Climate averages 1991–2020
Nepalgunj weather
in January.
A mild, fairly dry month: the coolest and the 5th 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 Nepalgunj: daytime highs average 20.2°C and nights cool to about 8.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 27 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 35 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bahraigh (53 km away). In January its highs average 20.8°C, 0.6°C warmer than Nepalgunj, with 24 mm of rain.
Among the 16 cities listed in Nepal, Nepalgunj ranks 9th of 16 for the warmest January highs and joint 10th of 16 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 16 cities is 20.0°C; Nepalgunj is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 3.6°C to 23.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 27 mm to 35 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
Nepalgunj climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 20.2°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 27 | 3.0 | 10.611 h |
| February | 23.8°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 35 | 3.5 | 11.211 h |
| March | 29.6°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 21 | 2.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 35.3°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 16 | 3.2 | 12.813 h |
| May | 36.7°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 32 | 6.6 | 13.514 h |
| June | 34.8°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 175 | 14.7 | 13.914 h |
| July | 30.7°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 355 | 25.2 | 13.714 h |
| August | 30.4°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 268 | 24.8 | 13.113 h |
| September | 30.2°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 154 | 17.2 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.3°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 29 | 2.9 | 11.512 h |
| November | 25.9°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 3.8 | 0.5 | 10.811 h |
| December | 21.8°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 12 | 0.9 | 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
- Bahraigh in JanuaryIndia · 53 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 9.3°C · 24 mm rain
- Birendranagar in JanuaryNepal · 61 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 6.8°C · 41 mm rain
- Lakhīmpur in JanuaryIndia · 83 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 9.0°C · 25 mm rain
- Balrāmpur in JanuaryIndia · 89 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 9.5°C · 23 mm rain
- Sītāpur in JanuaryIndia · 107 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 9.0°C · 23 mm rain
- Gondā City in JanuaryIndia · 107 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 9.5°C · 24 mm rain
- Dhangaḍhi̇̄ in JanuaryNepal · 124 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 7.5°C · 27 mm rain
- Nawābganj, India in JanuaryIndia · 131 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 9.2°C · 23 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 Nepalgunj) is explained once on the Nepalgunj year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.