Dindigul climate
Dindigul is warmest in April, with average highs of 36 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 20 °C. October is the wettest month (242 mm) and January the driest (18 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Dindigul averages 1,364 mm of rain and 360 days above 25 °C.
India · population 292,512 · 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 36 °C
- Coldest month January 20 °C
- Driest month January 18 mm
- Wettest month October 242 mm
- Least cloud March 37 % cloud
- Hottest on record April 41 °C
- Coldest on record January 16 °C
What to expectDindigul through the year
Dindigul has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 29 °C in January to 36 °C in April, a swing of 6.7 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 360 days a year reach 25 °C, 266 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C, in April.
Rain is strongly seasonal. October averages 242 mm against 18 mm in January — 13 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.1 °C | 18 mm | 51 % |
| February | 32.1 °C | 24 mm | 40 % |
| March | 35.3 °C | 32 mm | 37 % |
| April | 36.5 °C | 69 mm | 55 % |
| May | 36.1 °C | 113 mm | 67 % |
| June | 33.9 °C | 130 mm | 84 % |
| July | 33.1 °C | 125 mm | 88 % |
| August | 33.0 °C | 137 mm | 85 % |
| September | 33.0 °C | 174 mm | 79 % |
| October | 30.9 °C | 242 mm | 79 % |
| November | 28.4 °C | 205 mm | 75 % |
| December | 27.6 °C | 97 mm | 65 % |
Temperature month by month
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Mean | Record high | Record low | Days above 25 °C | Days above 30 °C | Days below 0 °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.1 °C | 19.6 °C | 23.9 °C | 35.1 °C | 16.0 °C | 31 | 8 | 0 |
| February | 32.1 °C | 20.6 °C | 26.0 °C | 37.8 °C | 17.2 °C | 28 | 24 | 0 |
| March | 35.3 °C | 22.7 °C | 28.7 °C | 40.5 °C | 18.3 °C | 31 | 30 | 0 |
| April | 36.5 °C | 24.9 °C | 30.2 °C | 41.4 °C | 21.5 °C | 30 | 30 | 0 |
| May | 36.1 °C | 25.2 °C | 30.1 °C | 40.9 °C | 22.4 °C | 31 | 30 | 0 |
| June | 33.9 °C | 24.3 °C | 28.5 °C | 40.0 °C | 21.1 °C | 30 | 28 | 0 |
| July | 33.1 °C | 24.0 °C | 28.0 °C | 38.5 °C | 22.0 °C | 31 | 29 | 0 |
| August | 33.0 °C | 23.6 °C | 27.8 °C | 37.8 °C | 20.6 °C | 31 | 29 | 0 |
| September | 33.0 °C | 23.2 °C | 27.6 °C | 38.8 °C | 19.9 °C | 30 | 28 | 0 |
| October | 30.9 °C | 22.6 °C | 26.2 °C | 37.9 °C | 19.6 °C | 31 | 20 | 0 |
| November | 28.4 °C | 21.6 °C | 24.6 °C | 34.1 °C | 17.2 °C | 28 | 6 | 0 |
| December | 27.6 °C | 20.1 °C | 23.5 °C | 33.5 °C | 16.1 °C | 29 | 3 | 0 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18 mm | 4 | 12 h/day | 51 % | 69 % | 11 km/h |
| February | 24 mm | 4 | 12 h/day | 40 % | 61 % | 11 km/h |
| March | 32 mm | 5 | 12 h/day | 37 % | 55 % | 11 km/h |
| April | 69 mm | 10 | 12 h/day | 55 % | 59 % | 11 km/h |
| May | 113 mm | 18 | 13 h/day | 67 % | 62 % | 9.6 km/h |
| June | 130 mm | 20 | 13 h/day | 84 % | 66 % | 9.5 km/h |
| July | 125 mm | 19 | 13 h/day | 88 % | 65 % | 9.7 km/h |
| August | 137 mm | 20 | 12 h/day | 85 % | 66 % | 9.0 km/h |
| September | 174 mm | 19 | 12 h/day | 79 % | 69 % | 8.2 km/h |
| October | 242 mm | 22 | 12 h/day | 79 % | 77 % | 7.9 km/h |
| November | 205 mm | 19 | 12 h/day | 75 % | 81 % | 9.7 km/h |
| December | 97 mm | 11 | 12 h/day | 65 % | 77 % | 11 km/h |
Where Dindigul ranks
| Ranking | Position | Value |
|---|---|---|
| The warmest places in Asia in March | 47thof 50 | 35 °C |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Dindigul.
QuestionsCommon questions about Dindigul’s climate
When is the best time to visit Dindigul?
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 January the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does Dindigul get?
In April, the warmest month, daily highs average 36 °C. About 266 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average 20 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.
Which month is wettest in Dindigul?
October, averaging 242 mm over 22 days with rain. The driest month is January with 18 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,364 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 Dindigul 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
- Dataset version
- era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
- Last processed
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.