Kumbakonam climate

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Kumbakonam is warmest in May, with average highs of 38 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 21 °C. November is the wettest month (222 mm) and February the driest (14 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Kumbakonam averages 952 mm of rain and 362 days above 25 °C.

India · population 167,155 · 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 21 °C
Driest month February 14 mm
Wettest month November 222 mm
Least cloud March 39 % cloud
Hottest on record May 43 °C
Coldest on record January 16 °C

What to expectKumbakonam through the year

Kumbakonam has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 29 °C in January to 38 °C in May, a swing of 7.2 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 362 days a year reach 25 °C, 270 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 43 °C, in May.

Rain is strongly seasonal. November averages 222 mm against 14 mm in February — 15 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	28.7 °C	21 mm	52 %
February	31.3 °C	14 mm	41 %
March	34.4 °C	18 mm	39 %
April	36.1 °C	30 mm	48 %
May	37.6 °C	48 mm	60 %
June	36.6 °C	52 mm	83 %
July	35.7 °C	56 mm	88 %
August	35.1 °C	78 mm	85 %
September	34.5 °C	102 mm	77 %
October	31.7 °C	177 mm	75 %
November	28.9 °C	222 mm	73 %
December	27.9 °C	134 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	28.7 °C	20.7 °C	24.4 °C	32.6 °C	15.7 °C	31	5
February	31.3 °C	21.3 °C	25.8 °C	36.2 °C	16.6 °C	28	22
March	34.4 °C	23.0 °C	28.1 °C	39.8 °C	17.6 °C	31	30
April	36.1 °C	26.0 °C	30.3 °C	41.2 °C	21.0 °C	30	30
May	37.6 °C	27.4 °C	31.6 °C	42.5 °C	23.6 °C	31	31
June	36.6 °C	27.1 °C	31.0 °C	41.7 °C	23.3 °C	30	30
July	35.7 °C	26.4 °C	30.3 °C	40.4 °C	23.6 °C	31	31
August	35.1 °C	26.0 °C	29.9 °C	39.5 °C	23.4 °C	31	31
September	34.5 °C	25.7 °C	29.3 °C	39.6 °C	22.7 °C	30	29
October	31.7 °C	24.3 °C	27.4 °C	38.8 °C	19.7 °C	31	23
November	28.9 °C	22.8 °C	25.5 °C	35.6 °C	18.2 °C	29	8
December	27.9 °C	21.5 °C	24.4 °C	32.6 °C	17.4 °C	30	2

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	21 mm	4	12 h/day	52 %	75 %	16 km/h
February	14 mm	3	12 h/day	41 %	72 %	15 km/h
March	18 mm	3	12 h/day	39 %	68 %	15 km/h
April	30 mm	6	12 h/day	48 %	68 %	15 km/h
May	48 mm	9	13 h/day	60 %	63 %	17 km/h
June	52 mm	10	13 h/day	83 %	59 %	18 km/h
July	56 mm	11	13 h/day	88 %	59 %	18 km/h
August	78 mm	14	12 h/day	85 %	63 %	16 km/h
September	102 mm	16	12 h/day	77 %	68 %	14 km/h
October	177 mm	20	12 h/day	75 %	78 %	12 km/h
November	222 mm	19	12 h/day	73 %	83 %	14 km/h
December	134 mm	11	11 h/day	65 %	79 %	16 km/h

How Kumbakonam 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
Kumbakonam	38 °C	21 °C	952 mm	362
Thanjavur · India	38 °C	20 °C	962 mm	362
Neyveli · India	38 °C	20 °C	1,049 mm	362
Tiruchirappalli · India	38 °C	20 °C	812 mm	363
Cuddalore · India	34 °C	22 °C	1,067 mm	363
Kallakurichi · India	38 °C	19 °C	973 mm	362

Where Kumbakonam ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in Asia year-round	39thof 50	33 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Kumbakonam’s climate

When is the best time to visit Kumbakonam?

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 Kumbakonam get?

In May, the warmest month, daily highs average 38 °C. About 270 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 21 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Kumbakonam?

November, averaging 222 mm over 19 days with rain. The driest month is February with 14 mm. The year as a whole averages 952 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 Kumbakonam 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.