Ongole climate

Name: Ongole
Address: IN

Ongole is warmest in May, with average highs of 38 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 20 °C. October is the wettest month (175 mm) and March the driest (7.7 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Ongole averages 839 mm of rain and 364 days above 25 °C.

India · population 208,344 · 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 8 mm
Wettest month October 175 mm
Least cloud March 26 % cloud
Hottest on record May 45 °C
Coldest on record January 14 °C
Warmest sea May 30 °C

What to expectOngole through the year

Ongole has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 28 °C in January to 38 °C in May, a swing of 9.0 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 364 days a year reach 25 °C, 249 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 45 °C, in May.

Rain is strongly seasonal. October averages 175 mm against 8 mm in March — 23 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Ongole 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	28.1 °C	10 mm	36 %
February	30.3 °C	10 mm	27 %
March	33.1 °C	8 mm	26 %
April	35.3 °C	11 mm	32 %
May	38.1 °C	35 mm	45 %
June	36.2 °C	84 mm	82 %
July	33.9 °C	113 mm	91 %
August	33.1 °C	118 mm	89 %
September	32.8 °C	133 mm	79 %
October	31.1 °C	175 mm	66 %
November	29.1 °C	112 mm	57 %
December	27.9 °C	31 mm	45 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	28.1 °C	19.6 °C	23.7 °C	32.5 °C	14.3 °C	31	2
February	30.3 °C	21.0 °C	25.4 °C	36.7 °C	16.0 °C	28	15
March	33.1 °C	23.5 °C	27.8 °C	37.8 °C	17.8 °C	31	30
April	35.3 °C	26.2 °C	30.0 °C	42.5 °C	21.9 °C	30	30
May	38.1 °C	28.7 °C	32.7 °C	44.9 °C	24.4 °C	31	31
June	36.2 °C	28.3 °C	31.8 °C	42.5 °C	24.1 °C	30	29
July	33.9 °C	26.9 °C	30.1 °C	40.0 °C	24.1 °C	31	28
August	33.1 °C	26.4 °C	29.4 °C	39.1 °C	23.8 °C	31	28
September	32.8 °C	26.0 °C	29.0 °C	37.5 °C	22.9 °C	30	27
October	31.1 °C	24.5 °C	27.5 °C	40.4 °C	19.0 °C	31	22
November	29.1 °C	22.3 °C	25.5 °C	34.7 °C	16.4 °C	30	7
December	27.9 °C	20.1 °C	23.9 °C	33.3 °C	14.3 °C	30	1

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	10 mm	3	11 h/day	36 %	77 %	14 km/h	26.2 °C
February	10 mm	2	12 h/day	27 %	74 %	15 km/h	27.1 °C
March	8 mm	2	12 h/day	26 %	72 %	17 km/h	28.3 °C
April	11 mm	2	12 h/day	32 %	71 %	18 km/h	29.3 °C
May	35 mm	3	13 h/day	45 %	60 %	18 km/h	30.1 °C
June	84 mm	11	13 h/day	82 %	59 %	20 km/h	29.8 °C
July	113 mm	15	13 h/day	91 %	64 %	21 km/h	28.9 °C
August	118 mm	14	13 h/day	89 %	67 %	19 km/h	28.6 °C
September	133 mm	16	12 h/day	79 %	72 %	15 km/h	29.2 °C
October	175 mm	16	12 h/day	66 %	79 %	13 km/h	29.5 °C
November	112 mm	11	11 h/day	57 %	80 %	13 km/h	28.2 °C
December	31 mm	4	11 h/day	45 %	78 %	13 km/h	26.8 °C

How Ongole 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
Ongole	38 °C	20 °C	839 mm	364
Guntur · India	39 °C	19 °C	934 mm	364
Thenali · India	39 °C	19 °C	1,001 mm	364
Nellore · India	38 °C	20 °C	836 mm	363
Vijayawada · India	40 °C	19 °C	985 mm	364
Machilīpatnam · India	37 °C	20 °C	1,015 mm	364

Where Ongole ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in Asia in January	6th of 50	100/100
Best beach destinations in the world in January	8th of 50	100/100
Best beach destinations in Asia in December	27th of 50	97/100
Best beach destinations in the world in December	34th of 50	97/100
Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in May	46th of 50	30 °C
Best beach destinations in Asia in February	47th of 50	95/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Ongole’s climate

When is the best time to visit Ongole?

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 Ongole get?

In May, the warmest month, daily highs average 38 °C. About 249 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 Ongole?

October, averaging 175 mm over 16 days with rain. The driest month is March with 8 mm. The year as a whole averages 839 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 Ongole 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: 15.504°, 80.045° (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.