Climate averages 1991–2020

Valparai weather
in January.

A warm, fairly dry month: the 4th warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

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

Average high 26.7°C Daytime mean, January
Average low 16.1°C Night-time mean, January
Rainfall 25 mm 5 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Valparai · average highYear overview

January is a warm month in Valparai: daytime highs average 26.7°C and nights cool to about 16.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 25 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 35 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Pollachi (37 km away). In January its highs average 29.7°C, 3.0°C warmer than Valparai, with 6.1 mm of rain.

Among the 692 cities listed in India, Valparai ranks joint 307th of 692 for the warmest January highs and joint 589th of 692 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 692 cities is 25.0°C; Valparai is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 1.6°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 25 mm to 46 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. 101520253035 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 6500

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

Every month, side by side

Valparai climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Valparai, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January, selected 26.7°C16.1°C16.1°C255.211.612 h
February 28.3°C16.9°C16.9°C466.811.812 h
March 29.0°C18.3°C18.3°C13915.212.112 h
April 27.1°C19.4°C19.4°C33128.212.312 h
May 25.4°C19.7°C19.7°C37229.912.613 h
June 23.0°C18.9°C18.9°C50929.512.713 h
July 22.3°C18.3°C18.3°C61130.712.713 h
August 22.6°C18.2°C18.2°C49930.612.512 h
September 23.5°C18.2°C18.2°C35628.212.212 h
October 24.1°C18.0°C18.0°C37927.811.912 h
November 24.5°C17.7°C17.7°C23821.111.712 h
December 24.9°C16.7°C16.7°C8711.111.512 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 Valparai

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