Climate averages 1991–2020
Sopur weather
in January.
A cold, wet month: the coolest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Sopur: daytime highs average 2.7°C and nights cool to about -4.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 137 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes January a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 09 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bāramūla (15 km away). In January its highs average 3.4°C, 0.7°C warmer than Sopur, with 122 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Sopur ranks 692nd of 692 for the warmest January highs and 690th of 692 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 692 cities is 25.0°C; Sopur is 22.3°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.8°C to 4.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 137 mm to 180 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
Sopur climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 2.7°C-4.9°C | -4.9°C | 137 | 11.0 | 10.110 h |
| February | 4.4°C-2.4°C | -2.4°C | 180 | 12.6 | 10.911 h |
| March | 9.1°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 177 | 13.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.7°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 132 | 11.7 | 13.013 h |
| May | 20.9°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 65 | 8.9 | 13.914 h |
| June | 24.4°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 46 | 7.2 | 14.414 h |
| July | 25.3°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 166 | 16.5 | 14.214 h |
| August | 24.6°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 158 | 16.3 | 13.413 h |
| September | 22.7°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 68 | 6.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 18.1°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 30 | 3.7 | 11.411 h |
| November | 12.6°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 57 | 5.4 | 10.410 h |
| December | 6.5°C-2.6°C | -2.6°C | 77 | 7.1 | 9.910 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
- Bāramūla in JanuaryIndia · 15 kmHigh 3.4°C · Low -4.1°C · 122 mm rain
- Dhirkot in JanuaryPakistan · 87 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low -4.2°C · 111 mm rain
- Anantnag in JanuaryIndia · 88 kmHigh 5.0°C · Low -5.6°C · 114 mm rain
- Muzaffarābād in JanuaryPakistan · 92 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 0.2°C · 115 mm rain
- Abbottabad in JanuaryPakistan · 117 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low -0.7°C · 109 mm rain
- Battagram in JanuaryPakistan · 140 kmHigh 8.0°C · Low -0.5°C · 126 mm rain
- New Mirpur City in JanuaryPakistan · 143 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 4.2°C · 79 mm rain
- Islamabad in JanuaryPakistan · 146 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 4.0°C · 70 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 Sopur) is explained once on the Sopur year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.