Pushkar weather in January

In January, Pushkar sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 5 mm of rain across 1.2 wet days and about 10.5 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 23°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 81% 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 Pushkar's 5th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Pushkar's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 23°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 10°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 5 mm; 1.2 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 30 min; 7:26 AM – 5:56 PM
Cloud cover: 19%; 5th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 4.45 kWh/m²
Travel score: 9.0; out of 10

Pushkar is pilgrimage and cattle fair city in Rajasthan, India.

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

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 23°C through the month.

A typical January day in Pushkar 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 27°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and about 3°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)	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24
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	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11

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

How January really feels in Pushkar

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.

Pushkar weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	23° / 10°	5	1.2	10.5	9.0
Feb	26° / 13°	6	1.1	11.1	8.8
Mar	32° / 18°	5	1.3	11.8	5.4
Apr	37° / 24°	5	1.4	12.6	2.0
May	40° / 28°	6	1.9	13.3	0.2
Jun	38° / 28°	41	6.1	13.6	0.9
Jul	34° / 27°	151	15.5	13.5	2.6
Aug	32° / 25°	145	14.9	12.9	3.6
Sep	33° / 24°	49	6.6	12.2	4.1
Oct	33° / 21°	9	1.5	11.4	4.6
Nov	29° / 16°	5	0.8	10.7	7.5
Dec	25° / 11°	2	0.4	10.4	9.3

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%.

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

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

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Pushkar gets around 5 mm of rain over 1.2 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 4% and peaks near 5% 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 (%)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4

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

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	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98
Comfortable (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

	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	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	98	2

Wind in January

Winds average 9 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 9 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)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
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	9	calm
2	9	calm
3	9	calm
4	9	calm
5	9	calm
6	9	calm
7	9	calm
8	9	calm
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12	9	calm
13	9	calm
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16	9	calm
17	9	calm
18	9	calm
19	9	calm
20	9	calm
21	9	calm
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23	9	calm
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25	9	calm
26	9	calm
27	9	calm
28	9	calm
29	9	calm
30	9	calm
31	9	calm

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 7:24 AM to 7:23 AM, and sunset from 5:46 PM to 6:08 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)	10.4	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	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.8
Sunrise (AM)	7:24	7:24	7:25	7:25	7:25	7:25	7:25	7:26	7:26	7:26	7:26	7:26	7:26	7:26	7:26	7:26	7:26	7:26	7:26	7:26	7:25	7:25	7:25	7:25	7:25	7:24	7:24	7:24	7:23	7:23	7:23
Sunset (PM)	5:46	5:46	5:47	5:48	5:48	5:49	5:50	5:50	5:51	5:52	5:53	5:53	5:54	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:58	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:04	6:05	6:05	6:06	6:07	6:08

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.4	7:24	5:46
2	10.4	7:24	5:46
3	10.4	7:25	5:47
4	10.4	7:25	5:48
5	10.4	7:25	5:48
6	10.4	7:25	5:49
7	10.4	7:25	5:50
8	10.4	7:26	5:50
9	10.4	7:26	5:51
10	10.4	7:26	5:52
11	10.4	7:26	5:53
12	10.5	7:26	5:53
13	10.5	7:26	5:54
14	10.5	7:26	5:55
15	10.5	7:26	5:56
16	10.5	7:26	5:56
17	10.5	7:26	5:57
18	10.5	7:26	5:58
19	10.5	7:26	5:59
20	10.6	7:26	5:59
21	10.6	7:25	6:00
22	10.6	7:25	6:01
23	10.6	7:25	6:02
24	10.6	7:25	6:02
25	10.6	7:25	6:03
26	10.7	7:24	6:04
27	10.7	7:24	6:05
28	10.7	7:24	6:05
29	10.7	7:23	6:06
30	10.7	7:23	6:07
31	10.8	7:23	6:08

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 4.45 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.18 kWh/m² to a high of 7.47 kWh/m² in May across the year — January's 4.45 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	4.4	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	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	4.4	Bright
13	4.4	Bright
14	4.4	Bright
15	4.4	Bright
16	4.4	Bright
17	4.5	Bright
18	4.5	Bright
19	4.5	Bright
20	4.5	Bright
21	4.5	Bright
22	4.6	Bright
23	4.6	Bright
24	4.6	Bright
25	4.7	Bright
26	4.7	Bright
27	4.7	Bright
28	4.8	Bright
29	4.8	Bright
30	4.8	Bright
31	4.8	Bright

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Pushkar

In seasonPeak

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

Pushkar sees seasonal dust haze (May–August), heaviest in June.

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit Pushkar?

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

6.8

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Pushkar in January

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

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

light clothes

UV index in Pushkar 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 Pushkar peaks around June 14 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 1 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	6	8	10	10	12	10	11	9	8	5	5
Level	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	5	Moderate
Feb	6	High
Mar	8	Very high
Apr	10	Extreme
May	10	Extreme
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	8	Very high
Nov	5	Moderate
Dec	5	Moderate

Air quality in Pushkar 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 Pushkar is worst in December — around 76 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 1.7× the cleanest month (October, 45 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)	75	59	46	46	62	68	63	53	46	45	73	76
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	75	Unhealthy
Feb	59	Unhealthy
Mar	46	Poor
Apr	46	Poor
May	62	Unhealthy
Jun	68	Unhealthy
Jul	63	Unhealthy
Aug	53	Poor
Sep	46	Poor
Oct	45	Poor
Nov	73	Unhealthy
Dec	76	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Pushkar?

Pushkar sits at 26.5°N, 74.6°E, 495 m above sea level, in India. The nearest listed city is Jaipur, 132 km away.

Topography around Pushkar

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Pushkar has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 407 m around an average of 512 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 495 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 676 m.

The land around Pushkar is covered by shrubs (33%) and cropland (20%) within 3 km, cropland (51%) and shrubs (23%) within 16 km, and cropland (75%) within 80 km.

3 km

407 m

shrubs 33%

16 km

495 m

cropland 51%

80 km

676 m

cropland 75%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

January weather nearby: Jaipur 132 km · Jodhpur 156 km · Udaipur 228 km · Fatehpur Sikri 316 km · Agra 352 km · Delhi 357 km · Jaisalmer 365 km · Multan 510 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 Pushkar (26.4902°, 74.5521°, elevation 495 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	23	10
2	22	10
3	22	10
4	22	10
5	22	10
6	22	10
7	22	10
8	22	10
9	22	10
10	22	10
11	22	10
12	22	10
13	22	10
14	22	10
15	22	10
16	22	10
17	23	10
18	23	10
19	23	10
20	23	10
21	23	10
22	23	10
23	23	10
24	23	11
25	23	11
26	23	11
27	24	11
28	24	11
29	24	11
30	24	11
31	24	11

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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