Sivakasi climate

Name: Sivakasi
Address: IN

Sivakasi is warmest in May, with average highs of 37 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 20 °C. November is the wettest month (196 mm) and January the driest (20 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Sivakasi averages 879 mm of rain and 363 days above 25 °C.

India · population 234,704 · 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 37 °C
Coldest month January 20 °C
Driest month January 20 mm
Wettest month November 196 mm
Least cloud March 38 % cloud
Hottest on record April 43 °C
Coldest on record December 15 °C

What to expectSivakasi through the year

Sivakasi has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 31 °C in January to 37 °C in May, a swing of 6.1 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 363 days a year reach 25 °C, 294 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 43 °C, in April.

Rain is strongly seasonal. November averages 196 mm against 20 mm in January — 9.6 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	30.6 °C	20 mm	51 %
February	33.6 °C	22 mm	40 %
March	36.2 °C	34 mm	38 %
April	36.6 °C	56 mm	55 %
May	37.1 °C	61 mm	66 %
June	35.4 °C	39 mm	82 %
July	34.9 °C	36 mm	87 %
August	35.1 °C	47 mm	83 %
September	35.1 °C	72 mm	77 %
October	32.2 °C	194 mm	79 %
November	29.2 °C	196 mm	75 %
December	28.8 °C	101 mm	65 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	30.6 °C	19.9 °C	25.1 °C	36.7 °C	14.6 °C	31	19
February	33.6 °C	21.0 °C	26.9 °C	38.7 °C	16.0 °C	28	27
March	36.2 °C	22.8 °C	29.0 °C	40.9 °C	16.7 °C	31	30
April	36.6 °C	25.0 °C	30.1 °C	42.8 °C	20.0 °C	30	30
May	37.1 °C	25.8 °C	30.6 °C	42.3 °C	21.6 °C	31	31
June	35.4 °C	25.2 °C	29.5 °C	41.0 °C	21.4 °C	30	29
July	34.9 °C	24.7 °C	29.0 °C	40.4 °C	22.3 °C	31	30
August	35.1 °C	24.5 °C	29.0 °C	40.1 °C	21.4 °C	31	30
September	35.1 °C	24.3 °C	28.9 °C	39.9 °C	21.3 °C	30	29
October	32.2 °C	23.3 °C	27.2 °C	39.9 °C	17.1 °C	31	23
November	29.2 °C	21.8 °C	25.2 °C	35.5 °C	15.6 °C	29	9
December	28.8 °C	20.5 °C	24.5 °C	34.6 °C	14.5 °C	30	7

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	20 mm	4	12 h/day	51 %	66 %	14 km/h
February	22 mm	4	12 h/day	40 %	61 %	14 km/h
March	34 mm	6	12 h/day	38 %	58 %	14 km/h
April	56 mm	10	12 h/day	55 %	62 %	13 km/h
May	61 mm	11	13 h/day	66 %	60 %	13 km/h
June	39 mm	7	13 h/day	82 %	61 %	16 km/h
July	36 mm	8	13 h/day	87 %	61 %	15 km/h
August	47 mm	9	12 h/day	83 %	61 %	14 km/h
September	72 mm	11	12 h/day	77 %	62 %	13 km/h
October	194 mm	19	12 h/day	79 %	73 %	10 km/h
November	196 mm	19	12 h/day	75 %	80 %	10 km/h
December	101 mm	10	12 h/day	65 %	75 %	13 km/h

How Sivakasi 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
Sivakasi	37 °C	20 °C	879 mm	363
Madurai · India	37 °C	20 °C	836 mm	363
Tirunelveli · India	36 °C	20 °C	962 mm	363
Thoothukudi · India	34 °C	23 °C	902 mm	365

Where Sivakasi ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in Asia in February	11th of 50	34 °C
The warmest places in Asia in March	16th of 50	36 °C
The warmest places in Asia year-round	21st of 50	34 °C
The warmest places in Asia in January	38th of 50	31 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Sivakasi’s climate

When is the best time to visit Sivakasi?

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 Sivakasi get?

In May, the warmest month, daily highs average 37 °C. About 294 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 43 °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 Sivakasi?

November, averaging 196 mm over 19 days with rain. The driest month is January with 20 mm. The year as a whole averages 879 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 Sivakasi 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: 9.450°, 77.798° (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.