Anantapur climate

Name: Anantapur
Address: IN

Anantapur is warmest in April, with average highs of 38 °C, and coldest in December, when nights average 18 °C. October is the wettest month (112 mm) and February the driest (4.0 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Anantapur averages 567 mm of rain and 363 days above 25 °C.

India · population 267,161 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month April 38 °C
Coldest month December 18 °C
Driest month February 4 mm
Wettest month October 112 mm
Least cloud February 20 % cloud
Hottest on record April 42 °C
Coldest on record December 13 °C

What to expectAnantapur through the year

Anantapur has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 29 °C in December to 38 °C in April, a swing of 8.9 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 363 days a year reach 25 °C, 285 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C, in April.

Rain is strongly seasonal. October averages 112 mm against 4 mm in February — 28 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	30.7 °C	4 mm	29 %
February	33.7 °C	4 mm	20 %
March	36.9 °C	8 mm	22 %
April	38.4 °C	13 mm	33 %
May	38.0 °C	41 mm	51 %
June	33.7 °C	67 mm	83 %
July	31.9 °C	77 mm	92 %
August	31.3 °C	83 mm	90 %
September	31.5 °C	106 mm	80 %
October	30.8 °C	112 mm	66 %
November	29.7 °C	40 mm	55 %
December	29.2 °C	11 mm	42 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	30.7 °C	17.9 °C	24.3 °C	35.2 °C	12.6 °C	31	21
February	33.7 °C	19.8 °C	27.0 °C	38.2 °C	14.5 °C	28	28
March	36.9 °C	23.0 °C	30.3 °C	41.3 °C	15.2 °C	31	31
April	38.4 °C	25.9 °C	32.3 °C	42.3 °C	19.5 °C	30	30
May	38.0 °C	26.5 °C	32.0 °C	42.2 °C	22.0 °C	31	31
June	33.7 °C	24.9 °C	28.7 °C	42.0 °C	22.2 °C	30	28
July	31.9 °C	24.0 °C	27.3 °C	37.8 °C	21.8 °C	31	25
August	31.3 °C	23.5 °C	26.9 °C	36.8 °C	21.9 °C	31	24
September	31.5 °C	23.3 °C	27.0 °C	36.5 °C	20.7 °C	30	24
October	30.8 °C	22.2 °C	26.2 °C	38.1 °C	16.3 °C	30	21
November	29.7 °C	20.1 °C	24.7 °C	35.4 °C	13.2 °C	29	13
December	29.2 °C	17.9 °C	23.5 °C	33.7 °C	12.5 °C	31	10

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	4 mm	1	11 h/day	29 %	55 %	15 km/h
February	4 mm	0	12 h/day	20 %	44 %	16 km/h
March	8 mm	1	12 h/day	22 %	37 %	16 km/h
April	13 mm	3	12 h/day	33 %	39 %	16 km/h
May	41 mm	7	13 h/day	51 %	48 %	20 km/h
June	67 mm	12	13 h/day	83 %	63 %	25 km/h
July	77 mm	13	13 h/day	92 %	66 %	27 km/h
August	83 mm	13	13 h/day	90 %	68 %	24 km/h
September	106 mm	13	12 h/day	80 %	69 %	19 km/h
October	112 mm	13	12 h/day	66 %	71 %	14 km/h
November	40 mm	6	11 h/day	55 %	69 %	15 km/h
December	11 mm	2	11 h/day	42 %	64 %	15 km/h

How Anantapur compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Anantapur	38 °C	18 °C	567 mm	363
Ballari · India	38 °C	17 °C	582 mm	362
Hindupur · India	36 °C	16 °C	710 mm	356
Proddatūr · India	40 °C	19 °C	666 mm	364
Adoni · India	38 °C	18 °C	661 mm	363
Nandyāl · India	40 °C	18 °C	680 mm	364
Kadapa · India	40 °C	18 °C	598 mm	363

Where Anantapur ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in Asia in March	5th of 50	37 °C
The warmest places in Asia in February	10th of 50	34 °C
The warmest places in Asia in January	36th of 50	31 °C
The warmest places in Asia in April	38th of 50	38 °C
The warmest places in the world in March	43rd of 50	37 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Anantapur.

QuestionsCommon questions about Anantapur’s climate

When is the best time to visit Anantapur?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. January, November, December sit closest to 20 °C on average, April is the warmest month and February the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Anantapur get?

In April, the warmest month, daily highs average 38 °C. About 285 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 18 °C in December, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Anantapur?

October, averaging 112 mm over 13 days with rain. The driest month is February with 4 mm. The year as a whole averages 567 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Anantapur rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: 14.678°, 77.608° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.