Shivamogga climate

Name: Shivamogga
Address: IN

Shivamogga is warmest in March, with average highs of 34 °C, and coldest in December, when nights average 17 °C. July is the wettest month (242 mm) and January the driest (1.4 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Shivamogga averages 1,010 mm of rain and 329 days above 25 °C.

India · population 322,650 · 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 34 °C
Coldest month December 17 °C
Driest month January 1 mm
Wettest month July 242 mm
Least cloud February 23 % cloud
Hottest on record April 39 °C
Coldest on record November 11 °C

What to expectShivamogga through the year

Shivamogga has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 29 °C in December to 34 °C in March, a swing of 4.9 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 329 days a year reach 25 °C, 143 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C, in April.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 242 mm against 1 mm in January — 170 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	30.2 °C	1 mm	28 %
February	32.3 °C	2 mm	23 %
March	34.5 °C	9 mm	28 %
April	34.4 °C	33 mm	45 %
May	32.6 °C	66 mm	66 %
June	27.2 °C	189 mm	91 %
July	25.3 °C	242 mm	96 %
August	25.6 °C	172 mm	94 %
September	26.8 °C	126 mm	86 %
October	27.7 °C	126 mm	73 %
November	28.1 °C	36 mm	57 %
December	28.8 °C	8 mm	40 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	30.2 °C	17.0 °C	23.5 °C	34.0 °C	12.2 °C	31	17
February	32.3 °C	18.3 °C	25.2 °C	36.1 °C	13.2 °C	28	26
March	34.5 °C	20.5 °C	27.1 °C	38.5 °C	15.1 °C	31	30
April	34.4 °C	22.3 °C	27.5 °C	38.9 °C	17.8 °C	30	30
May	32.6 °C	22.6 °C	26.6 °C	37.6 °C	19.0 °C	31	26
June	27.2 °C	21.8 °C	23.8 °C	37.5 °C	19.5 °C	25	4
July	25.3 °C	21.1 °C	22.6 °C	30.7 °C	19.0 °C	18	0
August	25.6 °C	20.9 °C	22.6 °C	29.7 °C	18.8 °C	20	0
September	26.8 °C	20.6 °C	23.1 °C	30.6 °C	17.6 °C	26	0
October	27.7 °C	20.1 °C	23.4 °C	31.3 °C	14.9 °C	30	1
November	28.1 °C	18.3 °C	23.0 °C	32.8 °C	11.4 °C	29	2
December	28.8 °C	16.9 °C	22.7 °C	32.0 °C	11.5 °C	31	6

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	1 mm	0	11 h/day	28 %	52 %	13 km/h
February	2 mm	0	12 h/day	23 %	50 %	13 km/h
March	9 mm	2	12 h/day	28 %	55 %	14 km/h
April	33 mm	8	12 h/day	45 %	66 %	15 km/h
May	66 mm	12	13 h/day	66 %	73 %	16 km/h
June	189 mm	24	13 h/day	91 %	85 %	21 km/h
July	242 mm	28	13 h/day	96 %	89 %	22 km/h
August	172 mm	26	13 h/day	94 %	88 %	20 km/h
September	126 mm	19	12 h/day	86 %	85 %	16 km/h
October	126 mm	16	12 h/day	73 %	82 %	12 km/h
November	36 mm	6	11 h/day	57 %	72 %	14 km/h
December	8 mm	1	11 h/day	40 %	60 %	15 km/h

How Shivamogga 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
Shivamogga	34 °C	17 °C	1,010 mm	329
Bhadrāvati · India	35 °C	18 °C	996 mm	329
Davangere · India	36 °C	17 °C	788 mm	352
Udupi · India	33 °C	21 °C	2,933 mm	362
Hassan · India	32 °C	14 °C	1,157 mm	257
Mangaluru · India	32 °C	22 °C	2,539 mm	363

Where Shivamogga ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in Asia in January	35th of 50	1.4 mm
The driest places in Asia in February	43rd of 50	1.6 mm
The warmest places in Asia in February	50th of 50	32 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Shivamogga’s climate

When is the best time to visit Shivamogga?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. July, August, 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 Shivamogga get?

In March, the warmest month, daily highs average 34 °C. About 143 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 17 °C in December, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Shivamogga?

July, averaging 242 mm over 28 days with rain. The driest month is January with 1 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,010 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 Shivamogga 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: 13.932°, 75.568° (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.