Kumarapalayam climate

Name: Kumarapalayam
Address: IN

Kumarapalayam is warmest in April, with average highs of 38 °C, and coldest in December, when nights average 20 °C. October is the wettest month (146 mm) and January the driest (4.7 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Kumarapalayam averages 854 mm of rain and 364 days above 25 °C.

India · population 195,071 · 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 December 20 °C
Driest month January 5 mm
Wettest month October 146 mm
Least cloud March 31 % cloud
Hottest on record May 42 °C
Coldest on record December 15 °C

What to expectKumarapalayam through the year

Kumarapalayam has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 29 °C in December to 38 °C in April, a swing of 6.8 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 364 days a year reach 25 °C, 297 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C, in May.

Rain is strongly seasonal. October averages 146 mm against 5 mm in January — 31 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	31.3 °C	5 mm	41 %
February	33.9 °C	6 mm	32 %
March	36.7 °C	15 mm	31 %
April	37.7 °C	33 mm	48 %
May	37.4 °C	67 mm	64 %
June	34.0 °C	94 mm	84 %
July	32.5 °C	113 mm	89 %
August	32.2 °C	111 mm	87 %
September	32.7 °C	108 mm	80 %
October	31.4 °C	146 mm	75 %
November	29.8 °C	112 mm	69 %
December	29.5 °C	44 mm	56 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	31.3 °C	20.1 °C	25.5 °C	36.3 °C	15.5 °C	31	24
February	33.9 °C	21.5 °C	27.6 °C	38.9 °C	16.9 °C	28	28
March	36.7 °C	23.7 °C	30.1 °C	41.0 °C	18.5 °C	31	31
April	37.7 °C	25.8 °C	31.5 °C	41.7 °C	21.9 °C	30	30
May	37.4 °C	26.0 °C	30.9 °C	41.8 °C	22.8 °C	31	31
June	34.0 °C	24.4 °C	28.4 °C	41.2 °C	21.6 °C	30	27
July	32.5 °C	23.5 °C	27.3 °C	39.0 °C	21.5 °C	31	26
August	32.2 °C	23.3 °C	27.1 °C	38.2 °C	21.3 °C	31	27
September	32.7 °C	23.4 °C	27.4 °C	37.7 °C	19.3 °C	30	27
October	31.4 °C	23.1 °C	26.7 °C	37.8 °C	18.4 °C	31	24
November	29.8 °C	21.9 °C	25.6 °C	36.7 °C	15.7 °C	30	12
December	29.5 °C	20.0 °C	24.7 °C	35.1 °C	14.7 °C	30	11

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	5 mm	1	12 h/day	41 %	57 %	10 km/h
February	6 mm	2	12 h/day	32 %	50 %	11 km/h
March	15 mm	3	12 h/day	31 %	46 %	12 km/h
April	33 mm	5	12 h/day	48 %	52 %	12 km/h
May	67 mm	12	13 h/day	64 %	59 %	13 km/h
June	94 mm	17	13 h/day	84 %	69 %	15 km/h
July	113 mm	19	13 h/day	89 %	73 %	14 km/h
August	111 mm	20	13 h/day	87 %	74 %	13 km/h
September	108 mm	18	12 h/day	80 %	72 %	11 km/h
October	146 mm	18	12 h/day	75 %	75 %	9.2 km/h
November	112 mm	13	12 h/day	69 %	74 %	9.3 km/h
December	44 mm	5	11 h/day	56 %	68 %	10 km/h

How Kumarapalayam 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
Kumarapalayam	38 °C	20 °C	854 mm	364
Erode · India	38 °C	20 °C	793 mm	364
Tiruppur · India	37 °C	19 °C	894 mm	363
Salem · India	37 °C	19 °C	964 mm	363
Karur · India	38 °C	20 °C	710 mm	364

Where Kumarapalayam ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in Asia in February	6th of 50	34 °C
The warmest places in Asia in March	7th of 50	37 °C
The warmest places in Asia in January	16th of 50	31 °C
The warmest places in Asia year-round	33rd of 50	33 °C
The warmest places in the world in March	47th of 50	37 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Kumarapalayam’s climate

When is the best time to visit Kumarapalayam?

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 Kumarapalayam get?

In April, the warmest month, daily highs average 38 °C. About 297 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 December, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Kumarapalayam?

October, averaging 146 mm over 18 days with rain. The driest month is January with 5 mm. The year as a whole averages 854 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 Kumarapalayam 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: 11.445°, 77.711° (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.