Bodh Gaya weather in January

In January, Bodh Gaya sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 17 mm of rain across 2.2 wet days and about 10.6 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 22°C in the first days to 24°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 77% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 30 min at the start of January to 10 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Bodh Gaya's 5th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bodh Gaya's year-round climate.

Daytime high
23°
12th warmest
Overnight low
10°
1st coldest
Rainfall
17 mm
2.2 wet days
Daylight
10 h 36 min
6:41 AM – 5:18 PM
Cloud cover
21%
5th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
4.38 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.9
out of 10

Bodh Gaya is town.

Air quality
High
PM10 77 µg/m³ · 2017

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

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 22°C in the first days to 24°C by the end.

A typical January day in Bodh Gaya reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 20°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and about 4°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Bodh Gaya

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.

Bodh Gaya weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan23° / 10°172.210.68.9
Feb27° / 14°152.411.18.1
Mar33° / 19°132.511.84.4
Apr38° / 24°93.212.61.1
May40° / 27°245.513.20.2
Jun37° / 28°16615.613.51.1
Jul33° / 27°28024.813.42.2
Aug32° / 27°2452512.92.4
Sep32° / 26°18419.512.23.0
Oct31° / 22°536.511.45.0
Nov29° / 16°70.810.87.7
Dec24° / 12°70.810.59.1

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 77% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 14%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Bodh Gaya gets around 17 mm of rain over 2.2 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 7% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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47
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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 82% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
184133
284133
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784133
885123
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2182144
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2381154
2480164
2580164
2679174
2779174
2878184
2977194
3076195
3175205

Wind in January

Winds average 8 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 30 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 18 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:38 AM to 6:38 AM, and sunset from 5:08 PM to 5:29 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
110.56:385:08
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410.56:395:10
510.56:395:10
610.56:405:11
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Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 4.38 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.14 kWh/m² to a high of 7 kWh/m² in April across the year — January's 4.38 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Bodh Gaya

In seasonPeak

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

Bodh Gaya's monsoon runs June–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Bodh Gaya sees seasonal dust haze (June), heaviest in June.

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

Is January a good time to visit Bodh Gaya?

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

8.9
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
6.8
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Bodh Gaya in January

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

In January, Bodh Gaya sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 10°C. Worth packing: light clothes.

light clothes

UV index in Bodh Gaya in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 3 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bodh Gaya peaks around July 22 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 15 at about 3 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateJul 22UV 11Jan 15UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb5Moderate
Mar8Very high
Apr9Very high
May8Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep9Very high
Oct7High
Nov5Moderate
Dec4Moderate

Air quality in Bodh Gaya 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 Bodh Gaya is worst in December — around 221 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 4.5× the cleanest month (July, 49 µg/m³).

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

0306090120150180210240JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery unhealthyUnhealthyPoorUnhealthyVery unhealthyDec 22219 µg/m³Jul 1950 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan215Very unhealthy
Feb154Very unhealthy
Mar111Unhealthy
Apr83Unhealthy
May76Unhealthy
Jun69Unhealthy
Jul49Poor
Aug59Unhealthy
Sep70Unhealthy
Oct115Unhealthy
Nov188Very unhealthy
Dec221Very unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Bodh Gaya?

Bodh Gaya sits at 24.7°N, 85.0°E, 124 m above sea level, in India. The nearest listed city is Varanasi, 211 km away.

VaranasiGaurJaleshwarJanakpurMalaṅgawāSirahaBirgañjLahān

Topography around Bodh Gaya

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bodh Gaya has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 20 m around an average of 122 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 220 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 749 m.

The land around Bodh Gaya is covered by cropland (56%) within 3 km, cropland (78%) within 16 km, and cropland (67%) and trees (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
20 m
16 km
220 m
80 km
749 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Varanasi 211 km · Gaur 232 km · Jaleshwar 232 km · Janakpur 245 km · Malaṅgawā 247 km · Siraha 250 km · Birgañj 258 km · Lahān 270 km

India travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / D / M
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 23% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$2,702
2025
Happiness
4.5 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
76%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
2.8
per 100k, 2022
Road deaths
15.6
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 484
Religion
Hindu 80%Muslim 14%Christian 2%other and unspecified 2%

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 Bodh Gaya (24.6981°, 84.9869°, elevation 124 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).