Kanchipuram climate

Name: Kanchipuram
Address: IN

Kanchipuram is warmest in May, with average highs of 38 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 19 °C. October is the wettest month (193 mm) and February the driest (7.6 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Kanchipuram averages 956 mm of rain and 363 days above 25 °C.

India · population 221,715 · 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 October 193 mm
Least cloud March 37 % cloud
Hottest on record May 43 °C
Coldest on record January 13 °C

What to expectKanchipuram through the year

Kanchipuram has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 29 °C in January to 38 °C in May, a swing of 8.3 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 363 days a year reach 25 °C, 269 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 43 °C, in May.

Rain is strongly seasonal. October averages 193 mm against 8 mm in February — 25 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	28.9 °C	13 mm	46 %
February	31.5 °C	8 mm	37 %
March	34.5 °C	13 mm	37 %
April	36.5 °C	20 mm	45 %
May	38.1 °C	46 mm	56 %
June	36.2 °C	73 mm	83 %
July	34.9 °C	82 mm	90 %
August	34.0 °C	113 mm	87 %
September	33.3 °C	135 mm	78 %
October	31.1 °C	193 mm	73 %
November	28.9 °C	169 mm	69 %
December	28.0 °C	91 mm	59 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	28.9 °C	19.0 °C	23.6 °C	32.4 °C	13.4 °C	31	6
February	31.5 °C	19.6 °C	25.1 °C	36.3 °C	14.3 °C	28	23
March	34.5 °C	21.9 °C	27.5 °C	39.5 °C	15.9 °C	31	31
April	36.5 °C	25.3 °C	30.0 °C	41.5 °C	18.9 °C	30	30
May	38.1 °C	27.3 °C	31.9 °C	43.3 °C	23.7 °C	31	31
June	36.2 °C	27.1 °C	31.0 °C	42.0 °C	23.6 °C	30	30
July	34.9 °C	26.4 °C	30.1 °C	40.4 °C	23.6 °C	31	31
August	34.0 °C	25.7 °C	29.3 °C	39.2 °C	23.5 °C	31	30
September	33.3 °C	25.1 °C	28.6 °C	38.0 °C	22.9 °C	30	29
October	31.1 °C	23.7 °C	26.9 °C	36.2 °C	18.9 °C	31	22
November	28.9 °C	21.9 °C	25.0 °C	35.3 °C	15.4 °C	29	7
December	28.0 °C	20.2 °C	23.8 °C	31.8 °C	13.9 °C	30	1

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	13 mm	3	11 h/day	46 %	75 %	14 km/h
February	8 mm	2	12 h/day	37 %	72 %	14 km/h
March	13 mm	2	12 h/day	37 %	69 %	15 km/h
April	20 mm	3	12 h/day	45 %	68 %	16 km/h
May	46 mm	7	13 h/day	56 %	60 %	16 km/h
June	73 mm	12	13 h/day	83 %	58 %	17 km/h
July	82 mm	14	13 h/day	90 %	60 %	18 km/h
August	113 mm	16	13 h/day	87 %	65 %	16 km/h
September	135 mm	17	12 h/day	78 %	71 %	13 km/h
October	193 mm	20	12 h/day	73 %	79 %	12 km/h
November	169 mm	16	12 h/day	69 %	82 %	15 km/h
December	91 mm	8	11 h/day	59 %	78 %	16 km/h

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Kanchipuram’s climate

When is the best time to visit Kanchipuram?

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 Kanchipuram get?

In May, the warmest month, daily highs average 38 °C. About 269 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 43 °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 Kanchipuram?

October, averaging 193 mm over 20 days with rain. The driest month is February with 8 mm. The year as a whole averages 956 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 Kanchipuram 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: 12.835°, 79.700° (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.