.713 h |
| May | 30.3°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 417 | 25.6 | 13.313 h |
| June | 30.3°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 510 | 29.0 | 13.714 h |
| July | 30.1°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 492 | 30.3 | 13.514 h |
| August | 30.3°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 390 | 29.9 | 13.013 h |
| September | 30.1°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 293 | 26.4 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.5°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 168 | 16.3 | 11.612 h |
| November | 27.4°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 30 | 3.7 | 11.011 h |
| December | 24.8°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 14 | 1.3 | 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
- Sylhet in JanuaryBangladesh · 94 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 11.6°C · 10 mm rain
- Imphal in JanuaryIndia · 116 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 9.3°C · 10 mm rain
- Aizawl in JanuaryIndia · 122 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 5.5°C · 9.9 mm rain
- Shillong in JanuaryIndia · 124 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 6.8°C · 22 mm rain
- Sunāmganj in JanuaryBangladesh · 143 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 10.6°C · 9.5 mm rain
- Habiganj in JanuaryBangladesh · 149 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 12.8°C · 8.5 mm rain
- Dimāpur in JanuaryIndia · 152 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 10.8°C · 22 mm rain
- Kohima in JanuaryIndia · 162 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 4.8°C · 26 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 Silchar) is explained once on the Silchar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.