Dārjiling Weather in January
Dārjiling in January
The short of it: Dārjiling in January averages a high of 15 °C (59 °F) and a low of 5 °C (40 °F), with 18 mm (0.71 in) of rain and about 10 h 37 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are November and February. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 15° · low 5° · rain 18 mm · daylight 10 h 37 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: November & February
Thirty years of records give Dārjiling an average January high of 15°, a low of 5° and some 18 mm of rain. The dead of winter in Dārjiling: highs scarcely reach 15°, nights fall to 5°. Rain is modest, about 18 mm, the 10th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 37 min in mid-January.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates January 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are November and February.
Against its neighbours, Dārjiling runs cooler than most and wetter than most in January. Jorethang, 10 km to the NE, is 6° warmer by day.
January in Dārjiling, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 12th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus December
- 1° colder, 12 mm more rain
- Versus February
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 37 min
- Average wind
- 4 km/h