Kāraikkudi climate

Name: Kāraikkudi
Address: IN

Kāraikkudi is warmest in May, with average highs of 37 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 20 °C. November is the wettest month (207 mm) and February the driest (16 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Kāraikkudi averages 987 mm of rain and 363 days above 25 °C.

India · population 181,851 · 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 February 16 mm
Wettest month November 207 mm
Least cloud March 41 % cloud
Hottest on record May 42 °C
Coldest on record January 15 °C

What to expectKāraikkudi through the year

Kāraikkudi has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 29 °C in January to 37 °C in May, a swing of 6.4 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 363 days a year reach 25 °C, 282 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C, in May.

Rain is strongly seasonal. November averages 207 mm against 16 mm in February — 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	29.4 °C	19 mm	53 %
February	31.9 °C	16 mm	42 %
March	34.5 °C	26 mm	41 %
April	35.8 °C	43 mm	53 %
May	36.9 °C	69 mm	64 %
June	36.1 °C	58 mm	82 %
July	35.2 °C	64 mm	87 %
August	34.8 °C	79 mm	83 %
September	34.4 °C	101 mm	77 %
October	31.8 °C	202 mm	77 %
November	29.2 °C	207 mm	75 %
December	28.4 °C	103 mm	65 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	29.4 °C	20.2 °C	24.5 °C	33.5 °C	15.0 °C	31	9
February	31.9 °C	20.9 °C	25.9 °C	36.4 °C	16.0 °C	28	25
March	34.5 °C	22.6 °C	28.0 °C	39.1 °C	16.7 °C	31	30
April	35.8 °C	25.3 °C	29.9 °C	42.0 °C	21.1 °C	30	30
May	36.9 °C	26.6 °C	30.9 °C	42.4 °C	23.3 °C	31	31
June	36.1 °C	26.2 °C	30.3 °C	41.0 °C	23.5 °C	30	30
July	35.2 °C	25.7 °C	29.7 °C	40.7 °C	23.5 °C	31	31
August	34.8 °C	25.3 °C	29.3 °C	39.9 °C	22.5 °C	31	31
September	34.4 °C	25.0 °C	28.9 °C	40.2 °C	22.4 °C	30	29
October	31.8 °C	23.9 °C	27.2 °C	38.8 °C	18.8 °C	31	24
November	29.2 °C	22.6 °C	25.4 °C	34.7 °C	16.8 °C	29	10
December	28.4 °C	21.2 °C	24.5 °C	34.9 °C	16.7 °C	30	3

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	19 mm	4	12 h/day	53 %	73 %	17 km/h
February	16 mm	3	12 h/day	42 %	70 %	16 km/h
March	26 mm	4	12 h/day	41 %	68 %	16 km/h
April	43 mm	8	12 h/day	53 %	69 %	16 km/h
May	69 mm	11	13 h/day	64 %	64 %	16 km/h
June	58 mm	12	13 h/day	82 %	62 %	15 km/h
July	64 mm	13	13 h/day	87 %	63 %	13 km/h
August	79 mm	14	12 h/day	83 %	65 %	13 km/h
September	101 mm	15	12 h/day	77 %	69 %	14 km/h
October	202 mm	20	12 h/day	77 %	78 %	12 km/h
November	207 mm	19	12 h/day	75 %	81 %	15 km/h
December	103 mm	11	12 h/day	65 %	77 %	17 km/h

How Kāraikkudi 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
Kāraikkudi	37 °C	20 °C	987 mm	363
Madurai · India	37 °C	20 °C	836 mm	363
Tiruchirappalli · India	38 °C	20 °C	812 mm	363
Thanjavur · India	38 °C	20 °C	962 mm	362
Dindigul · India	36 °C	20 °C	1,364 mm	360

Where Kāraikkudi ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in Asia year-round	38th of 50	33 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Kāraikkudi’s climate

When is the best time to visit Kāraikkudi?

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 Kāraikkudi get?

In May, the warmest month, daily highs average 37 °C. About 282 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 20 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Kāraikkudi?

November, averaging 207 mm over 19 days with rain. The driest month is February with 16 mm. The year as a whole averages 987 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 Kāraikkudi 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: 10.066°, 78.768° (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.