Birendranagar weather in January

In January, Birendranagar sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 42 mm of rain across 4.5 wet days and about 10.4 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 19°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 66% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 12 min at the start of January to 10 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Birendranagar's 8th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Birendranagar's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 19°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 7°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 42 mm; 4.5 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 24 min; 7:17 AM – 5:39 PM
Cloud cover: 33%; 8th clearest
Wind: 4 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 3.89 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.3; out of 10

Birendranagar is city.

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 19°C through the month.

A typical January day in Birendranagar reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 22°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)	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	19	19	20	20	20	20
Avg low (°C)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

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

How January really feels in Birendranagar

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.

Birendranagar weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	19° / 7°	42	4.5	10.4	7.3
Feb	22° / 10°	40	4.4	11	8.0
Mar	27° / 13°	26	3	11.8	7.7
Apr	32° / 18°	18	4	12.7	4.6
May	34° / 22°	39	7.2	13.4	3.5
Jun	33° / 24°	293	18	13.8	3.1
Jul	30° / 24°	642	30.3	13.6	2.7
Aug	30° / 24°	556	30.2	13	2.7
Sep	29° / 23°	244	22.6	12.2	3.8
Oct	28° / 18°	38	4.9	11.3	7.4
Nov	25° / 13°	7	1.1	10.6	9.1
Dec	20° / 9°	16	1.4	10.2	8.3

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 66% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 21%.

	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 (%)	82	81	80	80	79	79	79	79	79	78	78	78	78	78	78	79	79	79	79	79	79	79	79	79	78	79	79	79	79	79	79
Cloudier (%)	18	19	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	21	21	21	21	21	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	82	18
2	81	19
3	80	20
4	80	20
5	79	21
6	79	21
7	79	21
8	79	21
9	79	21
10	78	22
11	78	22
12	78	22
13	78	22
14	78	22
15	78	22
16	79	21
17	79	21
18	79	21
19	79	21
20	79	21
21	79	21
22	79	21
23	79	21
24	79	21
25	78	22
26	79	21
27	79	21
28	79	21
29	79	21
30	79	21
31	79	21

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Birendranagar 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 16% 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 (%)	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16

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

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 99% 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	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	97	97	96
Comfortable (%)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	4

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
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	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	97	3
30	97	3
31	96	4

Wind in January

Winds average 4 km/h in January.

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

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 12 min at the start of January to 10 h 36 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 7:15 AM to 7:13 AM, and sunset from 5:28 PM to 5:51 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)	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6
Sunrise (AM)	7:15	7:16	7:16	7:16	7:16	7:17	7:17	7:17	7:17	7:17	7:17	7:17	7:17	7:17	7:17	7:17	7:17	7:17	7:17	7:16	7:16	7:16	7:16	7:15	7:15	7:15	7:15	7:14	7:14	7:13	7:13
Sunset (PM)	5:28	5:29	5:29	5:30	5:31	5:31	5:32	5:33	5:33	5:34	5:35	5:36	5:36	5:37	5:38	5:39	5:40	5:40	5:41	5:42	5:43	5:44	5:44	5:45	5:46	5:47	5:48	5:48	5:49	5:50	5:51

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.2	7:15	5:28
2	10.2	7:16	5:29
3	10.2	7:16	5:29
4	10.2	7:16	5:30
5	10.2	7:16	5:31
6	10.2	7:17	5:31
7	10.3	7:17	5:32
8	10.3	7:17	5:33
9	10.3	7:17	5:33
10	10.3	7:17	5:34
11	10.3	7:17	5:35
12	10.3	7:17	5:36
13	10.3	7:17	5:36
14	10.3	7:17	5:37
15	10.3	7:17	5:38
16	10.4	7:17	5:39
17	10.4	7:17	5:40
18	10.4	7:17	5:40
19	10.4	7:17	5:41
20	10.4	7:16	5:42
21	10.4	7:16	5:43
22	10.5	7:16	5:44
23	10.5	7:16	5:44
24	10.5	7:15	5:45
25	10.5	7:15	5:46
26	10.5	7:15	5:47
27	10.6	7:15	5:48
28	10.6	7:14	5:48
29	10.6	7:14	5:49
30	10.6	7:13	5:50
31	10.6	7:13	5:51

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 3.89 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.71 kWh/m² to a high of 6.77 kWh/m² in May across the year — January's 3.89 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	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)	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.7	Moderate
2	3.7	Moderate
3	3.7	Moderate
4	3.7	Moderate
5	3.7	Moderate
6	3.7	Moderate
7	3.7	Moderate
8	3.7	Moderate
9	3.8	Moderate
10	3.8	Moderate
11	3.8	Moderate
12	3.8	Moderate
13	3.8	Moderate
14	3.8	Moderate
15	3.9	Moderate
16	3.9	Moderate
17	3.9	Moderate
18	3.9	Moderate
19	4.0	Moderate
20	4.0	Moderate
21	4.0	Bright
22	4.0	Bright
23	4.0	Bright
24	4.1	Bright
25	4.1	Bright
26	4.1	Bright
27	4.2	Bright
28	4.2	Bright
29	4.2	Bright
30	4.2	Bright
31	4.3	Bright

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Birendranagar

In seasonPeak

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

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

Monsoon

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit Birendranagar?

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

7.3

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

3.0

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Birendranagar in January

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

In January, Birendranagar sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 5 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Birendranagar in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Birendranagar peaks around August 21 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 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)	4	4	8	8	9	10	8	10	9	7	4	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	4	Moderate
Feb	4	Moderate
Mar	8	Very high
Apr	8	Very high
May	9	Very high
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	7	High
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Birendranagar 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 Birendranagar is worst in April — around 80 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.6× the cleanest month (July, 30 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)	79	70	59	80	56	52	30	31	35	51	69	74
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	79	Unhealthy
Feb	70	Unhealthy
Mar	59	Unhealthy
Apr	80	Unhealthy
May	56	Unhealthy
Jun	52	Poor
Jul	30	Moderate
Aug	31	Moderate
Sep	35	Poor
Oct	51	Poor
Nov	69	Unhealthy
Dec	74	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Birendranagar?

Birendranagar sits at 28.6°N, 81.6°E, 697 m above sea level, in Nepal. The nearest listed city is Dailekh, 29 km away.

Topography around Birendranagar

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Birendranagar has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 484 m around an average of 733 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,971 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,534 m.

The land around Birendranagar is covered by trees (41%), cropland (35%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 3 km, trees (85%) within 16 km, and trees (70%) within 80 km.

3 km

484 m

trees 41%

16 km

1,971 m

trees 85%

80 km

4,534 m

trees 70%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

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

January weather nearby: Dailekh 29 km · Ṭikāpur 49 km · Gulariyā 51 km · Nepalgunj 61 km · Tulsi̇̄pur 84 km · Dipayal 99 km · Dhangaḍhi̇̄ 101 km · Amargaḍhi̇̄ 127 km

Nepal travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / D / M; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 24% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $1,536; 2025
Happiness: 5.1 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 16%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 2.1; per 100k, 2020
Road deaths: 16.3; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; World Bank
English: Moderate; EF EPI 514
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 Birendranagar (28.5967°, 81.6166°, elevation 697 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	7
2	18	7
3	18	7
4	18	7
5	18	7
6	18	7
7	18	7
8	18	7
9	18	7
10	18	7
11	18	7
12	18	7
13	18	7
14	18	7
15	18	7
16	18	7
17	18	7
18	18	7
19	19	7
20	19	7
21	19	7
22	19	7
23	19	7
24	19	8
25	19	8
26	19	8
27	19	8
28	20	8
29	20	8
30	20	8
31	20	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	82	18
2	81	19
3	80	20
4	80	20
5	79	21
6	79	21
7	79	21
8	79	21
9	79	21
10	78	22
11	78	22
12	78	22
13	78	22
14	78	22
15	78	22
16	79	21
17	79	21
18	79	21
19	79	21
20	79	21
21	79	21
22	79	21
23	79	21
24	79	21
25	78	22
26	79	21
27	79	21
28	79	21
29	79	21
30	79	21
31	79	21

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
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	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	97	3
30	97	3
31	96	4

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	82	18
2	81	19
3	80	20
4	80	20
5	79	21
6	79	21
7	79	21
8	79	21
9	79	21
10	78	22
11	78	22
12	78	22
13	78	22
14	78	22
15	78	22
16	79	21
17	79	21
18	79	21
19	79	21
20	79	21
21	79	21
22	79	21
23	79	21
24	79	21
25	78	22
26	79	21
27	79	21
28	79	21
29	79	21
30	79	21
31	79	21

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
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	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	97	3
30	97	3
31	96	4

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	82	18
2	81	19
3	80	20
4	80	20
5	79	21
6	79	21
7	79	21
8	79	21
9	79	21
10	78	22
11	78	22
12	78	22
13	78	22
14	78	22
15	78	22
16	79	21
17	79	21
18	79	21
19	79	21
20	79	21
21	79	21
22	79	21
23	79	21
24	79	21
25	78	22
26	79	21
27	79	21
28	79	21
29	79	21
30	79	21
31	79	21

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
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	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	97	3
30	97	3
31	96	4