Konārak weather in January

In January, Konārak sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 23 mm of rain across 2.7 wet days and about 10.6 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 1st-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 75% 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 Konārak's 11th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Konārak's year-round climate.

Daytime high
23°
12th warmest
Overnight low
19°
1st coldest
Rainfall
23 mm
2.7 wet days
Daylight
10 h 36 min
6:20 AM – 4:55 PM
Cloud cover
24%
11th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
4.3 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.7
out of 10

Konārak is city in Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran.

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 23°C through the month.

A typical January day in Konārak reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 21°C and 24°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and about 1°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Konārak

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.

Konārak weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan23° / 19°232.710.68.7
Feb24° / 20°91.411.19.1
Mar26° / 22°131.511.88.7
Apr29° / 25°40.212.67.3
May32° / 28°0013.25.4
Jun33° / 30°70.213.54.9
Jul32° / 29°30.213.45.5
Aug31° / 28°10.212.96.3
Sep30° / 27°0012.26.9
Oct30° / 26°10.211.46.9
Nov27° / 24°90.810.88.5
Dec25° / 21°18210.49.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 75% 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 16%.

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

Any precipitation

Konārak gets around 23 mm of rain over 2.7 wet days in January, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 9% and peaks near 11% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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2011
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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 42% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 8% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
137262810
237262710
337262710
43826279
53826269
63926269
74026259
84026259
94126249
104226248
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Wind in January

Winds average 14 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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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 6:18 AM to 6:17 AM, and sunset from 4:45 PM to 5:06 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
110.46:184:45
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510.56:194:47
610.56:194:48
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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 4.3 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.13 kWh/m² to a high of 7.57 kWh/m² in May across the year — January's 4.3 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Konārak

In seasonPeak

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

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

Konārak sees seasonal dust haze (April–September), heaviest in July.

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

Is January a good time to visit Konārak?

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

8.7
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
6.5
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Konārak in January

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

In January, Konārak sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 19°C. Worth packing: light clothes.

light clothes

Sea temperature near Konārak in January

The nearest coast averages about 24°C in January — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in June at about 31°C and coldest in February near 23°C.

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

25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan24Refreshing
Feb23Refreshing
Mar24Warm
Apr26Warm
May29Tropical
Jun31Tropical
Jul31Tropical
Aug30Tropical
Sep29Tropical
Oct28Tropical
Nov27Warm
Dec25Warm

UV index in Konārak 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 Konārak peaks around May 23 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 5 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecHighVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateMay 23UV 10Dec 17UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan5High
Feb8Very high
Mar10Very high
Apr9Very high
May10Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep9Very high
Oct8Very high
Nov5High
Dec5Moderate

Air quality in Konārak 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 Konārak is worst in July — around 74 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.5× the cleanest month (December, 16 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorUnhealthyPoorModerateJul 1672 µg/m³Dec 1517 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan20Moderate
Feb23Moderate
Mar22Moderate
Apr30Moderate
May42Poor
Jun63Unhealthy
Jul74Unhealthy
Aug62Unhealthy
Sep36Poor
Oct25Moderate
Nov18Moderate
Dec16Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Konārak?

Konārak sits at 25.4°N, 60.4°E, 6 m above sea level, in Iran. The nearest listed city is Chabahar, 26 km away.

Qaşr-e QandPīshīnIranshahrJask

Topography around Konārak

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Konārak has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 62 m around an average of 4 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 85 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,154 m.

The land around Konārak is covered by bare terrain (54%) and water (37%) within 3 km, water (59%) and bare terrain (40%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (65%) and water (34%) within 80 km.

3 km
62 m
16 km
85 m
80 km
1,154 m
treesartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Chabahar 26 km · Nīkshahr 98 km · Qaşr-e Qand 105 km · Pīshīn 157 km · Iranshahr 207 km · Jask 265 km · Qurayyāt 277 km · Muscat 282 km

Iran travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Power plugs
Type C / F
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 352% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$3,924
2025
Happiness
5.2 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
94%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
2.4
per 100k, 2014
Road deaths
21.5
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 492
Religion
Muslim 99%Christian 1%Baha'i 0%agnostic 0%

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 Konārak (25.3604°, 60.3995°, elevation 6 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).