Kākināda climate

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Kākināda is warmest in May, with average highs of 37 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 20 °C. July is the wettest month (222 mm) and March the driest (8.6 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Kākināda averages 1,172 mm of rain and 364 days above 25 °C.

India · population 384,182 · 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 May 37 °C
Coldest month January 20 °C
Driest month March 9 mm
Wettest month July 222 mm
Least cloud March 26 % cloud
Hottest on record May 44 °C
Coldest on record December 15 °C
Warmest sea May 30 °C

What to expectKākināda through the year

Kākināda has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 28 °C in January to 37 °C in May, a swing of 8.3 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 364 days a year reach 25 °C, 216 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 44 °C, in May.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 222 mm against 9 mm in March — 26 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Kākināda is warmest in May at 30 °C and coldest in January at 26 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	27.6 °C	10 mm	30 %
February	29.8 °C	10 mm	26 %
March	33.0 °C	9 mm	26 %
April	35.0 °C	14 mm	33 %
May	36.8 °C	38 mm	45 %
June	34.1 °C	162 mm	81 %
July	31.3 °C	222 mm	91 %
August	30.7 °C	197 mm	89 %
September	30.9 °C	222 mm	79 %
October	30.0 °C	185 mm	63 %
November	28.6 °C	83 mm	48 %
December	27.4 °C	20 mm	36 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	27.6 °C	20.0 °C	23.7 °C	32.2 °C	15.6 °C	31	1
February	29.8 °C	21.1 °C	25.3 °C	36.8 °C	16.8 °C	28	12
March	33.0 °C	23.5 °C	27.9 °C	38.6 °C	18.9 °C	31	30
April	35.0 °C	26.2 °C	30.0 °C	40.1 °C	22.5 °C	30	30
May	36.8 °C	28.2 °C	31.9 °C	44.2 °C	24.7 °C	31	31
June	34.1 °C	27.5 °C	30.5 °C	43.8 °C	23.3 °C	30	27
July	31.3 °C	26.1 °C	28.5 °C	38.3 °C	23.4 °C	31	23
August	30.7 °C	25.8 °C	28.0 °C	34.4 °C	23.7 °C	31	22
September	30.9 °C	25.6 °C	27.9 °C	35.6 °C	23.8 °C	30	22
October	30.0 °C	24.7 °C	27.2 °C	34.8 °C	21.2 °C	31	16
November	28.6 °C	22.9 °C	25.7 °C	32.5 °C	18.0 °C	30	3
December	27.4 °C	20.8 °C	24.0 °C	30.9 °C	15.4 °C	31	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	10 mm	3	11 h/day	30 %	75 %	16 km/h	25.7 °C
February	10 mm	2	12 h/day	26 %	73 %	17 km/h	26.8 °C
March	9 mm	2	12 h/day	26 %	71 %	18 km/h	28.0 °C
April	14 mm	3	13 h/day	33 %	71 %	19 km/h	28.7 °C
May	38 mm	4	13 h/day	45 %	68 %	19 km/h	29.5 °C
June	162 mm	15	13 h/day	81 %	72 %	21 km/h	29.5 °C
July	222 mm	21	13 h/day	91 %	78 %	22 km/h	28.6 °C
August	197 mm	21	13 h/day	89 %	80 %	21 km/h	28.4 °C
September	222 mm	21	12 h/day	79 %	83 %	17 km/h	29.2 °C
October	185 mm	17	12 h/day	63 %	82 %	15 km/h	29.5 °C
November	83 mm	7	11 h/day	48 %	77 %	17 km/h	27.9 °C
December	20 mm	2	11 h/day	36 %	74 %	17 km/h	26.4 °C

How Kākināda 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
Kākināda	37 °C	20 °C	1,172 mm	364
Rajamahendravaram · India	38 °C	19 °C	1,140 mm	364
Eluru · India	39 °C	19 °C	1,018 mm	364
Rasapūdipalem · India	35 °C	19 °C	1,040 mm	360
Machilīpatnam · India	37 °C	20 °C	1,015 mm	364

Where Kākināda ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in Asia in January	1st of 50	100/100
Best beach destinations in the world in January	1st of 50	100/100
Best beach destinations in Asia in December	5th of 50	100/100
Best beach destinations in the world in December	5th of 50	100/100
Best beach destinations in Asia in February	30th of 50	97/100
Best beach destinations in the world in February	46th of 50	97/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Kākināda’s climate

When is the best time to visit Kākināda?

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

How hot does Kākināda get?

In May, the warmest month, daily highs average 37 °C. About 216 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 44 °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 Kākināda?

July, averaging 222 mm over 21 days with rain. The driest month is March with 9 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,172 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 Kākināda 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: 16.960°, 82.238° (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.