Rishikesh weather in January

In January, Rishikesh sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 42 mm of rain across 4.5 wet days and about 10.3 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 18°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 63% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 06 min at the start of January to 10 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Rishikesh's 5th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Rishikesh's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 18°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 6°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 42 mm; 4.5 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 18 min; 7:18 AM – 5:34 PM
Cloud cover: 34%; 5th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 3.73 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.2; out of 10

Rishikesh is city in Uttarakhand, India.

Air quality: Very high; PM10 137 µg/m³ · 2019
Density: 125/km²; people per km²

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 18°C through the month.

A typical January day in Rishikesh reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 21°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)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20
Avg low (°C)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

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

How January really feels in Rishikesh

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.

Rishikesh weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	18° / 6°	42	4.5	10.3	7.2
Feb	22° / 9°	56	5.7	10.9	7.6
Mar	27° / 13°	41	5.5	11.8	7.5
Apr	32° / 18°	27	5.5	12.7	4.4
May	35° / 22°	34	8.4	13.5	2.8
Jun	34° / 24°	122	14.5	13.9	2.9
Jul	31° / 25°	356	28.1	13.7	2.8
Aug	30° / 24°	337	27.6	13.1	3.0
Sep	29° / 22°	155	17	12.2	4.7
Oct	28° / 16°	13	2.6	11.3	7.9
Nov	24° / 11°	4	0.8	10.5	9.2
Dec	20° / 7°	16	1.8	10.1	8.2

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 63% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 26%. 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 (%)	81	79	79	78	77	76	75	75	74	73	73	72	72	72	72	72	72	72	72	72	72	73	73	73	74	74	74	74	74	74	73
Cloudier (%)	19	21	21	22	23	24	25	25	26	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	26	27

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	81	19
2	79	21
3	79	21
4	78	22
5	77	23
6	76	24
7	75	25
8	75	25
9	74	26
10	73	27
11	73	27
12	72	28
13	72	28
14	72	28
15	72	28
16	72	28
17	72	28
18	72	28
19	72	28
20	72	28
21	72	28
22	73	27
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	74	26
26	74	26
27	74	26
28	74	26
29	74	26
30	74	26
31	73	27

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Rishikesh gets around 42 mm of rain over 4.5 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 14% and peaks near 17% 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 (%)	9	10	10	11	11	12	13	13	14	15	15	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	15	15

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

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	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

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

Wind in January

Winds average 5 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 6 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)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
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	5	calm
2	5	calm
3	5	calm
4	5	calm
5	5	calm
6	5	calm
7	5	calm
8	5	calm
9	5	calm
10	5	calm
11	5	calm
12	5	calm
13	5	calm
14	5	calm
15	5	calm
16	5	calm
17	5	calm
18	6	calm
19	6	calm
20	6	calm
21	6	calm
22	6	calm
23	6	calm
24	6	calm
25	6	calm
26	6	calm
27	6	calm
28	6	calm
29	6	calm
30	6	calm
31	6	calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 06 min at the start of January to 10 h 30 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 7:17 AM to 7:14 AM, and sunset from 5:23 PM to 5:46 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)	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5
Sunrise (AM)	7:17	7:17	7:18	7:18	7:18	7:18	7:18	7:18	7:19	7:19	7:19	7:19	7:19	7:19	7:18	7:18	7:18	7:18	7:18	7:18	7:18	7:17	7:17	7:17	7:16	7:16	7:16	7:15	7:15	7:14	7:14
Sunset (PM)	5:23	5:23	5:24	5:25	5:25	5:26	5:27	5:28	5:28	5:29	5:30	5:31	5:31	5:32	5:33	5:34	5:35	5:35	5:36	5:37	5:38	5:39	5:40	5:41	5:41	5:42	5:43	5:44	5:45	5:46	5:46

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.1	7:17	5:23
2	10.1	7:17	5:23
3	10.1	7:18	5:24
4	10.1	7:18	5:25
5	10.1	7:18	5:25
6	10.1	7:18	5:26
7	10.1	7:18	5:27
8	10.2	7:18	5:28
9	10.2	7:19	5:28
10	10.2	7:19	5:29
11	10.2	7:19	5:30
12	10.2	7:19	5:31
13	10.2	7:19	5:31
14	10.2	7:19	5:32
15	10.2	7:18	5:33
16	10.3	7:18	5:34
17	10.3	7:18	5:35
18	10.3	7:18	5:35
19	10.3	7:18	5:36
20	10.3	7:18	5:37
21	10.3	7:18	5:38
22	10.4	7:17	5:39
23	10.4	7:17	5:40
24	10.4	7:17	5:41
25	10.4	7:16	5:41
26	10.4	7:16	5:42
27	10.5	7:16	5:43
28	10.5	7:15	5:44
29	10.5	7:15	5:45
30	10.5	7:14	5:46
31	10.5	7:14	5:46

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 3.73 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.65 kWh/m² to a high of 7.09 kWh/m² in May across the year — January's 3.73 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)	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1
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	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.6	Moderate
2	3.6	Moderate
3	3.6	Moderate
4	3.6	Moderate
5	3.6	Moderate
6	3.6	Moderate
7	3.6	Moderate
8	3.6	Moderate
9	3.6	Moderate
10	3.6	Moderate
11	3.6	Moderate
12	3.6	Moderate
13	3.6	Moderate
14	3.7	Moderate
15	3.7	Moderate
16	3.7	Moderate
17	3.7	Moderate
18	3.7	Moderate
19	3.8	Moderate
20	3.8	Moderate
21	3.8	Moderate
22	3.9	Moderate
23	3.9	Moderate
24	3.9	Moderate
25	3.9	Moderate
26	4.0	Moderate
27	4.0	Moderate
28	4.0	Bright
29	4.0	Bright
30	4.1	Bright
31	4.1	Bright

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Rishikesh

In seasonPeak

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

Rishikesh's rainy season runs July–August, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Rainy season

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit Rishikesh?

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

7.2

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

2.6

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Rishikesh in January

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

In January, Rishikesh sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 5 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Rishikesh 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 Rishikesh peaks around June 16 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 12 at about 3 (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)	3	5	8	8	8	10	8	10	8	7	4	4
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	5	Moderate
Mar	8	Very high
Apr	8	Very high
May	8	Very high
Jun	10	Extreme
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	10	Extreme
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	7	High
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	4	Moderate

Air quality in Rishikesh 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 Rishikesh is worst in January — around 206 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 2.7× the cleanest month (July, 76 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)	206	165	131	114	101	101	76	81	97	138	179	205
Level	Very unhealthy	Very unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Very unhealthy	Very unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	206	Very unhealthy
Feb	165	Very unhealthy
Mar	131	Unhealthy
Apr	114	Unhealthy
May	101	Unhealthy
Jun	101	Unhealthy
Jul	76	Unhealthy
Aug	81	Unhealthy
Sep	97	Unhealthy
Oct	138	Unhealthy
Nov	179	Very unhealthy
Dec	205	Very unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Rishikesh?

Rishikesh sits at 30.1°N, 78.3°E, 361 m above sea level, in India. The nearest listed city is Shimla, 155 km away.

Topography around Rishikesh

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Rishikesh has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 534 m around an average of 417 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,715 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,049 m.

The land around Rishikesh is covered by trees (63%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, trees (82%) within 16 km, and trees (66%) and cropland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km

534 m

trees 63%

16 km

1,715 m

trees 82%

80 km

4,049 m

trees 66%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

January weather nearby: Shimla 155 km · Delhi 192 km · Dārchulā 220 km · Bhimdatta 222 km · Amargaḍhi̇̄ 239 km · Dhangaḍhi̇̄ 272 km · Dipayal 273 km · Ṭikāpur 325 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 Rishikesh (30.1078°, 78.2926°, elevation 361 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	18	6
2	18	6
3	18	6
4	18	6
5	18	6
6	18	6
7	18	6
8	18	6
9	18	6
10	18	6
11	18	6
12	18	6
13	18	6
14	18	6
15	18	6
16	18	6
17	18	6
18	18	6
19	18	6
20	18	6
21	18	6
22	18	6
23	19	7
24	19	7
25	19	7
26	19	7
27	19	7
28	19	7
29	19	7
30	20	7
31	20	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	81	19
2	79	21
3	79	21
4	78	22
5	77	23
6	76	24
7	75	25
8	75	25
9	74	26
10	73	27
11	73	27
12	72	28
13	72	28
14	72	28
15	72	28
16	72	28
17	72	28
18	72	28
19	72	28
20	72	28
21	72	28
22	73	27
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	74	26
26	74	26
27	74	26
28	74	26
29	74	26
30	74	26
31	73	27

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

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	81	19
2	79	21
3	79	21
4	78	22
5	77	23
6	76	24
7	75	25
8	75	25
9	74	26
10	73	27
11	73	27
12	72	28
13	72	28
14	72	28
15	72	28
16	72	28
17	72	28
18	72	28
19	72	28
20	72	28
21	72	28
22	73	27
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	74	26
26	74	26
27	74	26
28	74	26
29	74	26
30	74	26
31	73	27

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

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	81	19
2	79	21
3	79	21
4	78	22
5	77	23
6	76	24
7	75	25
8	75	25
9	74	26
10	73	27
11	73	27
12	72	28
13	72	28
14	72	28
15	72	28
16	72	28
17	72	28
18	72	28
19	72	28
20	72	28
21	72	28
22	73	27
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	74	26
26	74	26
27	74	26
28	74	26
29	74	26
30	74	26
31	73	27

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

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