Nellore climate

Name: Nellore
Address: IN

Nellore is warmest in May, with average highs of 38 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 20 °C. October is the wettest month (194 mm) and March the driest (6.9 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

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

India · population 547,621 · 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 20 °C
Driest month March 7 mm
Wettest month October 194 mm
Least cloud March 26 % cloud
Hottest on record May 45 °C
Coldest on record January 15 °C

What to expectNellore through the year

Nellore has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 28 °C in January to 38 °C in May, a swing of 8.7 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 363 days a year reach 25 °C, 257 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 45 °C, in May.

Rain is strongly seasonal. October averages 194 mm against 7 mm in March — 28 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	28.3 °C	10 mm	40 %
February	30.9 °C	8 mm	29 %
March	34.0 °C	7 mm	26 %
April	36.3 °C	10 mm	33 %
May	38.4 °C	35 mm	48 %
June	36.5 °C	69 mm	83 %
July	34.6 °C	80 mm	91 %
August	33.9 °C	92 mm	88 %
September	33.5 °C	105 mm	78 %
October	31.4 °C	194 mm	69 %
November	28.9 °C	164 mm	64 %
December	27.7 °C	61 mm	52 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	28.3 °C	19.6 °C	23.9 °C	32.2 °C	14.5 °C	31	2
February	30.9 °C	20.7 °C	25.4 °C	36.6 °C	15.4 °C	28	19
March	34.0 °C	23.1 °C	27.9 °C	39.7 °C	17.0 °C	31	31
April	36.3 °C	25.9 °C	30.2 °C	42.1 °C	21.8 °C	30	30
May	38.4 °C	28.3 °C	32.5 °C	44.8 °C	24.7 °C	31	31
June	36.5 °C	28.1 °C	31.8 °C	42.6 °C	24.2 °C	30	29
July	34.6 °C	27.0 °C	30.4 °C	41.6 °C	23.7 °C	31	30
August	33.9 °C	26.5 °C	29.8 °C	39.2 °C	23.1 °C	31	29
September	33.5 °C	26.1 °C	29.3 °C	38.7 °C	23.8 °C	30	28
October	31.4 °C	24.5 °C	27.6 °C	39.0 °C	19.8 °C	31	22
November	28.9 °C	22.5 °C	25.5 °C	35.6 °C	17.3 °C	30	6
December	27.7 °C	20.5 °C	24.1 °C	31.0 °C	14.9 °C	30	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	10 mm	2	11 h/day	40 %	75 %	14 km/h
February	8 mm	1	12 h/day	29 %	72 %	15 km/h
March	7 mm	2	12 h/day	26 %	70 %	17 km/h
April	10 mm	2	12 h/day	33 %	69 %	18 km/h
May	35 mm	4	13 h/day	48 %	60 %	20 km/h
June	69 mm	10	13 h/day	83 %	58 %	21 km/h
July	80 mm	13	13 h/day	91 %	61 %	22 km/h
August	92 mm	13	13 h/day	88 %	64 %	21 km/h
September	105 mm	15	12 h/day	78 %	69 %	17 km/h
October	194 mm	17	12 h/day	69 %	78 %	14 km/h
November	164 mm	15	11 h/day	64 %	81 %	15 km/h
December	61 mm	6	11 h/day	52 %	78 %	15 km/h

How Nellore 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
Nellore	38 °C	20 °C	836 mm	363
Tirupati · India	38 °C	18 °C	864 mm	361
Ongole · India	38 °C	20 °C	839 mm	364
Kadapa · India	40 °C	18 °C	598 mm	363
Tiruvottiyūr · India	36 °C	21 °C	964 mm	364
Avadi · India	38 °C	20 °C	942 mm	363

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Nellore’s climate

When is the best time to visit Nellore?

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

How hot does Nellore get?

In May, the warmest month, daily highs average 38 °C. About 257 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 45 °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 Nellore?

October, averaging 194 mm over 17 days with rain. The driest month is March with 7 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 Nellore 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: 14.450°, 79.987° (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.