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New Delhi in January

Warm and dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in New Delhi is warm: highs near 70°F, lows near 45°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, and the days lengthen by 18 minutes from the first week to the last.January in New Delhi is warm: highs near 21°C, lows near 7°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, and the days lengthen by 18 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
70°F21°Caverage
Low
45°F7°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 10% of days
Daylight
10h 32mon average

Is January a good time to visit New Delhi?

Yes. January is one of New Delhi's best months (December to February).

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How January sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 70°F in January, against 70°F to 106°F through the year.Highs near 21°C in January, against 21°C to 41°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

10% of days in January, against 4% to 69% through the year.

Cloud cover

23% cover in January, against 9% to 58% through the year.

Daylight

10h 32m in January, against 10h 21m to 13h 56m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with January shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. December76°24°low 49°low 9°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  2. January70°21°low 45°low 7°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. February76°24°low 49°low 9°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where New Delhi sits, in January

Asia/Kolkata
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
7:15 AMsets 5:45 PM
Above the sea
210 mlow-lying
Latitude
28.6°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Agra178 km south-east

The land around New Delhi, shaded by its typical high in January, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in India in January

high · low · wet days
See January on the planning mapThe whole year in New Delhi

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest New Delhi. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.