Phuentsholing weather in January

In January, Phuentsholing sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 13 mm of rain across 2.5 wet days and about 10.5 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 19°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 64% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 18 min at the start of January to 10 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Phuentsholing's 3rd-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Phuentsholing's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 19°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 10°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 13 mm; 2.5 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 30 min; 6:57 AM – 5:26 PM
Cloud cover: 33%; 3rd clearest
Wind: 3 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 3.35 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.7; out of 10

Phuentsholing is border town in Southern Bhutan.

Density: 1,773/km²; people per km²

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

← December Phuentsholing year-round climate February →Best places to visit in January

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Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 19°C through the month.

A typical January day in Phuentsholing reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 22°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and about 2°C cooler than February.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20
Avg low (°C)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	20	10
2	20	10
3	20	10
4	19	10
5	19	10
6	19	10
7	19	10
8	19	10
9	19	10
10	19	10
11	19	10
12	19	10
13	19	10
14	19	10
15	19	10
16	19	10
17	19	10
18	19	10
19	19	10
20	19	10
21	19	10
22	19	10
23	19	10
24	19	10
25	19	10
26	19	10
27	19	10
28	20	10
29	20	11
30	20	11
31	20	11

Phuentsholing 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	19° / 10°	13	2.5	10.5	7.7
Feb	22° / 12°	21	4	11.1	7.9
Mar	25° / 16°	36	7.1	11.8	7.7
Apr	27° / 19°	83	15.2	12.6	5.8
May	27° / 21°	255	25.1	13.3	4.4
Jun	27° / 23°	705	29	13.7	3.4
Jul	27° / 23°	1021	30.9	13.5	3.2
Aug	28° / 23°	657	30.7	12.9	3.2
Sep	27° / 22°	418	26.1	12.2	3.9
Oct	26° / 19°	107	8.9	11.4	7.2
Nov	24° / 15°	6	1.5	10.7	8.9
Dec	21° / 11°	6	1.3	10.3	8.4

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 64% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 19%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	85	85	86	86	85	85	85	85	85	84	84	83	82	81	81	80	79	79	79	78	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	78	78
Cloudier (%)	15	15	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	17	18	19	19	20	21	21	21	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	85	15
2	85	15
3	86	14
4	86	14
5	85	15
6	85	15
7	85	15
8	85	15
9	85	15
10	84	16
11	84	16
12	83	17
13	82	18
14	81	19
15	81	19
16	80	20
17	79	21
18	79	21
19	79	21
20	78	22
21	77	23
22	77	23
23	77	23
24	77	23
25	77	23
26	77	23
27	77	23
28	77	23
29	77	23
30	78	22
31	78	22

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Phuentsholing gets around 13 mm of rain over 2.5 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 8% and peaks near 9% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9

	Rain chance (%)
1	6
2	6
3	6
4	6
5	7
6	7
7	7
8	7
9	7
10	7
11	7
12	8
13	8
14	8
15	8
16	9
17	9
18	9
19	9
20	9
21	9
22	9
23	9
24	9
25	9
26	9
27	9
28	9
29	9
30	9
31	9

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 98% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	98	97	97	97	97	97	97	96	96	96	96	96
Comfortable (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	97	3
22	97	3
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	96	4
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	96	4
31	96	4

Wind in January

Winds average 3 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 3 km/h on the calmest days to 3 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	3	calm
2	3	calm
3	3	calm
4	3	calm
5	3	calm
6	3	calm
7	3	calm
8	3	calm
9	3	calm
10	3	calm
11	3	calm
12	3	calm
13	3	calm
14	3	calm
15	3	calm
16	3	calm
17	3	calm
18	3	calm
19	3	calm
20	3	calm
21	3	calm
22	3	calm
23	3	calm
24	3	calm
25	3	calm
26	3	calm
27	3	calm
28	3	calm
29	3	calm
30	3	calm
31	3	calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 18 min at the start of January to 10 h 42 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 6:55 AM to 6:54 AM, and sunset from 5:16 PM to 5:38 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7
Sunrise (AM)	6:55	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:57	6:57	6:57	6:57	6:57	6:57	6:57	6:57	6:57	6:57	6:57	6:57	6:57	6:57	6:57	6:57	6:57	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:54	6:54
Sunset (PM)	5:16	5:16	5:17	5:18	5:18	5:19	5:20	5:20	5:21	5:22	5:23	5:23	5:24	5:25	5:25	5:26	5:27	5:28	5:28	5:29	5:30	5:31	5:32	5:32	5:33	5:34	5:35	5:35	5:36	5:37	5:38

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.3	6:55	5:16
2	10.3	6:56	5:16
3	10.4	6:56	5:17
4	10.4	6:56	5:18
5	10.4	6:56	5:18
6	10.4	6:57	5:19
7	10.4	6:57	5:20
8	10.4	6:57	5:20
9	10.4	6:57	5:21
10	10.4	6:57	5:22
11	10.4	6:57	5:23
12	10.4	6:57	5:23
13	10.4	6:57	5:24
14	10.5	6:57	5:25
15	10.5	6:57	5:25
16	10.5	6:57	5:26
17	10.5	6:57	5:27
18	10.5	6:57	5:28
19	10.5	6:57	5:28
20	10.5	6:57	5:29
21	10.6	6:57	5:30
22	10.6	6:57	5:31
23	10.6	6:56	5:32
24	10.6	6:56	5:32
25	10.6	6:56	5:33
26	10.6	6:56	5:34
27	10.7	6:55	5:35
28	10.7	6:55	5:35
29	10.7	6:55	5:36
30	10.7	6:54	5:37
31	10.7	6:54	5:38

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 3.35 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.17 kWh/m² to a high of 5.03 kWh/m² in April across the year — January's 3.35 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.3	Moderate
2	3.3	Moderate
3	3.3	Moderate
4	3.3	Moderate
5	3.3	Moderate
6	3.3	Moderate
7	3.3	Moderate
8	3.3	Moderate
9	3.3	Moderate
10	3.3	Moderate
11	3.3	Moderate
12	3.3	Moderate
13	3.3	Moderate
14	3.3	Moderate
15	3.3	Moderate
16	3.3	Moderate
17	3.3	Moderate
18	3.3	Moderate
19	3.3	Moderate
20	3.3	Moderate
21	3.4	Moderate
22	3.4	Moderate
23	3.4	Moderate
24	3.4	Moderate
25	3.4	Moderate
26	3.4	Moderate
27	3.5	Moderate
28	3.5	Moderate
29	3.5	Moderate
30	3.5	Moderate
31	3.5	Moderate

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Phuentsholing

In seasonPeak

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

Phuentsholing's monsoon runs June–August, 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 Phuentsholing?

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

7.7

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

3.5

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

January is one of the better times to visit Phuentsholing for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Phuentsholing in January

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

In January, Phuentsholing sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 10°C. Little to plan around — just the basics.

UV index in Phuentsholing 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 Phuentsholing peaks around July 17 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 13 at about 4 (moderate).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	4	5	9	7	9	10	12	10	10	6	5	4
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	High	High	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	4	Moderate
Feb	5	Moderate
Mar	9	Very high
Apr	7	Very high
May	9	Very high
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	10	Extreme
Oct	6	High
Nov	5	High
Dec	4	Moderate

Air quality in Phuentsholing 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 Phuentsholing is worst in February — around 79 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.1× the cleanest month (July, 20 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	71	79	65	54	39	28	20	24	29	41	52	62
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	71	Unhealthy
Feb	79	Unhealthy
Mar	65	Unhealthy
Apr	54	Poor
May	39	Poor
Jun	28	Moderate
Jul	20	Moderate
Aug	24	Moderate
Sep	29	Moderate
Oct	41	Poor
Nov	52	Poor
Dec	62	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Phuentsholing?

Phuentsholing sits at 26.9°N, 89.4°E, 330 m above sea level, in Bhutan. The nearest listed city is Paro, 64 km away.

Topography around Phuentsholing

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Phuentsholing has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 594 m around an average of 290 m above sea level; within 16 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,634 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 5,184 m.

The land around Phuentsholing is covered by trees (62%) within 3 km, trees (87%) within 16 km, and trees (71%) and cropland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km

594 m

trees 62%

16 km

2,634 m

trees 87%

80 km

5,184 m

trees 71%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

← December Phuentsholing year-round climate February →Best places to visit in January

January weather nearby: Paro 64 km · Thimphu 73 km · Tsirang 75 km · Punakha 95 km · Darjeeling 113 km · Rangpur 124 km · Trongsa 132 km · Bhadrapur 133 km

Bhutan travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type C / D / F / G / M; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 23% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $4,493; 2025
Happiness: 5.1 / 10; World Happiness, 2018
Safe drinking water: 66%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 2.5; per 100k, 2020
Road deaths: 16.2; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; World Bank
English: Low; EF EPI 473
Religion

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 Phuentsholing (26.8516°, 89.3884°, elevation 330 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	20	10
2	20	10
3	20	10
4	19	10
5	19	10
6	19	10
7	19	10
8	19	10
9	19	10
10	19	10
11	19	10
12	19	10
13	19	10
14	19	10
15	19	10
16	19	10
17	19	10
18	19	10
19	19	10
20	19	10
21	19	10
22	19	10
23	19	10
24	19	10
25	19	10
26	19	10
27	19	10
28	20	10
29	20	11
30	20	11
31	20	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	85	15
2	85	15
3	86	14
4	86	14
5	85	15
6	85	15
7	85	15
8	85	15
9	85	15
10	84	16
11	84	16
12	83	17
13	82	18
14	81	19
15	81	19
16	80	20
17	79	21
18	79	21
19	79	21
20	78	22
21	77	23
22	77	23
23	77	23
24	77	23
25	77	23
26	77	23
27	77	23
28	77	23
29	77	23
30	78	22
31	78	22

	Rain chance (%)
1	6
2	6
3	6
4	6
5	7
6	7
7	7
8	7
9	7
10	7
11	7
12	8
13	8
14	8
15	8
16	9
17	9
18	9
19	9
20	9
21	9
22	9
23	9
24	9
25	9
26	9
27	9
28	9
29	9
30	9
31	9

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	97	3
22	97	3
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	96	4
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	96	4
31	96	4

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	20	10
2	20	10
3	20	10
4	19	10
5	19	10
6	19	10
7	19	10
8	19	10
9	19	10
10	19	10
11	19	10
12	19	10
13	19	10
14	19	10
15	19	10
16	19	10
17	19	10
18	19	10
19	19	10
20	19	10
21	19	10
22	19	10
23	19	10
24	19	10
25	19	10
26	19	10
27	19	10
28	20	10
29	20	11
30	20	11
31	20	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	85	15
2	85	15
3	86	14
4	86	14
5	85	15
6	85	15
7	85	15
8	85	15
9	85	15
10	84	16
11	84	16
12	83	17
13	82	18
14	81	19
15	81	19
16	80	20
17	79	21
18	79	21
19	79	21
20	78	22
21	77	23
22	77	23
23	77	23
24	77	23
25	77	23
26	77	23
27	77	23
28	77	23
29	77	23
30	78	22
31	78	22

	Rain chance (%)
1	6
2	6
3	6
4	6
5	7
6	7
7	7
8	7
9	7
10	7
11	7
12	8
13	8
14	8
15	8
16	9
17	9
18	9
19	9
20	9
21	9
22	9
23	9
24	9
25	9
26	9
27	9
28	9
29	9
30	9
31	9

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	97	3
22	97	3
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	96	4
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	96	4
31	96	4

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	20	10
2	20	10
3	20	10
4	19	10
5	19	10
6	19	10
7	19	10
8	19	10
9	19	10
10	19	10
11	19	10
12	19	10
13	19	10
14	19	10
15	19	10
16	19	10
17	19	10
18	19	10
19	19	10
20	19	10
21	19	10
22	19	10
23	19	10
24	19	10
25	19	10
26	19	10
27	19	10
28	20	10
29	20	11
30	20	11
31	20	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	85	15
2	85	15
3	86	14
4	86	14
5	85	15
6	85	15
7	85	15
8	85	15
9	85	15
10	84	16
11	84	16
12	83	17
13	82	18
14	81	19
15	81	19
16	80	20
17	79	21
18	79	21
19	79	21
20	78	22
21	77	23
22	77	23
23	77	23
24	77	23
25	77	23
26	77	23
27	77	23
28	77	23
29	77	23
30	78	22
31	78	22

	Rain chance (%)
1	6
2	6
3	6
4	6
5	7
6	7
7	7
8	7
9	7
10	7
11	7
12	8
13	8
14	8
15	8
16	9
17	9
18	9
19	9
20	9
21	9
22	9
23	9
24	9
25	9
26	9
27	9
28	9
29	9
30	9
31	9

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	97	3
22	97	3
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	96	4
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	96	4
31	96	4