Lumbini weather in January

In January, Lumbini sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 21 mm of rain across 2.5 wet days and about 10.5 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 21°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 69% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 18 min at the start of January to 10 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Lumbini's 8th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lumbini's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 21°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 9°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 21 mm; 2.5 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 24 min; 7:08 AM – 5:35 PM
Cloud cover: 31%; 8th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 3.91 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.2; out of 10

← December Lumbini 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 21°C through the month.

A typical January day in Lumbini reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 24°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)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22
Avg low (°C)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

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

How January really feels in Lumbini

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.

Lumbini 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	21° / 9°	21	2.5	10.5	8.2
Feb	25° / 12°	25	2.7	11	8.5
Mar	31° / 16°	13	2.1	11.8	6.1
Apr	35° / 21°	15	4.2	12.6	2.8
May	36° / 25°	47	9.4	13.3	2.1
Jun	35° / 26°	260	19	13.7	2.1
Jul	32° / 26°	414	28.3	13.6	2.2
Aug	32° / 26°	361	27.2	13	2.4
Sep	32° / 25°	202	21.8	12.2	3.1
Oct	31° / 21°	42	5.7	11.3	5.7
Nov	28° / 15°	5	0.6	10.6	8.3
Dec	23° / 11°	9	0.8	10.3	8.9

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 69% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 17%.

	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 (%)	86	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	83	83	84	84	84	83	83	83	83	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82
Cloudier (%)	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	86	14
2	84	16
3	84	16
4	84	16
5	84	16
6	84	16
7	84	16
8	84	16
9	84	16
10	84	16
11	83	17
12	83	17
13	84	16
14	84	16
15	84	16
16	83	17
17	83	17
18	83	17
19	83	17
20	82	18
21	82	18
22	82	18
23	82	18
24	82	18
25	82	18
26	82	18
27	82	18
28	82	18
29	82	18
30	82	18
31	82	18

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Lumbini gets around 21 mm of rain over 2.5 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 8% and peaks near 9% 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 (%)	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8

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

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 91% 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 (%)	93	94	94	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	94	94	93	92	92	91	90	89	88	88	87	86	85	84	83	82	80	79
Comfortable (%)	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	7	8	8	9	10	11	12	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	20	21

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	93	7
2	94	6
3	94	6
4	95	5
5	95	5
6	95	5
7	95	5
8	95	5
9	95	5
10	95	5
11	95	5
12	95	5
13	95	5
14	94	6
15	94	6
16	93	7
17	92	8
18	92	8
19	91	9
20	90	10
21	89	11
22	88	12
23	88	12
24	87	13
25	86	14
26	85	15
27	84	16
28	83	17
29	82	18
30	80	20
31	79	21

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 5 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	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
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
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4	5	calm
5	5	calm
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7	5	calm
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18	5	calm
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27	5	calm
28	5	calm
29	5	calm
30	5	calm
31	5	calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 18 min at the start of January to 10 h 42 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 7:06 AM to 7:04 AM, and sunset from 5:24 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)	10.3	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	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.7
Sunrise (AM)	7:06	7:07	7:07	7:07	7:07	7:07	7:08	7:08	7:08	7:08	7:08	7:08	7:08	7:08	7:08	7:08	7:08	7:08	7:08	7:08	7:07	7:07	7:07	7:07	7:07	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:05	7:05	7:04
Sunset (PM)	5:24	5:25	5:25	5:26	5:27	5:27	5:28	5:29	5:29	5:30	5:31	5:32	5:32	5:33	5:34	5:35	5:35	5:36	5:37	5:38	5:38	5:39	5:40	5:41	5:42	5:42	5:43	5:44	5:45	5:45	5:46

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.3	7:06	5:24
2	10.3	7:07	5:25
3	10.3	7:07	5:25
4	10.3	7:07	5:26
5	10.3	7:07	5:27
6	10.3	7:07	5:27
7	10.3	7:08	5:28
8	10.3	7:08	5:29
9	10.4	7:08	5:29
10	10.4	7:08	5:30
11	10.4	7:08	5:31
12	10.4	7:08	5:32
13	10.4	7:08	5:32
14	10.4	7:08	5:33
15	10.4	7:08	5:34
16	10.4	7:08	5:35
17	10.5	7:08	5:35
18	10.5	7:08	5:36
19	10.5	7:08	5:37
20	10.5	7:08	5:38
21	10.5	7:07	5:38
22	10.5	7:07	5:39
23	10.5	7:07	5:40
24	10.6	7:07	5:41
25	10.6	7:07	5:42
26	10.6	7:06	5:42
27	10.6	7:06	5:43
28	10.6	7:06	5:44
29	10.7	7:05	5:45
30	10.7	7:05	5:45
31	10.7	7:04	5:46

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 3.91 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.68 kWh/m² to a high of 6.73 kWh/m² in April across the year — January's 3.91 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)	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	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	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2
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	3.8	Moderate
7	3.8	Moderate
8	3.8	Moderate
9	3.8	Moderate
10	3.8	Moderate
11	3.8	Moderate
12	3.8	Moderate
13	3.9	Moderate
14	3.9	Moderate
15	3.9	Moderate
16	3.9	Moderate
17	3.9	Moderate
18	4.0	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	4.1	Bright
28	4.2	Bright
29	4.2	Bright
30	4.2	Bright
31	4.2	Bright

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Lumbini

In seasonPeak

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

Lumbini's monsoon runs June–September, 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 Lumbini?

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

8.2

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

5.1

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Lumbini in January

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

In January, Lumbini sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 9°C. Little to plan around — just the basics.

UV index in Lumbini 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 Lumbini peaks around July 21 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 22 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	4	8	8	9	8	10	10	9	6	4	4
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	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	8	Very high
Jul	10	Extreme
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	6	High
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	4	Moderate

Air quality in Lumbini 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 Lumbini is worst in January — around 166 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 4.5× the cleanest month (July, 37 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)	166	138	104	90	69	63	37	44	54	95	140	158
Level	Very unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Very unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	166	Very unhealthy
Feb	138	Unhealthy
Mar	104	Unhealthy
Apr	90	Unhealthy
May	69	Unhealthy
Jun	63	Unhealthy
Jul	37	Poor
Aug	44	Poor
Sep	54	Poor
Oct	95	Unhealthy
Nov	140	Unhealthy
Dec	158	Very unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Lumbini?

Lumbini sits at 27.5°N, 83.2°E, 0 m above sea level, in Nepal. The nearest listed city is Siddharthanagar, 20 km away.

Topography around Lumbini

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lumbini has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 17 m around an average of 94 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 44 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,478 m.

The land around Lumbini is covered by cropland (86%) within 3 km, cropland (84%) within 16 km, and cropland (55%) and trees (40%) within 80 km.

3 km

17 m

cropland 86%

16 km

44 m

cropland 84%

80 km

2,478 m

cropland 55%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

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

January weather nearby: Siddharthanagar 20 km · Butwāl 33 km · Tānsen 54 km · Wāliṅ 77 km · Bāgluṅ 97 km · Pokhara 115 km · Chitwan 120 km · Tulsi̇̄pur 120 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 Lumbini (27.4557°, 83.2498°, elevation 0 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	21	9
2	21	9
3	21	9
4	21	9
5	21	9
6	21	9
7	21	9
8	21	9
9	21	9
10	21	9
11	21	9
12	21	9
13	21	9
14	21	9
15	21	9
16	21	9
17	21	9
18	21	9
19	21	9
20	21	9
21	21	9
22	21	9
23	21	10
24	21	10
25	21	10
26	22	10
27	22	10
28	22	10
29	22	10
30	22	10
31	22	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	86	14
2	84	16
3	84	16
4	84	16
5	84	16
6	84	16
7	84	16
8	84	16
9	84	16
10	84	16
11	83	17
12	83	17
13	84	16
14	84	16
15	84	16
16	83	17
17	83	17
18	83	17
19	83	17
20	82	18
21	82	18
22	82	18
23	82	18
24	82	18
25	82	18
26	82	18
27	82	18
28	82	18
29	82	18
30	82	18
31	82	18

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	93	7
2	94	6
3	94	6
4	95	5
5	95	5
6	95	5
7	95	5
8	95	5
9	95	5
10	95	5
11	95	5
12	95	5
13	95	5
14	94	6
15	94	6
16	93	7
17	92	8
18	92	8
19	91	9
20	90	10
21	89	11
22	88	12
23	88	12
24	87	13
25	86	14
26	85	15
27	84	16
28	83	17
29	82	18
30	80	20
31	79	21

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	86	14
2	84	16
3	84	16
4	84	16
5	84	16
6	84	16
7	84	16
8	84	16
9	84	16
10	84	16
11	83	17
12	83	17
13	84	16
14	84	16
15	84	16
16	83	17
17	83	17
18	83	17
19	83	17
20	82	18
21	82	18
22	82	18
23	82	18
24	82	18
25	82	18
26	82	18
27	82	18
28	82	18
29	82	18
30	82	18
31	82	18

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	93	7
2	94	6
3	94	6
4	95	5
5	95	5
6	95	5
7	95	5
8	95	5
9	95	5
10	95	5
11	95	5
12	95	5
13	95	5
14	94	6
15	94	6
16	93	7
17	92	8
18	92	8
19	91	9
20	90	10
21	89	11
22	88	12
23	88	12
24	87	13
25	86	14
26	85	15
27	84	16
28	83	17
29	82	18
30	80	20
31	79	21

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	86	14
2	84	16
3	84	16
4	84	16
5	84	16
6	84	16
7	84	16
8	84	16
9	84	16
10	84	16
11	83	17
12	83	17
13	84	16
14	84	16
15	84	16
16	83	17
17	83	17
18	83	17
19	83	17
20	82	18
21	82	18
22	82	18
23	82	18
24	82	18
25	82	18
26	82	18
27	82	18
28	82	18
29	82	18
30	82	18
31	82	18

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	93	7
2	94	6
3	94	6
4	95	5
5	95	5
6	95	5
7	95	5
8	95	5
9	95	5
10	95	5
11	95	5
12	95	5
13	95	5
14	94	6
15	94	6
16	93	7
17	92	8
18	92	8
19	91	9
20	90	10
21	89	11
22	88	12
23	88	12
24	87	13
25	86	14
26	85	15
27	84	16
28	83	17
29	82	18
30	80	20
31	79	21