Jaisalmer weather in January

In January, Jaisalmer sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 4 mm of rain across 1 wet days and about 10.5 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 8th-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 82% 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 Jaisalmer's 6th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Jaisalmer's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 23°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 10°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 4 mm; 1 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 30 min; 7:41 AM – 6:10 PM
Cloud cover: 18%; 6th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 4.43 kWh/m²
Travel score: 9.0; out of 10

Jaisalmer is city in Rajasthan, India.

Density: 13,256/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1156

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

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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 Jaisalmer 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 19°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and about 4°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)	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24
Avg low (°C)	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11

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

How January really feels in Jaisalmer

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

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.

Jaisalmer weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	23° / 10°	4	1	10.5	9.0
Feb	27° / 13°	6	1.1	11	8.6
Mar	33° / 19°	3	0.7	11.8	4.7
Apr	39° / 25°	3	0.9	12.6	1.0
May	42° / 28°	8	1.8	13.3	0.0
Jun	41° / 29°	14	2	13.7	0.1
Jul	38° / 28°	44	5.9	13.5	1.3
Aug	36° / 27°	57	6.1	13	2.3
Sep	36° / 26°	22	3	12.2	2.4
Oct	36° / 23°	7	1	11.4	3.1
Nov	30° / 17°	2	0.4	10.7	6.9
Dec	24° / 11°	1	0.3	10.3	9.3

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 82% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 6% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 12%.

	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 (%)	91	91	90	89	89	89	89	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	88	88	88	89
Cloudier (%)	9	9	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	91	9
2	91	9
3	90	10
4	89	11
5	89	11
6	89	11
7	89	11
8	88	12
9	88	12
10	88	12
11	88	12
12	88	12
13	88	12
14	88	12
15	87	13
16	87	13
17	87	13
18	87	13
19	87	13
20	87	13
21	87	13
22	87	13
23	87	13
24	87	13
25	87	13
26	87	13
27	87	13
28	88	12
29	88	12
30	88	12
31	89	11

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Jaisalmer gets around 4 mm of rain over 1 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 3% and peaks near 4% 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 (%)	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3

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

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 100% 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 (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	98	98
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	98	2
31	98	2

Wind in January

Winds average 11 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
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	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
9	11	calm
10	11	calm
11	11	calm
12	11	calm
13	11	calm
14	11	calm
15	11	calm
16	11	calm
17	11	calm
18	11	calm
19	11	calm
20	11	calm
21	11	calm
22	11	calm
23	11	calm
24	11	calm
25	11	calm
26	11	calm
27	11	calm
28	11	calm
29	11	calm
30	11	calm
31	11	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 7:40 AM to 7:38 AM, and sunset from 6:00 PM to 6:22 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	10.3	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)	7:40	7:40	7:40	7:40	7:41	7:41	7:41	7:41	7:41	7:41	7:41	7:41	7:41	7:41	7:41	7:41	7:41	7:41	7:41	7:41	7:41	7:41	7:40	7:40	7:40	7:40	7:39	7:39	7:39	7:38	7:38
Sunset (PM)	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:05	6:06	6:06	6:07	6:08	6:09	6:09	6:10	6:11	6:12	6:12	6:13	6:14	6:15	6:15	6:16	6:17	6:18	6:18	6:19	6:20	6:21	6:22

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.3	7:40	6:00
2	10.3	7:40	6:00
3	10.3	7:40	6:01
4	10.4	7:40	6:01
5	10.4	7:41	6:02
6	10.4	7:41	6:03
7	10.4	7:41	6:03
8	10.4	7:41	6:04
9	10.4	7:41	6:05
10	10.4	7:41	6:06
11	10.4	7:41	6:06
12	10.4	7:41	6:07
13	10.4	7:41	6:08
14	10.5	7:41	6:09
15	10.5	7:41	6:09
16	10.5	7:41	6:10
17	10.5	7:41	6:11
18	10.5	7:41	6:12
19	10.5	7:41	6:12
20	10.5	7:41	6:13
21	10.6	7:41	6:14
22	10.6	7:41	6:15
23	10.6	7:40	6:15
24	10.6	7:40	6:16
25	10.6	7:40	6:17
26	10.6	7:40	6:18
27	10.7	7:39	6:18
28	10.7	7:39	6:19
29	10.7	7:39	6:20
30	10.7	7:38	6:21
31	10.7	7:38	6:22

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 4.43 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.18 kWh/m² to a high of 7.66 kWh/m² in May across the year — January's 4.43 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)	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.2	Bright
2	4.2	Bright
3	4.2	Bright
4	4.3	Bright
5	4.3	Bright
6	4.3	Bright
7	4.3	Bright
8	4.3	Bright
9	4.3	Bright
10	4.3	Bright
11	4.3	Bright
12	4.3	Bright
13	4.4	Bright
14	4.4	Bright
15	4.4	Bright
16	4.4	Bright
17	4.4	Bright
18	4.5	Bright
19	4.5	Bright
20	4.5	Bright
21	4.5	Bright
22	4.5	Bright
23	4.6	Bright
24	4.6	Bright
25	4.6	Bright
26	4.7	Bright
27	4.7	Bright
28	4.7	Bright
29	4.8	Bright
30	4.8	Bright
31	4.8	Bright

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Jaisalmer

In seasonPeak

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

Jaisalmer sees seasonal dust haze (April–September), heaviest in June.

Dust

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Jun

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Aug

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Oct

Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit Jaisalmer?

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

9.0

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

6.7

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Jaisalmer in January

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

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

light clothes

UV index in Jaisalmer in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Jaisalmer peaks around August 17 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 5 (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)	5	7	8	8	10	8	7	10	8	8	5	5
Level	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	5	Moderate
Feb	7	High
Mar	8	Very high
Apr	8	Very high
May	10	Very high
Jun	8	Very high
Jul	7	High
Aug	10	Extreme
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	8	Very high
Nov	5	High
Dec	5	Moderate

Air quality in Jaisalmer 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 Jaisalmer is worst in June — around 176 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 2.8× the cleanest month (October, 63 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)	69	73	76	91	138	176	156	125	88	63	74	69
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Very unhealthy	Very unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	69	Unhealthy
Feb	73	Unhealthy
Mar	76	Unhealthy
Apr	91	Unhealthy
May	138	Unhealthy
Jun	176	Very unhealthy
Jul	156	Very unhealthy
Aug	125	Unhealthy
Sep	88	Unhealthy
Oct	63	Unhealthy
Nov	74	Unhealthy
Dec	69	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Jaisalmer?

Jaisalmer sits at 26.9°N, 70.9°E, 234 m above sea level, in India. The nearest listed city is Jodhpur, 221 km away.

Topography around Jaisalmer

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Jaisalmer has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 59 m around an average of 244 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 151 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 266 m.

The land around Jaisalmer is covered by bare terrain (49%) and artificial surfaces (22%) within 3 km, bare terrain (75%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (78%) within 80 km.

3 km

59 m

bare terrain 49%

16 km

151 m

bare terrain 75%

80 km

266 m

bare terrain 78%

treesshrubscroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

January weather nearby: Jodhpur 221 km · Pushkar 365 km · Multan 369 km · Udaipur 383 km · Karachi 452 km · Jaipur 484 km · Quetta 526 km · Faisalabad 543 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

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 Jaisalmer (26.9176°, 70.9039°, elevation 234 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	22	10
2	22	9
3	22	9
4	22	9
5	22	9
6	22	9
7	22	9
8	22	9
9	22	9
10	22	9
11	22	9
12	22	9
13	22	9
14	22	9
15	22	10
16	22	10
17	22	10
18	22	10
19	22	10
20	23	10
21	23	10
22	23	10
23	23	10
24	23	10
25	23	10
26	23	10
27	24	11
28	24	11
29	24	11
30	24	11
31	24	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	91	9
2	91	9
3	90	10
4	89	11
5	89	11
6	89	11
7	89	11
8	88	12
9	88	12
10	88	12
11	88	12
12	88	12
13	88	12
14	88	12
15	87	13
16	87	13
17	87	13
18	87	13
19	87	13
20	87	13
21	87	13
22	87	13
23	87	13
24	87	13
25	87	13
26	87	13
27	87	13
28	88	12
29	88	12
30	88	12
31	89	11

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	98	2
31	98	2

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	91	9
2	91	9
3	90	10
4	89	11
5	89	11
6	89	11
7	89	11
8	88	12
9	88	12
10	88	12
11	88	12
12	88	12
13	88	12
14	88	12
15	87	13
16	87	13
17	87	13
18	87	13
19	87	13
20	87	13
21	87	13
22	87	13
23	87	13
24	87	13
25	87	13
26	87	13
27	87	13
28	88	12
29	88	12
30	88	12
31	89	11

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	98	2
31	98	2

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	91	9
2	91	9
3	90	10
4	89	11
5	89	11
6	89	11
7	89	11
8	88	12
9	88	12
10	88	12
11	88	12
12	88	12
13	88	12
14	88	12
15	87	13
16	87	13
17	87	13
18	87	13
19	87	13
20	87	13
21	87	13
22	87	13
23	87	13
24	87	13
25	87	13
26	87	13
27	87	13
28	88	12
29	88	12
30	88	12
31	89	11

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	98	2
31	98	2