Gangtok climate

Gangtok Weather in January

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

Average highs run from 7°C on January 1 to 7°C on January 31, and lows from -4°C to -4°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 Gangtok, 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
-5°C
Precipitation
6 mm
Reanalysis high
14°CJan 23, 2009
Reanalysis low
-13°CJan 4, 1991
Daylight
10 h 28 min to 10 h 54 min
Cloud cover
64%
Humidity
57%
Dew point
-9°C
Wind
7.2 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 17°C-4°C11°C 2006-11°C 19925%
Jan 27°C-4°C12°C 2006-13°C 19925%
Jan 37°C-4°C11°C 2007-9°C 19984%
Jan 47°C-5°C13°C 2007-13°C 19914%
Jan 56°C-5°C12°C 2007-10°C 20204%
Jan 66°C-5°C11°C 2006-12°C 20204%
Jan 76°C-5°C11°C 2006-8°C 20124%
Jan 86°C-5°C11°C 2006-8°C 20134%
Jan 96°C-5°C11°C 2008-9°C 20044%
Jan 106°C-5°C11°C 2018-10°C 20154%
Jan 116°C-5°C12°C 2018-12°C 19994%
Jan 126°C-5°C12°C 2018-9°C 20125%
Jan 136°C-5°C10°C 2009-9°C 20125%
Jan 146°C-5°C11°C 2009-10°C 20125%
Jan 156°C-5°C11°C 2009-11°C 20035%
Jan 166°C-5°C12°C 2009-9°C 19945%
Jan 176°C-5°C13°C 2009-11°C 19945%
Jan 186°C-5°C13°C 2003-9°C 19975%
Jan 196°C-5°C13°C 2003-9°C 20115%
Jan 206°C-5°C12°C 2003-9°C 20055%
Jan 217°C-5°C13°C 2009-9°C 19956%
Jan 227°C-5°C14°C 2009-11°C 19986%
Jan 237°C-5°C14°C 2009-10°C 19976%
Jan 247°C-5°C13°C 2009-10°C 20206%
Jan 257°C-5°C13°C 1994-12°C 20205%
Jan 267°C-5°C13°C 1994-9°C 20024%
Jan 277°C-5°C14°C 1994-9°C 20044%
Jan 287°C-5°C14°C 1994-11°C 20083%
Jan 297°C-5°C14°C 2001-8°C 20083%
Jan 307°C-4°C14°C 2001-11°C 20193%
Jan 317°C-4°C14°C 2006-10°C 20083%

Chance of rain

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

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+5:30).

January 1
sunrise 6:25 AM, sunset 4:53 PM
January 31
sunrise 6:22 AM, sunset 5:16 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.