Climate averages 1991–2020
Madhyapur Thimi weather
in January.
A mild, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Madhyapur Thimi: daytime highs average 15.6°C and nights cool to about 6.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 42 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 36 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hetauda (45 km away). In January its highs average 19.7°C, 4.2°C warmer than Madhyapur Thimi, with 24 mm of rain.
Among the 16 cities listed in Nepal, Madhyapur Thimi ranks 15th of 16 for the warmest January highs and 15th of 16 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 16 cities is 20.0°C; Madhyapur Thimi is 4.4°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.0°C to 17.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 42 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
Madhyapur Thimi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 15.6°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 42 | 5.4 | 10.611 h |
| February | 17.6°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 51 | 8.1 | 11.211 h |
| March | 21.2°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 60 | 11.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 24.4°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 86 | 14.5 | 12.813 h |
| May | 25.3°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 186 | 22.6 | 13.514 h |
| June | 25.7°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 404 | 27.3 | 13.914 h |
| July | 25.0°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 717 | 30.9 | 13.714 h |
| August | 25.2°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 571 | 30.8 | 13.113 h |
| September | 24.6°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 304 | 27.8 | 12.312 h |
| October | 22.6°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 79 | 13.8 | 11.512 h |
| November | 19.5°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 18 | 4.5 | 10.811 h |
| December | 16.9°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 20 | 2.6 | 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
- Hetauda in JanuaryNepal · 45 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 9.2°C · 24 mm rain
- Birgañj in JanuaryNepal · 89 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 10.2°C · 13 mm rain
- Bharatpur, Nepal in JanuaryNepal · 94 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 10.0°C · 27 mm rain
- Janakpur in JanuaryNepal · 118 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 10.4°C · 13 mm rain
- Mothīhāri in JanuaryIndia · 124 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 10.5°C · 14 mm rain
- Bettiah in JanuaryIndia · 131 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 10.3°C · 14 mm rain
- Bagaha (Bihar, 27.10°N 84.09°E), India in JanuaryIndia · 143 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 9.8°C · 17 mm rain
- Lahān in JanuaryNepal · 152 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 10.1°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 Madhyapur Thimi) is explained once on the Madhyapur Thimi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.