Machilīpatnam climate

Name: Machilīpatnam
Address: IN

Machilīpatnam is warmest in May, with average highs of 37 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 20 °C. September is the wettest month (200 mm) and February the driest (8.0 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Machilīpatnam averages 1,015 mm of rain and 364 days above 25 °C.

India · population 192,827 · 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 8 mm
Wettest month September 200 mm
Least cloud March 25 % cloud
Hottest on record May 46 °C
Coldest on record December 14 °C
Warmest sea May 30 °C

What to expectMachilīpatnam through the year

Machilīpatnam has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 28 °C in January to 37 °C in May, a swing of 8.1 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 364 days a year reach 25 °C, 226 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 46 °C, in May.

Rain is strongly seasonal. September averages 200 mm against 8 mm in February — 25 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Machilīpatnam is warmest in May at 30 °C and coldest in January at 26 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	27.9 °C	9 mm	32 %
February	29.7 °C	8 mm	26 %
March	32.4 °C	8 mm	25 %
April	34.3 °C	17 mm	32 %
May	36.6 °C	34 mm	44 %
June	34.8 °C	138 mm	82 %
July	32.4 °C	165 mm	92 %
August	31.6 °C	166 mm	90 %
September	31.2 °C	200 mm	79 %
October	30.1 °C	164 mm	65 %
November	28.8 °C	83 mm	52 %
December	27.9 °C	23 mm	40 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	27.9 °C	20.2 °C	24.0 °C	32.1 °C	13.9 °C	31	1
February	29.7 °C	21.5 °C	25.5 °C	35.4 °C	16.5 °C	28	10
March	32.4 °C	24.0 °C	27.9 °C	37.1 °C	18.9 °C	31	30
April	34.3 °C	26.6 °C	30.0 °C	40.2 °C	22.1 °C	30	30
May	36.6 °C	28.7 °C	32.1 °C	45.5 °C	24.7 °C	31	31
June	34.8 °C	28.0 °C	31.1 °C	43.1 °C	24.4 °C	30	28
July	32.4 °C	26.7 °C	29.3 °C	38.9 °C	24.0 °C	31	27
August	31.6 °C	26.2 °C	28.7 °C	37.8 °C	24.0 °C	31	25
September	31.2 °C	25.8 °C	28.3 °C	36.2 °C	23.3 °C	30	24
October	30.1 °C	24.7 °C	27.2 °C	34.4 °C	20.7 °C	31	17
November	28.8 °C	22.7 °C	25.7 °C	33.2 °C	16.5 °C	30	4
December	27.9 °C	20.7 °C	24.3 °C	32.6 °C	13.6 °C	31	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	9 mm	2	11 h/day	32 %	75 %	14 km/h	26.0 °C
February	8 mm	1	12 h/day	26 %	74 %	15 km/h	27.0 °C
March	8 mm	2	12 h/day	25 %	72 %	16 km/h	28.4 °C
April	17 mm	2	13 h/day	32 %	72 %	17 km/h	29.4 °C
May	34 mm	4	13 h/day	44 %	67 %	18 km/h	30.0 °C
June	138 mm	14	13 h/day	82 %	67 %	19 km/h	29.7 °C
July	165 mm	19	13 h/day	92 %	72 %	20 km/h	28.8 °C
August	166 mm	18	13 h/day	90 %	75 %	18 km/h	28.5 °C
September	200 mm	18	12 h/day	79 %	80 %	14 km/h	29.2 °C
October	164 mm	16	12 h/day	65 %	82 %	12 km/h	29.5 °C
November	83 mm	8	11 h/day	52 %	79 %	13 km/h	28.1 °C
December	23 mm	2	11 h/day	40 %	75 %	13 km/h	26.5 °C

How Machilīpatnam 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
Machilīpatnam	37 °C	20 °C	1,015 mm	364
Thenali · India	39 °C	19 °C	1,001 mm	364
Eluru · India	39 °C	19 °C	1,018 mm	364
Vijayawada · India	40 °C	19 °C	985 mm	364
Guntur · India	39 °C	19 °C	934 mm	364
Rajamahendravaram · India	38 °C	19 °C	1,140 mm	364

Where Machilīpatnam ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in Asia in January	2nd of 50	100/100
Best beach destinations in the world in January	3rd of 50	100/100
Best beach destinations in Asia in December	6th of 50	100/100
Best beach destinations in the world in December	6th of 50	100/100
Best beach destinations in Asia in February	32nd of 50	97/100
Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in October	47th of 50	30 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Machilīpatnam’s climate

When is the best time to visit Machilīpatnam?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. January, February, 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 Machilīpatnam get?

In May, the warmest month, daily highs average 37 °C. About 226 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 46 °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 Machilīpatnam?

September, averaging 200 mm over 18 days with rain. The driest month is February with 8 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,015 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 Machilīpatnam 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: 16.187°, 81.139° (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.