Nāgercoil climate
Nāgercoil is warmest in March, with average highs of 33 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 22 °C. November is the wettest month (203 mm) and January the driest (14 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Nāgercoil averages 976 mm of rain and 364 days above 25 °C.
India · population 224,849 · 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 March 33 °C
- Coldest month January 22 °C
- Driest month January 14 mm
- Wettest month November 203 mm
- Least cloud February 39 % cloud
- Hottest on record April 38 °C
- Coldest on record January 17 °C
- Warmest sea April 30 °C
What to expectNāgercoil through the year
Nāgercoil changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 31 and 33 °C, so no month stands out as a season in the way it would further from the equator.
Counted across a normal year, 364 days a year reach 25 °C, 185 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C, in April.
Rain is strongly seasonal. November averages 203 mm against 14 mm in January — 15 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
The sea off Nāgercoil is warmest in April at 30 °C and coldest in July 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 | 30.8 °C | 14 mm | 45 % |
| February | 32.4 °C | 15 mm | 39 % |
| March | 33.2 °C | 43 mm | 39 % |
| April | 32.2 °C | 82 mm | 55 % |
| May | 31.1 °C | 88 mm | 69 % |
| June | 29.1 °C | 90 mm | 84 % |
| July | 29.0 °C | 58 mm | 86 % |
| August | 29.4 °C | 62 mm | 81 % |
| September | 29.7 °C | 71 mm | 74 % |
| October | 29.2 °C | 179 mm | 77 % |
| November | 28.8 °C | 203 mm | 75 % |
| December | 29.2 °C | 70 mm | 60 % |
Temperature month by month
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Mean | Record high | Record low | Days above 25 °C | Days above 30 °C | Days below 0 °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.8 °C | 22.4 °C | 26.3 °C | 35.6 °C | 17.2 °C | 31 | 23 | 0 |
| February | 32.4 °C | 22.9 °C | 27.3 °C | 36.8 °C | 18.0 °C | 28 | 27 | 0 |
| March | 33.2 °C | 24.1 °C | 28.2 °C | 37.5 °C | 19.4 °C | 31 | 30 | 0 |
| April | 32.2 °C | 25.5 °C | 28.4 °C | 37.8 °C | 21.9 °C | 30 | 27 | 0 |
| May | 31.1 °C | 25.7 °C | 27.9 °C | 36.5 °C | 23.0 °C | 31 | 23 | 0 |
| June | 29.1 °C | 24.8 °C | 26.6 °C | 34.2 °C | 22.2 °C | 30 | 7 | 0 |
| July | 29.0 °C | 24.3 °C | 26.2 °C | 34.6 °C | 22.4 °C | 31 | 6 | 0 |
| August | 29.4 °C | 24.2 °C | 26.3 °C | 34.4 °C | 22.6 °C | 31 | 10 | 0 |
| September | 29.7 °C | 24.2 °C | 26.5 °C | 34.3 °C | 22.6 °C | 30 | 13 | 0 |
| October | 29.2 °C | 24.0 °C | 26.2 °C | 33.2 °C | 22.3 °C | 31 | 8 | 0 |
| November | 28.8 °C | 23.5 °C | 25.8 °C | 33.7 °C | 19.7 °C | 30 | 4 | 0 |
| December | 29.2 °C | 22.9 °C | 25.8 °C | 33.4 °C | 18.4 °C | 31 | 8 | 0 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind | Sea temp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14 mm | 2 | 12 h/day | 45 % | 65 % | 18 km/h | 27.7 °C |
| February | 15 mm | 3 | 12 h/day | 39 % | 64 % | 16 km/h | 28.0 °C |
| March | 43 mm | 7 | 12 h/day | 39 % | 69 % | 14 km/h | 28.9 °C |
| April | 82 mm | 17 | 12 h/day | 55 % | 77 % | 14 km/h | 29.6 °C |
| May | 88 mm | 14 | 13 h/day | 69 % | 79 % | 21 km/h | 28.8 °C |
| June | 90 mm | 15 | 13 h/day | 84 % | 83 % | 25 km/h | 27.3 °C |
| July | 58 mm | 12 | 13 h/day | 86 % | 82 % | 25 km/h | 26.2 °C |
| August | 62 mm | 10 | 12 h/day | 81 % | 81 % | 24 km/h | 26.2 °C |
| September | 71 mm | 12 | 12 h/day | 74 % | 80 % | 22 km/h | 26.8 °C |
| October | 179 mm | 19 | 12 h/day | 77 % | 83 % | 16 km/h | 27.7 °C |
| November | 203 mm | 18 | 12 h/day | 75 % | 82 % | 13 km/h | 28.4 °C |
| December | 70 mm | 8 | 12 h/day | 60 % | 73 % | 17 km/h | 28.0 °C |
Where Nāgercoil ranks
| Ranking | Position | Value |
|---|---|---|
| The warmest places in Asia in January | 31stof 50 | 31 °C |
| The warmest places in Asia in February | 44thof 50 | 32 °C |
| Best beach destinations in Asia in August | 49thof 50 | 84/100 |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Nāgercoil.
QuestionsCommon questions about Nāgercoil’s climate
When is the best time to visit Nāgercoil?
That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. October, November, December sit closest to 20 °C on average, March is the warmest month and January the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does Nāgercoil get?
In March, the warmest month, daily highs average 33 °C. About 185 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average 22 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.
Which month is wettest in Nāgercoil?
November, averaging 203 mm over 18 days with rain. The driest month is January with 14 mm. The year as a whole averages 976 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 Nāgercoil 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
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.