Thimphu climate

Thimphu Weather in January

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Thimphu, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 6°C on January 1 to 6°C on January 31, and lows from -6°C to -6°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 6 mm over about 3 wet days.

January day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Thimphu, in °C, with the record for each date.-20-1001020151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

January at a glance

Average high
6°C
Average low
-7°C
Precipitation
6 mm
Reanalysis high
14°CJan 23, 2009
Reanalysis low
-14°CJan 2, 1992
Daylight
10 h 26 min to 10 h 54 min
Cloud cover
58%
Humidity
64%
Dew point
-9°C
Wind
7.6 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
Jan 16°C-6°C11°C 2006-14°C 19924%
Jan 26°C-6°C11°C 2006-14°C 19924%
Jan 36°C-6°C12°C 2007-12°C 19924%
Jan 46°C-6°C13°C 2007-13°C 19914%
Jan 56°C-6°C12°C 2007-11°C 20204%
Jan 66°C-7°C11°C 2006-13°C 20204%
Jan 76°C-7°C11°C 2006-10°C 20184%
Jan 85°C-7°C10°C 2006-10°C 20044%
Jan 96°C-7°C10°C 2008-11°C 20044%
Jan 105°C-7°C11°C 2018-11°C 20114%
Jan 116°C-7°C12°C 2018-13°C 19994%
Jan 125°C-7°C11°C 2018-12°C 20124%
Jan 135°C-7°C10°C 2009-11°C 20125%
Jan 145°C-7°C11°C 2009-13°C 20125%
Jan 155°C-7°C11°C 2009-12°C 20035%
Jan 166°C-7°C12°C 2009-11°C 19945%
Jan 176°C-7°C13°C 2009-13°C 19945%
Jan 186°C-7°C12°C 2003-11°C 19975%
Jan 196°C-7°C12°C 2003-11°C 19915%
Jan 206°C-7°C11°C 2009-11°C 20115%
Jan 216°C-7°C13°C 2009-11°C 20055%
Jan 226°C-7°C14°C 2009-13°C 19985%
Jan 236°C-7°C14°C 2009-11°C 19975%
Jan 246°C-7°C14°C 2009-10°C 19915%
Jan 256°C-7°C13°C 1994-12°C 20205%
Jan 266°C-7°C13°C 1994-11°C 19954%
Jan 276°C-7°C13°C 1994-10°C 20084%
Jan 286°C-7°C13°C 1994-12°C 20084%
Jan 296°C-6°C12°C 2001-9°C 20194%
Jan 306°C-6°C14°C 2001-13°C 20194%
Jan 316°C-6°C13°C 2001-12°C 20084%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Thimphu, in percent.02461102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+6).

January 1
sunrise 6:52 AM, sunset 5:18 PM
January 31
sunrise 6:48 AM, sunset 5:42 PM

Every day of January: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.