Madurai climate

Name: Madurai
Address: IN

Madurai is warmest in May, with average highs of 37 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 20 °C. October is the wettest month (179 mm) and January the driest (11 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Madurai averages 836 mm of rain and 363 days above 25 °C.

India · population 1,465,625 · 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 January 11 mm
Wettest month October 179 mm
Least cloud March 36 % cloud
Hottest on record April 43 °C
Coldest on record December 15 °C

What to expectMadurai through the year

Madurai has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 30 °C in January to 37 °C in May, a swing of 6.5 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 363 days a year reach 25 °C, 296 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 43 °C, in April.

Rain is strongly seasonal. October averages 179 mm against 11 mm in January — 16 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	30.4 °C	11 mm	48 %
February	33.4 °C	16 mm	38 %
March	36.2 °C	28 mm	36 %
April	37.0 °C	49 mm	53 %
May	37.4 °C	63 mm	65 %
June	36.1 °C	47 mm	82 %
July	35.4 °C	49 mm	87 %
August	35.2 °C	66 mm	84 %
September	35.1 °C	86 mm	78 %
October	32.2 °C	179 mm	78 %
November	29.4 °C	169 mm	74 %
December	28.8 °C	72 mm	62 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	30.4 °C	19.7 °C	25.0 °C	34.7 °C	15.1 °C	31	18
February	33.4 °C	21.1 °C	26.9 °C	38.7 °C	15.5 °C	28	27
March	36.2 °C	23.2 °C	29.2 °C	40.4 °C	16.8 °C	31	30
April	37.0 °C	25.4 °C	30.5 °C	42.6 °C	21.1 °C	30	30
May	37.4 °C	26.1 °C	31.0 °C	42.1 °C	22.3 °C	31	31
June	36.1 °C	25.5 °C	30.2 °C	41.2 °C	22.4 °C	30	29
July	35.4 °C	25.0 °C	29.6 °C	40.7 °C	22.8 °C	31	30
August	35.2 °C	24.7 °C	29.3 °C	39.4 °C	21.7 °C	31	30
September	35.1 °C	24.6 °C	29.2 °C	40.1 °C	21.7 °C	30	29
October	32.2 °C	23.6 °C	27.3 °C	39.7 °C	18.2 °C	31	24
November	29.4 °C	22.1 °C	25.4 °C	35.1 °C	16.3 °C	29	11
December	28.8 °C	20.5 °C	24.6 °C	34.8 °C	14.9 °C	30	7

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	11 mm	3	12 h/day	48 %	66 %	13 km/h
February	16 mm	3	12 h/day	38 %	61 %	13 km/h
March	28 mm	4	12 h/day	36 %	57 %	14 km/h
April	49 mm	8	12 h/day	53 %	61 %	13 km/h
May	63 mm	12	13 h/day	65 %	59 %	12 km/h
June	47 mm	10	13 h/day	82 %	57 %	13 km/h
July	49 mm	11	13 h/day	87 %	57 %	12 km/h
August	66 mm	12	12 h/day	84 %	60 %	11 km/h
September	86 mm	13	12 h/day	78 %	62 %	11 km/h
October	179 mm	19	12 h/day	78 %	73 %	9.6 km/h
November	169 mm	17	12 h/day	74 %	79 %	11 km/h
December	72 mm	8	12 h/day	62 %	74 %	13 km/h

How Madurai 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
Madurai	37 °C	20 °C	836 mm	363
Dindigul · India	36 °C	20 °C	1,364 mm	360
Sivakasi · India	37 °C	20 °C	879 mm	363
Kāraikkudi · India	37 °C	20 °C	987 mm	363

Where Madurai ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in Asia in March	14th of 50	36 °C
The warmest places in Asia in February	15th of 50	33 °C
The warmest places in Asia year-round	17th of 50	34 °C
The warmest places in the world year-round	44th of 50	34 °C
The warmest places in Asia in January	46th of 50	30 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Madurai’s climate

When is the best time to visit Madurai?

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 January the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Madurai get?

In May, the warmest month, daily highs average 37 °C. About 296 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 Madurai?

October, averaging 179 mm over 19 days with rain. The driest month is January with 11 mm. The year as a whole averages 836 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 Madurai 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: 9.919°, 78.120° (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.