Neyveli climate

Name: Neyveli
Address: IN

Neyveli is warmest in May, with average highs of 38 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 20 °C. November is the wettest month (228 mm) and February the driest (11 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Neyveli averages 1,049 mm of rain and 362 days above 25 °C.

India · population 179,150 · 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 February 11 mm
Wettest month November 228 mm
Least cloud March 38 % cloud
Hottest on record May 42 °C
Coldest on record January 15 °C

What to expectNeyveli through the year

Neyveli has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 28 °C in January to 38 °C in May, a swing of 7.9 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 362 days a year reach 25 °C, 258 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C, in May.

Rain is strongly seasonal. November averages 228 mm against 11 mm in February — 21 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	18 mm	50 %
February	30.7 °C	11 mm	40 %
March	33.7 °C	16 mm	38 %
April	35.9 °C	29 mm	47 %
May	37.7 °C	48 mm	59 %
June	36.4 °C	66 mm	83 %
July	35.2 °C	76 mm	88 %
August	34.4 °C	105 mm	86 %
September	33.8 °C	123 mm	77 %
October	31.2 °C	208 mm	74 %
November	28.6 °C	228 mm	72 %
December	27.6 °C	122 mm	63 %

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	19.9 °C	23.9 °C	32.1 °C	14.7 °C	31	2
February	30.7 °C	20.5 °C	25.2 °C	35.7 °C	15.3 °C	28	19
March	33.7 °C	22.2 °C	27.5 °C	39.2 °C	16.5 °C	31	30
April	35.9 °C	25.6 °C	30.0 °C	41.1 °C	19.8 °C	30	30
May	37.7 °C	27.4 °C	31.8 °C	42.2 °C	23.9 °C	31	31
June	36.4 °C	26.9 °C	31.0 °C	41.8 °C	23.6 °C	30	30
July	35.2 °C	26.2 °C	30.2 °C	39.7 °C	23.6 °C	31	31
August	34.4 °C	25.7 °C	29.5 °C	38.9 °C	23.4 °C	31	30
September	33.8 °C	25.3 °C	29.0 °C	38.7 °C	23.0 °C	30	29
October	31.2 °C	24.0 °C	27.1 °C	37.2 °C	18.7 °C	31	22
November	28.6 °C	22.4 °C	25.2 °C	34.1 °C	16.7 °C	29	6
December	27.6 °C	20.9 °C	24.1 °C	31.8 °C	15.6 °C	30	1

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	18 mm	4	12 h/day	50 %	76 %	15 km/h
February	11 mm	3	12 h/day	40 %	73 %	15 km/h
March	16 mm	3	12 h/day	38 %	70 %	15 km/h
April	29 mm	5	12 h/day	47 %	68 %	16 km/h
May	48 mm	9	13 h/day	59 %	60 %	16 km/h
June	66 mm	12	13 h/day	83 %	59 %	16 km/h
July	76 mm	14	13 h/day	88 %	61 %	16 km/h
August	105 mm	15	13 h/day	86 %	64 %	15 km/h
September	123 mm	17	12 h/day	77 %	69 %	13 km/h
October	208 mm	20	12 h/day	74 %	79 %	12 km/h
November	228 mm	19	12 h/day	72 %	83 %	14 km/h
December	122 mm	11	11 h/day	63 %	79 %	16 km/h

How Neyveli 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
Neyveli	38 °C	20 °C	1,049 mm	362
Cuddalore · India	34 °C	22 °C	1,067 mm	363
Puducherry · India	34 °C	22 °C	1,041 mm	364
Kallakurichi · India	38 °C	19 °C	973 mm	362
Kumbakonam · India	38 °C	21 °C	952 mm	362
Thanjavur · India	38 °C	20 °C	962 mm	362

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Neyveli’s climate

When is the best time to visit Neyveli?

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 Neyveli get?

In May, the warmest month, daily highs average 38 °C. About 258 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °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 Neyveli?

November, averaging 228 mm over 19 days with rain. The driest month is February with 11 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,049 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 Neyveli 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.