Gilgit climate

Gilgit Weather in January

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Gilgit, 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 -15°C to -15°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 22 mm over about 6 wet days.

January day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Gilgit, in °C, with the record for each date.-40-30-20-10010151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

January at a glance

Average high
-7°C
Average low
-16°C
Precipitation
22 mm
Reanalysis high
2°CJan 4, 2000
Reanalysis low
-31°CJan 22, 1995
Daylight
9 h 46 min to 10 h 24 min
Cloud cover
80%
Humidity
70%
Dew point
-16°C
Wind
4.7 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 1-6°C-15°C0°C 2000-29°C 199512%
Jan 2-6°C-15°C1°C 2000-27°C 199512%
Jan 3-6°C-15°C1°C 2000-24°C 200712%
Jan 4-6°C-15°C2°C 2000-26°C 200712%
Jan 5-6°C-15°C0°C 2000-23°C 200712%
Jan 6-6°C-15°C-1°C 2000-29°C 200712%
Jan 7-6°C-15°C-1°C 2002-30°C 200613%
Jan 8-7°C-15°C-1°C 2002-26°C 200714%
Jan 9-7°C-15°C0°C 2002-26°C 202015%
Jan 10-7°C-15°C0°C 2015-26°C 202016%
Jan 11-7°C-15°C0°C 2015-29°C 201716%
Jan 12-7°C-16°C-1°C 2002-26°C 201716%
Jan 13-7°C-16°C-2°C 2004-21°C 200115%
Jan 14-7°C-16°C-2°C 2003-26°C 201916%
Jan 15-7°C-16°C-1°C 2003-25°C 202017%
Jan 16-7°C-16°C-1°C 1999-23°C 201117%
Jan 17-7°C-16°C-1°C 2003-28°C 202018%
Jan 18-7°C-16°C0°C 2003-26°C 202018%
Jan 19-7°C-16°C0°C 2003-30°C 202018%
Jan 20-7°C-16°C0°C 2003-29°C 200918%
Jan 21-7°C-16°C1°C 2018-26°C 201318%
Jan 22-7°C-16°C0°C 2018-31°C 199518%
Jan 23-7°C-16°C-2°C 1994-27°C 199518%
Jan 24-7°C-16°C-2°C 2016-31°C 200617%
Jan 25-7°C-16°C-2°C 1994-24°C 200817%
Jan 26-7°C-16°C-2°C 1991-27°C 200616%
Jan 27-7°C-16°C-1°C 1991-31°C 200817%
Jan 28-7°C-16°C-1°C 1993-30°C 201918%
Jan 29-7°C-16°C-2°C 2016-26°C 201918%
Jan 30-6°C-15°C-2°C 2018-28°C 200818%
Jan 31-6°C-15°C-3°C 2006-30°C 200819%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Gilgit, in percent.051015201102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

January 1
sunrise 7:13 AM, sunset 4:59 PM
January 31
sunrise 7:04 AM, sunset 5:28 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.