Rangpur weather in January

In January, Rangpur sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 13 mm of rain across 1.8 wet days and about 10.6 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 24°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 70% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 24 min at the start of January to 10 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Rangpur's 4th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Rangpur's year-round climate.

Daytime high
24°
12th warmest
Overnight low
12°
1st coldest
Rainfall
13 mm
1.8 wet days
Daylight
10 h 36 min
6:56 AM – 5:29 PM
Cloud cover
28%
4th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
4.05 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.9
out of 10

Rangpur is city in Bangladesh.

Founded
1769

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 24°C through the month.

A typical January day in Rangpur reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 21°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and about 3°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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312513

How January really feels in Rangpur

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

January sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Rangpur weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan24° / 12°131.810.68.9
Feb27° / 15°162.811.17.8
Mar32° / 19°385.811.85.0
Apr33° / 22°16215.712.63.3
May32° / 24°40325.113.22.7
Jun32° / 26°51428.413.62.2
Jul32° / 26°43229.313.42.1
Aug32° / 27°36528.612.92.1
Sep32° / 26°33426.412.22.5
Oct31° / 23°15413.111.44.5
Nov29° / 18°91.310.77.3
Dec26° / 14°50.710.48.8

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 70% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 14%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18713
28713
38713
48713
58812
68812
78713
88713
98713
108713
118713
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Rangpur gets around 13 mm of rain over 1.8 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 6% and peaks near 8% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
14
24
34
44
54
64
74
84
94
104
115
125
135
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166
176
186
196
206
216
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257
267
277
287
297
308
318

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of January feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, January lands in the dry band about 62% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
162353
263352
364342
465341
566331
666331
766331
867321
967321
1066331
1166331
1266331
1366331
1466331
1564342
1664342
1764342
1864342
1963343
2062353
2162353
2261354
2361354
2460364
2559365
2659365
2758375
2857385
2955396
3054406
3153416

Wind in January

Winds average 6 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
16calm
26calm
36calm
46calm
56calm
66calm
76calm
86calm
96calm
106calm
116calm
126calm
136calm
146calm
156calm
166calm
176calm
186calm
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287calm
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317calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 24 min at the start of January to 10 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 24 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:54 AM to 6:53 AM, and sunset from 5:19 PM to 5:40 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
110.46:545:19
210.46:545:19
310.46:545:20
410.46:545:21
510.46:555:21
610.56:555:22
710.56:555:23
810.56:555:23
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1010.56:555:25
1110.56:565:25
1210.56:565:26
1310.56:565:27
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1610.66:565:29
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2710.76:545:37
2810.76:545:38
2910.86:535:39
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3110.86:535:40

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 4.05 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.65 kWh/m² to a high of 5.7 kWh/m² in March across the year — January's 4.05 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
13.9Moderate
23.9Moderate
33.9Moderate
43.9Moderate
53.9Moderate
63.9Moderate
74.0Moderate
84.0Moderate
94.0Moderate
104.0Moderate
114.0Bright
124.0Bright
134.0Bright
144.0Bright
154.0Bright
164.1Bright
174.1Bright
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264.2Bright
274.3Bright
284.3Bright
294.3Bright
304.3Bright
314.4Bright
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Rangpur

In seasonPeak

None of Rangpur's seasonal hazards are active in January. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Rangpur's monsoon runs May–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is January a good time to visit Rangpur?

Our two travel scores rate January for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

8.9
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
7.7
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

January is one of the better times to visit Rangpur for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Rangpur in January

From January's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In January, Rangpur sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: light clothes.

light clothes

UV index in Rangpur in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Rangpur peaks around July 22 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 14 at about 4 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateVery highHighHighExtremeModerateJul 22UV 11Jan 14UV 4
UV index (midday)Level
Jan4Moderate
Feb5Moderate
Mar8Very high
Apr6High
May7Very high
Jun6High
Jul11Extreme
Aug10Extreme
Sep10Extreme
Oct6High
Nov4Moderate
Dec4Moderate

Air quality in Rangpur in January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where January falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Rangpur is worst in January — around 178 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 4.8× the cleanest month (July, 37 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0306090120150180JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery unhealthyUnhealthyPoorUnhealthyJan 17176 µg/m³Jul 1839 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan178Very unhealthy
Feb161Very unhealthy
Mar121Unhealthy
Apr83Unhealthy
May65Unhealthy
Jun53Poor
Jul37Poor
Aug47Poor
Sep56Unhealthy
Oct87Unhealthy
Nov128Unhealthy
Dec155Very unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Rangpur?

Rangpur sits at 25.7°N, 89.3°E, 36 m above sea level, in Bangladesh. The nearest listed city is Paharpur, 85 km away.

PaharpurPhuentsholingBhadrapurMymensinghRajshahiIlām

Topography around Rangpur

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Rangpur.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Rangpur has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 16 m around an average of 34 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 23 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 174 m.

The land around Rangpur is covered by trees (43%), artificial surfaces (32%) and cropland (23%) within 3 km, cropland (62%) and trees (33%) within 16 km, and cropland (68%) and trees (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
16 m
16 km
23 m
80 km
174 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Paharpur 85 km · Phuentsholing 124 km · Bhadrapur 146 km · Mymensingh 160 km · Rajshahi 166 km · Tsirang 166 km · Darjeeling 173 km · Ilām 185 km

Bangladesh travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 3
Reconsider Travel
Power plugs
Type A / C / D / G
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 25% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$2,597
2025
Happiness
4.3 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
59%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
2.3
per 100k, 2018
Road deaths
15.3
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
Moderate
EF EPI 506
Religion
Muslim 91%Hindu 8%other 1%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Rangpur (25.7466°, 89.2517°, elevation 36 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).