Chennai Weather in January
Average highs run from 30°C on January 1 to 31°C on January 31, and lows from 21°C to 21°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 16 mm over about 3 wet days.
January day by day
The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °C.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Record high
- Record low
January at a glance
- Average high
- 30°C
- Average low
- 21°C
- Precipitation
- 16 mm
- Record high
- 35°CJan 29, 1998
- Record low
- 12°CJan 7, 2002
- Daylight
- 11 h 23 min to 11 h 34 min
- Cloud cover
- 41%
- Humidity
- 75%
- Dew point
- 21°C
- Wind
- 17.6 km/h
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Record high | Record low | Chance wet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1 | 30°C | 21°C | 32°C 2023 | 18°C 2019 | 15% |
| Jan 2 | 30°C | 21°C | 32°C 2023 | 18°C 1962 | 15% |
| Jan 3 | 30°C | 21°C | 32°C 2023 | 18°C 1975 | 15% |
| Jan 4 | 30°C | 21°C | 32°C 2012 | 19°C 1975 | 15% |
| Jan 5 | 30°C | 21°C | 32°C 2020 | 18°C 1962 | 14% |
| Jan 6 | 30°C | 32°C 2012 | 18°C 1993 | 14% | |
| Jan 7 | 30°C | 20°C | 32°C 1981 | 12°C 2002 | 12% |
| Jan 8 | 29°C | 31°C 1981 | 17°C 1975 | 12% | |
| Jan 9 | 29°C | 21°C | 31°C 2012 | 18°C 1962 | 11% |
| Jan 10 | 30°C | 21°C | 32°C 2013 | 18°C 1962 | 11% |
| Jan 11 | 30°C | 20°C | 32°C 2010 | 17°C 1975 | 10% |
| Jan 12 | 30°C | 32°C 2022 | 18°C 1962 | 10% | |
| Jan 13 | 30°C | 20°C | 32°C 2010 | 17°C 1975 | 9% |
| Jan 14 | 30°C | 21°C | 32°C 1990 | 17°C 1975 | 8% |
| Jan 15 | 30°C | 20°C | 32°C 1998 | 17°C 1990 | 7% |
| Jan 16 | 30°C | 21°C | 32°C 2018 | 18°C 1962 | 6% |
| Jan 17 | 30°C | 32°C 2011 | 17°C 2012 | 5% | |
| Jan 18 | 30°C | 21°C | 32°C 2011 | 18°C 2012 | 4% |
| Jan 19 | 30°C | 31°C 1993 | 16°C 1978 | 5% | |
| Jan 20 | 30°C | 20°C | 33°C 1990 | 17°C 1990 | 5% |
| Jan 21 | 30°C | 21°C | 33°C 1990 | 17°C 1990 | 4% |
| Jan 22 | 31°C | 33°C 2006 | 18°C 1976 | 4% | |
| Jan 23 | 30°C | 21°C | 34°C 2006 | 17°C 2000 | 4% |
| Jan 24 | 31°C | 21°C | 34°C 2006 | 18°C 1997 | 4% |
| Jan 25 | 31°C | 21°C | 33°C 2002 | 19°C 2003 | 4% |
| Jan 26 | 31°C | 21°C | 32°C 1998 | 18°C 1999 | 4% |
| Jan 27 | 31°C | 21°C | 33°C 1999 | 17°C 1999 | 4% |
| Jan 28 | 30°C | 21°C | 33°C 1991 | 19°C 1974 | 3% |
| Jan 29 | 31°C | 21°C | 35°C 1998 | 19°C 1991 | 3% |
| Jan 30 | 30°C | 21°C | 34°C 2009 | 18°C 2018 | 3% |
| Jan 31 | 31°C | 21°C | 33°C 1983 | 18°C 2018 | 3% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT+5:30).
- January 1
- sunrise 6:31 AM, sunset 5:54 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 6:35 AM, sunset 6:09 PM
Other months
Sources
Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station IN020040900, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: 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.