Climate averages 1991–2020
Siliguri weather
in January.
A mild, 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 mild month in Siliguri: daytime highs average 21.5°C and nights cool to about 10.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 19 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 40 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jalpāiguri (37 km away). In January its highs average 22.5°C, 1.0°C warmer than Siliguri, with 10 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Siliguri ranks joint 520th of 692 for the warmest January highs and joint 520th of 692 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 692 cities is 25.0°C; Siliguri is 3.4°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.6°C to 24.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 19 mm to 21 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
Siliguri climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 21.5°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 19 | 4.4 | 10.711 h |
| February | 24.1°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 21 | 4.4 | 11.211 h |
| March | 29.2°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 30 | 5.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 30.9°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 73 | 13.9 | 12.813 h |
| May | 29.8°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 231 | 23.8 | 13.413 h |
| June | 29.3°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 616 | 28.1 | 13.814 h |
| July | 29.0°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 850 | 29.8 | 13.614 h |
| August | 29.4°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 576 | 28.7 | 13.113 h |
| September | 29.0°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 411 | 24.7 | 12.312 h |
| October | 28.4°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 116 | 10.6 | 11.512 h |
| November | 26.2°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 8.8 | 2.0 | 10.911 h |
| December | 23.3°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 8.8 | 2.7 | 10.510 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
- Jalpāiguri in JanuaryIndia · 37 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 11.7°C · 10 mm rain
- Dārjiling in JanuaryIndia · 39 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 2.6°C · 33 mm rain
- Gangtok in JanuaryIndia · 71 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 3.5°C · 253 mm rain
- Thākurgaon in JanuaryBangladesh · 76 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 11.6°C · 11 mm rain
- Kishanganj in JanuaryIndia · 82 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 11.7°C · 13 mm rain
- Jaigaon in JanuaryIndia · 95 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 12.8°C · 12 mm rain
- Koch Bihār in JanuaryIndia · 110 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 11.9°C · 13 mm rain
- Arāria in JanuaryIndia · 110 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 11.1°C · 11 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 Siliguri) is explained once on the Siliguri year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.