India in January: where is it warmest?
In January, Gokarna is the warmest place with 32 °C by day, Kargil the coolest with −9 °C. 83 of 85 destinations have good holiday weather.
All destinations in January, warmest first
Long-term averages for the month: daytime high, sea, sunshine and rainy days.
| Place | Score | Air | Sea | Sun | Rain days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gokarna | 97 | 32° | 28° | 9 h | 1 |
| Murdeshwar | 93 | 32° | 28° | 9 h | 1 |
| Calangute, Goa | 100 | 31° | 28° | 9 h | 0 |
| Thane | 76 | 31° | 25° | 9 h | 0 |
| Mangaluru | 75 | 31° | 28° | 9 h | 1 |
| Kozhikode | 72 | 31° | – | 9 h | 2 |
| Hampi | 69 | 31° | – | 8 h | 1 |
| Mahabaleshwar | 68 | 31° | – | 9 h | 0 |
| Mahé | 99 | 30° | 29° | 9 h | 2 |
| Kochi, Kerala | 80 | 30° | 29° | 8 h | 4 |
| Vijayawada | 76 | 30° | – | 7 h | 1 |
| Alappuzha | 75 | 30° | 28° | 8 h | 4 |
| Amaravati | 74 | 30° | – | 7 h | 1 |
| Tiruchirappalli | 74 | 30° | – | 6 h | 3 |
| Madurai | 73 | 30° | – | 7 h | 4 |
| Kanniyakumari | 95 | 29° | 28° | 8 h | 5 |
| Hyderabad | 86 | 29° | – | 8 h | 1 |
| Pune | 84 | 29° | – | 8 h | 0 |
| Thiruvananthapuram | 83 | 29° | – | 8 h | 3 |
| Srisailam | 81 | 29° | – | 7 h | 2 |
| Tiruvannamalai | 80 | 29° | – | 7 h | 3 |
| Daman | 98 | 28° | 24° | 9 h | 0 |
| Surat | 95 | 28° | 23° | 9 h | 0 |
| Nagpur | 93 | 28° | – | 8 h | 2 |
| Mahabalipuram | 93 | 28° | 27° | 7 h | 3 |
| Aurangabad | 92 | 28° | – | 8 h | 1 |
| Srivijayapuram | 92 | 28° | 28° | 7 h | 6 |
| Mumbai | 91 | 28° | 25° | 9 h | 0 |
| Kakinada | 90 | 28° | 26° | 8 h | 2 |
| Vadodara | 90 | 28° | – | 9 h | 0 |
| Secunderabad | 89 | 28° | – | 8 h | 1 |
| Mysore | 88 | 28° | – | 8 h | 1 |
| Chennai | 87 | 28° | 27° | 7 h | 4 |
| Tirupati | 86 | 28° | – | 7 h | 3 |
| Porbandar | 100 | 27° | 24° | 9 h | 0 |
| Ahmedabad | 97 | 27° | – | 9 h | 0 |
| Bhubaneswar | 95 | 27° | – | 8 h | 2 |
| Bengaluru | 94 | 27° | – | 7 h | 1 |
| Auroville | 92 | 27° | 27° | 7 h | 5 |
| Pondicherry | 90 | 27° | 27° | 7 h | 5 |
| Visakhapatnam | 96 | 26° | 26° | 8 h | 2 |
| Indore | 96 | 26° | – | 8 h | 1 |
| Rameswaram | 88 | 26° | 27° | 7 h | 9 |
| Kolkata | 96 | 25° | – | 8 h | 2 |
| Jamshedpur | 96 | 25° | – | 8 h | 2 |
| Ujjain | 96 | 25° | – | 8 h | 1 |
| Udaipur | 98 | 24° | – | 8 h | 1 |
| Bhopal | 96 | 24° | – | 8 h | 2 |
| Sanchi | 96 | 24° | – | 8 h | 2 |
| Dwarka | 94 | 24° | 24° | 9 h | 0 |
| Ranchi | 95 | 23° | – | 8 h | 3 |
| Guwahati | 93 | 23° | – | 7 h | 2 |
| Varanasi | 96 | 22° | – | 8 h | 2 |
| Patna | 96 | 22° | – | 8 h | 2 |
| Bodh Gaya | 96 | 22° | – | 8 h | 2 |
| Prayagraj | 95 | 22° | – | 8 h | 2 |
| Mirzapur-cum-Vindhyachal | 95 | 22° | – | 8 h | 2 |
| Ayodhya | 96 | 21° | – | 8 h | 2 |
| Jaipur | 96 | 21° | – | 8 h | 2 |
| Lucknow | 95 | 21° | – | 8 h | 3 |
| Kanpur | 95 | 21° | – | 8 h | 2 |
| Gorakhpur | 95 | 21° | – | 8 h | 2 |
| Gwalior | 95 | 21° | – | 8 h | 2 |
| Ooty | 90 | 21° | – | 7 h | 6 |
| Fatehpur Sikri | 95 | 20° | – | 7 h | 2 |
| Agra | 94 | 20° | – | 7 h | 3 |
| Vrindavan | 94 | 20° | – | 7 h | 3 |
| Bareilly | 94 | 20° | – | 7 h | 3 |
| Mathura | 94 | 20° | – | 7 h | 3 |
| Delhi | 93 | 20° | – | 7 h | 3 |
| Gurgaon | 93 | 20° | – | 7 h | 3 |
| Noida | 93 | 20° | – | 7 h | 3 |
| Faridabad | 93 | 20° | – | 7 h | 3 |
| Ghaziabad | 93 | 20° | – | 7 h | 3 |
| Hastinapur | 92 | 20° | – | 7 h | 4 |
| Meerut | 92 | 20° | – | 7 h | 3 |
| Rishikesh | 93 | 19° | – | 7 h | 4 |
| Chandigarh | 90 | 18° | – | 6 h | 4 |
| Amritsar | 85 | 17° | – | 6 h | 5 |
| Dehradun | 85 | 17° | – | 7 h | 5 |
| Shillong | 87 | 16° | – | 6 h | 5 |
| Nainital | 63 | 12° | – | 6 h | 6 |
| Mussoorie | 61 | 12° | – | 6 h | 8 |
| Dharamshala | 57 | 11° | – | 6 h | 8 |
| Kargil | 23 | −9° | – | 5 h | 10 |
India in January: quick answers
India in January: where is it warmest?
The warmest places in January are Gokarna (32 °C), Murdeshwar (32 °C) and Calangute, Goa (31 °C).
India in January: where is the sea warmest?
The sea is warmest at Mahé (29 °C), Kochi, Kerala (29 °C) and Gokarna (28 °C).
India in January: where is the weather best?
The best holiday weather in January – warm, sunny and dry – is in Calangute, Goa, Porbandar and Mahé.
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Climate averages 1996–2025, not a forecast. Data: Copernicus ERA5 / ERA5-Land via Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0), NOAA OISST, WMO 1991–2020 (NOAA NCEI), GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sources & licences