Rajamahendravaram climate
Rajamahendravaram is warmest in May, with average highs of 38 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 19 °C. July is the wettest month (240 mm) and January the driest (6.8 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Rajamahendravaram averages 1,140 mm of rain and 364 days above 25 °C.
India · population 376,333 · 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 19 °C
- Driest month January 7 mm
- Wettest month July 240 mm
- Least cloud February 28 % cloud
- Hottest on record May 45 °C
- Coldest on record January 14 °C
What to expectRajamahendravaram through the year
Rajamahendravaram has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 29 °C in January to 38 °C in May, a swing of 8.8 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 364 days a year reach 25 °C, 250 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 45 °C, in May.
Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 240 mm against 7 mm in January — 35 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.1 °C | 7 mm | 31 % |
| February | 31.5 °C | 7 mm | 28 % |
| March | 34.7 °C | 11 mm | 29 % |
| April | 36.4 °C | 23 mm | 36 % |
| May | 38.1 °C | 36 mm | 46 % |
| June | 34.3 °C | 165 mm | 82 % |
| July | 31.2 °C | 240 mm | 92 % |
| August | 30.7 °C | 230 mm | 90 % |
| September | 31.0 °C | 230 mm | 81 % |
| October | 30.6 °C | 128 mm | 64 % |
| November | 29.5 °C | 49 mm | 48 % |
| December | 28.5 °C | 14 mm | 37 % |
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 | 29.1 °C | 18.9 °C | 23.6 °C | 33.8 °C | 13.9 °C | 31 | 8 | 0 |
| February | 31.5 °C | 20.4 °C | 25.5 °C | 37.3 °C | 16.1 °C | 28 | 21 | 0 |
| March | 34.7 °C | 23.1 °C | 28.2 °C | 39.2 °C | 18.6 °C | 31 | 31 | 0 |
| April | 36.4 °C | 25.7 °C | 30.3 °C | 41.9 °C | 21.9 °C | 30 | 30 | 0 |
| May | 38.1 °C | 27.8 °C | 32.3 °C | 45.3 °C | 23.9 °C | 31 | 31 | 0 |
| June | 34.3 °C | 27.0 °C | 30.3 °C | 44.3 °C | 22.9 °C | 30 | 27 | 0 |
| July | 31.2 °C | 25.6 °C | 28.2 °C | 37.6 °C | 22.9 °C | 31 | 23 | 0 |
| August | 30.7 °C | 25.2 °C | 27.6 °C | 34.0 °C | 22.7 °C | 31 | 22 | 0 |
| September | 31.0 °C | 25.0 °C | 27.6 °C | 35.2 °C | 22.3 °C | 30 | 23 | 0 |
| October | 30.6 °C | 23.9 °C | 26.8 °C | 34.6 °C | 19.4 °C | 31 | 21 | 0 |
| November | 29.5 °C | 21.6 °C | 25.2 °C | 33.2 °C | 15.8 °C | 29 | 11 | 0 |
| December | 28.5 °C | 19.2 °C | 23.5 °C | 32.9 °C | 14.3 °C | 31 | 3 | 0 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7 mm | 1 | 11 h/day | 31 % | 74 % | 13 km/h |
| February | 7 mm | 1 | 12 h/day | 28 % | 71 % | 14 km/h |
| March | 11 mm | 2 | 12 h/day | 29 % | 69 % | 15 km/h |
| April | 23 mm | 4 | 13 h/day | 36 % | 69 % | 14 km/h |
| May | 36 mm | 5 | 13 h/day | 46 % | 65 % | 15 km/h |
| June | 165 mm | 16 | 13 h/day | 82 % | 71 % | 17 km/h |
| July | 240 mm | 22 | 13 h/day | 92 % | 79 % | 18 km/h |
| August | 230 mm | 22 | 13 h/day | 90 % | 81 % | 18 km/h |
| September | 230 mm | 21 | 12 h/day | 81 % | 83 % | 13 km/h |
| October | 128 mm | 16 | 12 h/day | 64 % | 82 % | 11 km/h |
| November | 49 mm | 5 | 11 h/day | 48 % | 77 % | 12 km/h |
| December | 14 mm | 1 | 11 h/day | 37 % | 74 % | 13 km/h |
How Rajamahendravaram 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rajamahendravaram | 38 °C | 19 °C | 1,140 mm | 364 |
| Kākināda · India | 37 °C | 20 °C | 1,172 mm | 364 |
| Eluru · India | 39 °C | 19 °C | 1,018 mm | 364 |
| Machilīpatnam · India | 37 °C | 20 °C | 1,015 mm | 364 |
| Vijayawada · India | 40 °C | 19 °C | 985 mm | 364 |
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QuestionsCommon questions about Rajamahendravaram’s climate
When is the best time to visit Rajamahendravaram?
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 Rajamahendravaram get?
In May, the warmest month, daily highs average 38 °C. About 250 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 19 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.
Which month is wettest in Rajamahendravaram?
July, averaging 240 mm over 22 days with rain. The driest month is January with 7 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,140 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 Rajamahendravaram 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
- 17.005°, 81.778° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
- 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.