Panaji weather in January

In January, Panaji sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.3 wet days and about 11.2 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 81% of the time in January, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 06 min at the start of January to 11 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Panaji's 3rd-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Panaji's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
7th warmest
Overnight low
24°
1st coldest
Rainfall
1 mm
0.3 wet days
Daylight
11 h 12 min
7:09 AM – 6:19 PM
Cloud cover
19%
3rd clearest
Wind
13 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
5.58 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.8
out of 10

Panaji is capital city of Goa.

Air quality
Very high
PM2.5 50 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
1,972/km²
people per km²
Founded
1843

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 29°C through the month.

A typical January day in Panaji reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and on par with February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How January really feels in Panaji

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.

Panaji weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 7th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 24°10.311.27.8
Feb28° / 24°1011.58.0
Mar29° / 25°50.411.97.5
Apr30° / 27°50.612.36.8
May30° / 28°607.212.75.4
Jun28° / 26°71828.112.93.3
Jul27° / 26°8723112.83.2
Aug27° / 25°57530.112.53.4
Sep27° / 25°2742312.14.3
Oct29° / 26°14016.311.64.9
Nov30° / 25°233.411.36.2
Dec29° / 24°50.511.17.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 81% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 8% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 11%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18911
28911
39010
49010
59010
69010
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88911
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Panaji gets around 1 mm of rain over 0.3 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 1% and peaks near 1% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, January lands in the muggy band about 60% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 72% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
13285712
23285712
33275812
43275812
53275812
63275713
73275713
83265813
93265912
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Wind in January

Winds average 13 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light breeze
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913light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 06 min at the start of January to 11 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 12 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:05 AM to 7:09 AM, and sunset from 6:11 PM to 6:27 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.17:056:11
211.17:056:11
311.17:066:12
411.17:066:12
511.17:066:13
611.17:076:13
711.17:076:14
811.17:076:15
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1011.17:086:16
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1211.17:086:17
1311.27:086:17
1411.27:096:18
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1911.27:096:21
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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 5.58 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.45 kWh/m² to a high of 6.73 kWh/m² in April across the year — January's 5.58 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 Panaji

In seasonPeak

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

Panaji sits in the North Indian Ocean cyclone zone; the season peaks May and October–November.

Panaji's monsoon runs June–August, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Is January a good time to visit Panaji?

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

7.8
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
9.2
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Panaji in January

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

In January, Panaji sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

Sea temperature near Panaji in January

The nearest coast averages about 28°C in January — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 14 km away) is warmest in May at about 30°C and coldest in August near 27°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

26°28°30°32°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan28Warm
Feb28Warm
Mar29Tropical
Apr30Tropical
May30Tropical
Jun29Tropical
Jul28Tropical
Aug27Warm
Sep27Warm
Oct29Tropical
Nov29Tropical
Dec28Tropical

UV index in Panaji in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Panaji peaks around July 14 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 7 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highJul 14UV 13Dec 22UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan7High
Feb10Very high
Mar11Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May10Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec7High

Air quality in Panaji 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 Panaji is worst in December — around 74 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.9× the cleanest month (September, 26 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Panaji's WHO annual average of 50 µg/m³.

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyDec 2374 µg/m³Sep 1026 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan73Unhealthy
Feb70Unhealthy
Mar58Unhealthy
Apr42Poor
May41Poor
Jun36Poor
Jul33Moderate
Aug28Moderate
Sep26Moderate
Oct50Poor
Nov69Unhealthy
Dec74Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Panaji?

Panaji sits at 15.5°N, 73.8°E, 16 m above sea level, in India. The nearest listed city is Goa, 12 km away.

HampiMumbaiMysoreBengaluruAurangabadElloraHyderabad

Topography around Panaji

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Panaji has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 72 m around an average of 14 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 211 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,064 m.

The land around Panaji is covered by trees (36%) and water (27%) within 3 km, water (44%) and trees (34%) within 16 km, and trees (54%) and water (35%) within 80 km.

3 km
72 m
16 km
211 m
80 km
1,064 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwatermangroves
January weather nearby: Goa 12 km · Hampi 283 km · Mumbai 410 km · Mysore 468 km · Bengaluru 494 km · Aurangabad 513 km · Ellora 523 km · Hyderabad 537 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 Panaji (15.4957°, 73.8262°, elevation 16 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. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).