Delhi is typically mild in January.

Maximum temperatures go down compared to the previous month from +72°F to +68°F. The minimum temperature also goes down from +48°F to +46°F.

Pack a light jacket as it will be warm in the day and cool in the evenings.

January is the coldest month in Delhi, here is the comparison with other months:

January weather is still as great as in December. It’s getting colder in January. From +72°F in the day, the average maximum temperature lowers to +68°F. Prepare for more rain. Average rainfall goes from 6 mm to 13 mm. Humidity rises from 68% to 73%. The average wind speed doesn’t change much during January, staying around 1 m/s. The days becoming less sunny, going from 21 sunny days in December to 16 in January.

February brings much the same weather, it remains great.

The climate in Delhi in January has not changed that much over the last 43 years.

The average temperature was the lowest in 1997 (+85°F) and the highest in 1987 (+90°F). The driest year was 2014 with only 56 mm of rainfall, and the wettest year was 1983 with 879 mm.

For this page, we’ve looked at the typical weather in Delhi, based on historical hourly weather data from January 1, 1979, to December 31, 2023.

For past dates, we show actual recorded data at the location at that time. Forecasts are based on recorded weather during that day of the year, averaged over the total years for which we have records (unless stated otherwise). The daily temperature is the highest recorded temperature in the shadow during that day.