Dailekh weather in January

In January, Dailekh sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 3°C, with 41 mm of precipitation across 4.9 wet days and about 10.4 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 15°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 70% 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 Dailekh's 3rd-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Dailekh's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 15°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 3°; 1st coldest
Precipitation: 41 mm; 4.9 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 18 min; 7:17 AM – 5:38 PM
Cloud cover: 30%; 3rd clearest
Wind: 4 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 4.04 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.3; out of 10

Dailekh is human settlement in Nepal.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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

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Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 15°C through the month.

A typical January day in Dailekh reaches about 15°C in the afternoon and slips back to 3°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 18°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)	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16
Avg low (°C)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4

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

Dailekh weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	15° / 3°	41	4.9	10.4	5.3
Feb	17° / 5°	47	6.5	11	6.4
Mar	21° / 8°	34	7	11.8	7.5
Apr	26° / 13°	29	7.2	12.7	7.5
May	27° / 16°	60	12.4	13.4	6.4
Jun	27° / 19°	250	21.9	13.8	4.8
Jul	25° / 20°	569	30.8	13.7	3.4
Aug	25° / 20°	486	30.7	13	3.4
Sep	25° / 18°	204	27.3	12.2	4.2
Oct	23° / 13°	46	10.3	11.3	7.3
Nov	20° / 8°	11	2.3	10.6	8.0
Dec	16° / 5°	15	1.6	10.2	6.7

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 70% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 18%. 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 (%)	84	84	83	83	83	83	83	82	82	82	82	81	81	81	81	82	82	82	82	82	81	81	82	82	82	82	81	81	81	81	81
Cloudier (%)	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	84	16
2	84	16
3	83	17
4	83	17
5	83	17
6	83	17
7	83	17
8	82	18
9	82	18
10	82	18
11	82	18
12	81	19
13	81	19
14	81	19
15	81	19
16	82	18
17	82	18
18	82	18
19	82	18
20	82	18
21	81	19
22	81	19
23	82	18
24	82	18
25	82	18
26	82	18
27	81	19
28	81	19
29	81	19
30	81	19
31	81	19

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Dailekh gets around 41 mm of rain and snow over 4.9 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 15% and peaks near 19% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	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	12	12	13	13	14	14	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	19	19

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

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 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 7:16 AM to 7:13 AM, and sunset from 5:27 PM to 5:50 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	10.2	10.2	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
Sunrise (AM)	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	7:17	7:17	7:16	7:16	7:16	7:16	7:15	7:15	7:15	7:14	7:14	7:13	7:13
Sunset (PM)	5:27	5:28	5:28	5:29	5:30	5:30	5:31	5:32	5:32	5:33	5:34	5:35	5:36	5:36	5:37	5:38	5:39	5:39	5:40	5:41	5:42	5:43	5:43	5:44	5:45	5:46	5:47	5:48	5:48	5:49	5:50

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

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 4.04 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.65 kWh/m² to a high of 6.59 kWh/m² in May across the year — January's 4.04 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)	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	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	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4
Level	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	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.8	Moderate
2	3.8	Moderate
3	3.8	Moderate
4	3.9	Moderate
5	3.9	Moderate
6	3.9	Moderate
7	3.9	Moderate
8	3.9	Moderate
9	3.9	Moderate
10	3.9	Moderate
11	3.9	Moderate
12	4.0	Moderate
13	4.0	Moderate
14	4.0	Moderate
15	4.0	Bright
16	4.0	Bright
17	4.0	Bright
18	4.1	Bright
19	4.1	Bright
20	4.1	Bright
21	4.2	Bright
22	4.2	Bright
23	4.2	Bright
24	4.2	Bright
25	4.3	Bright
26	4.3	Bright
27	4.3	Bright
28	4.3	Bright
29	4.3	Bright
30	4.4	Bright
31	4.4	Bright

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Dailekh

In seasonPeak

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

Dailekh's monsoon runs July–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 Dailekh?

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

5.3

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

0.1

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Dailekh for sightseeing.

What to pack for Dailekh in January

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

In January, Dailekh sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 3°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 5 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Dailekh 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 Dailekh peaks around June 17 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 23 at about 4 (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	5	9	9	10	11	10	11	10	7	5	4
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	4	Moderate
Feb	5	Moderate
Mar	9	Very high
Apr	9	Very high
May	10	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	10	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	10	Extreme
Oct	7	Very high
Nov	5	High
Dec	4	Moderate

Air quality in Dailekh 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 Dailekh 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 Dailekh?

Dailekh sits at 28.8°N, 81.7°E, 1,307 m above sea level, in Nepal. The nearest listed city is Birendranagar, 29 km away.

Topography around Dailekh

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Dailekh has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 833 m around an average of 1,080 m above sea level; within 16 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,665 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 5,225 m.

The land around Dailekh is covered by trees (77%) within 3 km, trees (73%) within 16 km, and trees (73%) within 80 km.

3 km

833 m

trees 77%

16 km

2,665 m

trees 73%

80 km

5,225 m

trees 73%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesmoss and lichen

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

January weather nearby: Birendranagar 29 km · Ṭikāpur 68 km · Gulariyā 79 km · Dipayal 88 km · Nepalgunj 89 km · Tulsi̇̄pur 98 km · Dhangaḍhi̇̄ 110 km · Amargaḍhi̇̄ 121 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 Dailekh (28.8443°, 81.7101°, elevation 1,307 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	15	3
2	14	3
3	14	3
4	14	3
5	14	3
6	14	3
7	14	3
8	14	3
9	14	3
10	14	3
11	14	3
12	14	3
13	14	3
14	14	3
15	14	3
16	14	3
17	14	3
18	15	3
19	15	3
20	15	3
21	15	3
22	15	3
23	15	3
24	15	3
25	15	3
26	15	3
27	15	3
28	15	3
29	15	3
30	16	4
31	16	4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	84	16
2	84	16
3	83	17
4	83	17
5	83	17
6	83	17
7	83	17
8	82	18
9	82	18
10	82	18
11	82	18
12	81	19
13	81	19
14	81	19
15	81	19
16	82	18
17	82	18
18	82	18
19	82	18
20	82	18
21	81	19
22	81	19
23	82	18
24	82	18
25	82	18
26	82	18
27	81	19
28	81	19
29	81	19
30	81	19
31	81	19

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	84	16
2	84	16
3	83	17
4	83	17
5	83	17
6	83	17
7	83	17
8	82	18
9	82	18
10	82	18
11	82	18
12	81	19
13	81	19
14	81	19
15	81	19
16	82	18
17	82	18
18	82	18
19	82	18
20	82	18
21	81	19
22	81	19
23	82	18
24	82	18
25	82	18
26	82	18
27	81	19
28	81	19
29	81	19
30	81	19
31	81	19

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	84	16
2	84	16
3	83	17
4	83	17
5	83	17
6	83	17
7	83	17
8	82	18
9	82	18
10	82	18
11	82	18
12	81	19
13	81	19
14	81	19
15	81	19
16	82	18
17	82	18
18	82	18
19	82	18
20	82	18
21	81	19
22	81	19
23	82	18
24	82	18
25	82	18
26	82	18
27	81	19
28	81	19
29	81	19
30	81	19
31	81	19

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

	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