Kallakurichi climate

Name: Kallakurichi
Address: IN

Kallakurichi is warmest in May, with average highs of 38 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 19 °C. November is the wettest month (183 mm) and February the driest (8.0 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Kallakurichi averages 973 mm of rain and 362 days above 25 °C.

India · population 1,682,687 · 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 38 °C
Coldest month January 19 °C
Driest month February 8 mm
Wettest month November 183 mm
Least cloud March 36 % cloud
Hottest on record May 44 °C
Coldest on record January 13 °C

What to expectKallakurichi through the year

Kallakurichi has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 29 °C in January to 38 °C in May, a swing of 8.2 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 362 days a year reach 25 °C, 276 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 44 °C, in May.

Rain is strongly seasonal. November averages 183 mm against 8 mm in February — 23 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	29.0 °C	16 mm	50 %
February	31.9 °C	8 mm	40 %
March	35.1 °C	15 mm	36 %
April	37.1 °C	29 mm	46 %
May	37.9 °C	64 mm	60 %
June	35.7 °C	67 mm	83 %
July	34.7 °C	78 mm	89 %
August	34.1 °C	106 mm	86 %
September	33.5 °C	130 mm	78 %
October	31.4 °C	182 mm	75 %
November	28.9 °C	183 mm	72 %
December	27.9 °C	95 mm	62 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	29.0 °C	18.8 °C	23.6 °C	34.4 °C	13.2 °C	31	8
February	31.9 °C	19.5 °C	25.4 °C	36.9 °C	14.2 °C	28	24
March	35.1 °C	21.6 °C	28.0 °C	40.7 °C	15.1 °C	31	31
April	37.1 °C	25.1 °C	30.6 °C	41.9 °C	18.7 °C	30	30
May	37.9 °C	26.7 °C	31.8 °C	43.5 °C	22.8 °C	31	31
June	35.7 °C	26.0 °C	30.4 °C	41.5 °C	22.8 °C	30	29
July	34.7 °C	25.4 °C	29.6 °C	40.5 °C	23.0 °C	31	31
August	34.1 °C	24.9 °C	29.1 °C	39.2 °C	22.4 °C	31	30
September	33.5 °C	24.5 °C	28.6 °C	39.1 °C	21.6 °C	30	29
October	31.4 °C	23.4 °C	26.9 °C	37.2 °C	17.6 °C	31	23
November	28.9 °C	21.7 °C	24.9 °C	35.8 °C	14.8 °C	29	9
December	27.9 °C	20.0 °C	23.7 °C	33.3 °C	13.6 °C	30	2

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	16 mm	3	12 h/day	50 %	73 %	13 km/h
February	8 mm	2	12 h/day	40 %	68 %	14 km/h
March	15 mm	2	12 h/day	36 %	62 %	14 km/h
April	29 mm	5	12 h/day	46 %	61 %	14 km/h
May	64 mm	10	13 h/day	60 %	58 %	14 km/h
June	67 mm	11	13 h/day	83 %	61 %	15 km/h
July	78 mm	12	13 h/day	89 %	62 %	16 km/h
August	106 mm	13	13 h/day	86 %	65 %	14 km/h
September	130 mm	16	12 h/day	78 %	70 %	12 km/h
October	182 mm	19	12 h/day	75 %	77 %	11 km/h
November	183 mm	16	12 h/day	72 %	80 %	13 km/h
December	95 mm	9	11 h/day	62 %	77 %	15 km/h

How Kallakurichi 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
Kallakurichi	38 °C	19 °C	973 mm	362
Neyveli · India	38 °C	20 °C	1,049 mm	362
Cuddalore · India	34 °C	22 °C	1,067 mm	363
Salem · India	37 °C	19 °C	964 mm	363
Puducherry · India	34 °C	22 °C	1,041 mm	364
Kumbakonam · India	38 °C	21 °C	952 mm	362

Where Kallakurichi ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in Asia year-round	42nd of 50	33 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Kallakurichi’s climate

When is the best time to visit Kallakurichi?

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, May is the warmest month and February the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Kallakurichi get?

In May, the warmest month, daily highs average 38 °C. About 276 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 19 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Kallakurichi?

November, averaging 183 mm over 16 days with rain. The driest month is February with 8 mm. The year as a whole averages 973 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 Kallakurichi 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: 11.734°, 78.959° (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.