Ranchi Weather in January
Ranchi in January
The short of it: Ranchi in January averages a high of 24 °C (74 °F) and a low of 10 °C (50 °F), with 19 mm (0.75 in) of rain and about 10 h 51 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are January and December. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 24° · low 10° · rain 19 mm · daylight 10 h 51 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: January & December
Thirty years of records give Ranchi an average January high of 24°, a low of 10° and some 19 mm of rain. The dead of winter in Ranchi: highs scarcely reach 24°, nights fall to 10°. Rain is modest, about 19 mm, the 10th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 51 min in mid-January.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening. The Almanac rates January 5 of 5 for a visit; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Ranchi runs warmer than most and drier than most in January. Tundhul, 7 km to the WSW, sees much the same highs.
January in Ranchi, 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
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 13°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 51 min
- Average wind
- 5 km/h