Karur climate

Name: Karur
Address: IN

Karur is warmest in April, with average highs of 38 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 20 °C. October is the wettest month (156 mm) and January the driest (4.8 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Karur averages 710 mm of rain and 364 days above 25 °C.

India · population 234,191 · 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 38 °C
Coldest month January 20 °C
Driest month January 5 mm
Wettest month October 156 mm
Least cloud March 33 % cloud
Hottest on record April 43 °C
Coldest on record January 16 °C

What to expectKarur through the year

Karur has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 31 °C in January to 38 °C in April, a swing of 6.7 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 364 days a year reach 25 °C, 310 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 43 °C, in April.

Rain is strongly seasonal. October averages 156 mm against 5 mm in January — 33 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	31.1 °C	5 mm	43 %
February	34.0 °C	8 mm	34 %
March	36.9 °C	14 mm	33 %
April	38.0 °C	36 mm	49 %
May	37.7 °C	56 mm	64 %
June	35.3 °C	46 mm	83 %
July	34.3 °C	48 mm	88 %
August	34.3 °C	61 mm	86 %
September	34.6 °C	84 mm	78 %
October	32.3 °C	156 mm	75 %
November	29.9 °C	139 mm	70 %
December	29.4 °C	57 mm	58 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	31.1 °C	20.0 °C	25.4 °C	36.0 °C	15.9 °C	31	23
February	34.0 °C	21.2 °C	27.3 °C	38.7 °C	17.3 °C	28	28
March	36.9 °C	23.4 °C	29.9 °C	40.7 °C	18.1 °C	31	31
April	38.0 °C	26.0 °C	31.5 °C	42.7 °C	20.6 °C	30	30
May	37.7 °C	26.5 °C	31.2 °C	41.7 °C	23.5 °C	31	31
June	35.3 °C	25.5 °C	29.4 °C	41.3 °C	23.0 °C	30	29
July	34.3 °C	24.8 °C	28.6 °C	38.4 °C	22.6 °C	31	30
August	34.3 °C	24.6 °C	28.5 °C	38.0 °C	22.6 °C	31	30
September	34.6 °C	24.6 °C	28.8 °C	38.9 °C	22.3 °C	30	29
October	32.3 °C	23.7 °C	27.4 °C	38.9 °C	18.7 °C	31	25
November	29.9 °C	22.2 °C	25.7 °C	37.2 °C	16.7 °C	29	14
December	29.4 °C	20.5 °C	24.8 °C	34.6 °C	15.9 °C	30	10

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	5 mm	1	12 h/day	43 %	63 %	15 km/h
February	8 mm	2	12 h/day	34 %	56 %	17 km/h
March	14 mm	2	12 h/day	33 %	51 %	17 km/h
April	36 mm	6	12 h/day	49 %	55 %	16 km/h
May	56 mm	10	13 h/day	64 %	58 %	17 km/h
June	46 mm	9	13 h/day	83 %	62 %	23 km/h
July	48 mm	10	13 h/day	88 %	63 %	23 km/h
August	61 mm	10	12 h/day	86 %	63 %	20 km/h
September	84 mm	13	12 h/day	78 %	64 %	17 km/h
October	156 mm	18	12 h/day	75 %	72 %	13 km/h
November	139 mm	14	12 h/day	70 %	76 %	12 km/h
December	57 mm	6	11 h/day	58 %	71 %	13 km/h

How Karur 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
Karur	38 °C	20 °C	710 mm	364
Erode · India	38 °C	20 °C	793 mm	364
Dindigul · India	36 °C	20 °C	1,364 mm	360
Kumarapalayam · India	38 °C	20 °C	854 mm	364
Tiruchirappalli · India	38 °C	20 °C	812 mm	363
Salem · India	37 °C	19 °C	964 mm	363
Tiruppur · India	37 °C	19 °C	894 mm	363

Where Karur ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in Asia in February	5thof 50	34 °C
The warmest places in Asia in March	6thof 50	37 °C
The warmest places in Asia year-round	15thof 50	34 °C
The warmest places in Asia in January	20thof 50	31 °C
The warmest places in the world year-round	41stof 50	34 °C
The warmest places in the world in March	44thof 50	37 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Karur’s climate

When is the best time to visit Karur?

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 Karur get?

In April, the warmest month, daily highs average 38 °C. About 310 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 20 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Karur?

October, averaging 156 mm over 18 days with rain. The driest month is January with 5 mm. The year as a whole averages 710 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 Karur 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: 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.