Climate averages 1991–2020
Hetauda 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 Hetauda: daytime highs average 19.7°C and nights cool to about 9.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 24 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 37 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Madhyapur Thimi (45 km away). In January its highs average 15.6°C, 4.2°C cooler than Hetauda, with 42 mm of rain.
Among the 16 cities listed in Nepal, Hetauda ranks 12th of 16 for the warmest January highs and 9th of 16 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 16 cities is 20.0°C; Hetauda is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 3.2°C to 23.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 24 mm to 28 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
Hetauda climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 19.7°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 24 | 3.9 | 10.611 h |
| February | 23.0°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 28 | 5.3 | 11.211 h |
| March | 28.3°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 28 | 6.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 32.0°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 55 | 10.6 | 12.813 h |
| May | 31.8°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 154 | 19.5 | 13.513 h |
| June | 30.5°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 340 | 25.9 | 13.814 h |
| July | 28.4°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 615 | 30.9 | 13.714 h |
| August | 28.5°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 485 | 30.7 | 13.113 h |
| September | 28.1°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 252 | 26.8 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.2°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 56 | 10.8 | 11.512 h |
| November | 24.6°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 9.6 | 2.0 | 10.811 h |
| December | 21.2°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 10 | 1.4 | 10.410 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
- Madhyapur Thimi in JanuaryNepal · 45 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 6.6°C · 42 mm rain
- Birgañj in JanuaryNepal · 48 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 10.2°C · 13 mm rain
- Bharatpur, Nepal in JanuaryNepal · 65 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 10.0°C · 27 mm rain
- Bettiah in JanuaryIndia · 87 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 10.3°C · 14 mm rain
- Mothīhāri in JanuaryIndia · 87 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 10.5°C · 14 mm rain
- Bagaha (Bihar, 27.10°N 84.09°E), India in JanuaryIndia · 100 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 9.8°C · 17 mm rain
- Janakpur in JanuaryNepal · 118 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 10.4°C · 13 mm rain
- Kushinagar in JanuaryIndia · 137 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 10.0°C · 16 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 Hetauda) is explained once on the Hetauda year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.