Kurnool climate

Name: Kurnool
Address: IN

Kurnool is warmest in May, with average highs of 39 °C, and coldest in December, when nights average 18 °C. September is the wettest month (131 mm) and February the driest (2.5 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Kurnool averages 684 mm of rain and 364 days above 25 °C.

India · population 460,184 · 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 39 °C
Coldest month December 18 °C
Driest month February 3 mm
Wettest month September 131 mm
Least cloud February 20 % cloud
Hottest on record April 44 °C
Coldest on record December 13 °C

What to expectKurnool through the year

Kurnool has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 30 °C in December to 39 °C in May, a swing of 9.2 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 364 days a year reach 25 °C, 300 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 44 °C, in April.

Rain is strongly seasonal. September averages 131 mm against 3 mm in February — 52 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	4 mm	27 %
February	33.9 °C	3 mm	20 %
March	37.2 °C	9 mm	21 %
April	39.1 °C	11 mm	30 %
May	39.3 °C	32 mm	46 %
June	34.5 °C	101 mm	83 %
July	32.0 °C	119 mm	93 %
August	31.0 °C	125 mm	91 %
September	31.3 °C	131 mm	82 %
October	31.2 °C	114 mm	64 %
November	30.7 °C	29 mm	50 %
December	30.2 °C	8 mm	38 %

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	18.6 °C	24.6 °C	35.6 °C	13.5 °C	31	24
February	33.9 °C	20.5 °C	27.1 °C	38.8 °C	14.5 °C	28	28
March	37.2 °C	23.7 °C	30.5 °C	42.0 °C	18.6 °C	31	31
April	39.1 °C	26.6 °C	32.7 °C	43.5 °C	21.4 °C	30	30
May	39.3 °C	28.0 °C	33.4 °C	43.3 °C	22.7 °C	31	31
June	34.5 °C	25.7 °C	29.6 °C	43.5 °C	22.8 °C	30	28
July	32.0 °C	24.6 °C	27.8 °C	38.2 °C	22.3 °C	31	25
August	31.0 °C	24.0 °C	27.1 °C	36.7 °C	21.8 °C	31	23
September	31.3 °C	23.8 °C	27.2 °C	37.3 °C	20.9 °C	30	22
October	31.2 °C	22.5 °C	26.6 °C	37.5 °C	16.6 °C	31	23
November	30.7 °C	20.4 °C	25.4 °C	35.6 °C	13.1 °C	30	19
December	30.2 °C	18.4 °C	24.1 °C	34.4 °C	12.6 °C	31	17

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	4 mm	1	11 h/day	27 %	55 %	13 km/h
February	3 mm	1	12 h/day	20 %	46 %	14 km/h
March	9 mm	1	12 h/day	21 %	40 %	14 km/h
April	11 mm	3	12 h/day	30 %	41 %	14 km/h
May	32 mm	6	13 h/day	46 %	43 %	18 km/h
June	101 mm	14	13 h/day	83 %	62 %	21 km/h
July	119 mm	17	13 h/day	93 %	68 %	23 km/h
August	125 mm	17	13 h/day	91 %	71 %	21 km/h
September	131 mm	15	12 h/day	82 %	71 %	16 km/h
October	114 mm	12	12 h/day	64 %	71 %	12 km/h
November	29 mm	5	11 h/day	50 %	65 %	13 km/h
December	8 mm	1	11 h/day	38 %	60 %	12 km/h

How Kurnool 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
Kurnool	39 °C	18 °C	684 mm	364
Nandyāl · India	40 °C	18 °C	680 mm	364
Rāichūr · India	39 °C	18 °C	730 mm	362
Adoni · India	38 °C	18 °C	661 mm	363
Mahbūbnagar · India	38 °C	17 °C	789 mm	358
Proddatūr · India	40 °C	19 °C	666 mm	364
Anantapur · India	38 °C	18 °C	567 mm	363

Where Kurnool ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in Asia in March	4thof 50	37 °C
The warmest places in Asia in February	9thof 50	34 °C
The warmest places in Asia in April	18thof 50	39 °C
The warmest places in Asia in January	23rdof 50	31 °C
The warmest places in Asia year-round	29thof 50	33 °C
The warmest places in Asia in December	31stof 50	30 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Kurnool’s climate

When is the best time to visit Kurnool?

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 Kurnool get?

In May, the warmest month, daily highs average 39 °C. About 300 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 44 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 18 °C in December, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Kurnool?

September, averaging 131 mm over 15 days with rain. The driest month is February with 3 mm. The year as a whole averages 684 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 Kurnool 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.