Thenali climate

Name: Thenali
Address: IN

Thenali is warmest in May, with average highs of 39 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 19 °C. September is the wettest month (200 mm) and March the driest (9.2 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Thenali averages 1,001 mm of rain and 364 days above 25 °C.

India · population 164,937 · 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 39 °C
Coldest month January 19 °C
Driest month March 9 mm
Wettest month September 200 mm
Least cloud March 27 % cloud
Hottest on record May 46 °C
Coldest on record January 12 °C

What to expectThenali through the year

Thenali has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 30 °C in January to 39 °C in May, a swing of 9.3 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 364 days a year reach 25 °C, 279 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 46 °C, in May.

Rain is strongly seasonal. September averages 200 mm against 9 mm in March — 22 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	29.7 °C	9 mm	33 %
February	32.3 °C	10 mm	27 %
March	35.2 °C	9 mm	27 %
April	36.9 °C	22 mm	33 %
May	39.3 °C	37 mm	45 %
June	36.1 °C	133 mm	82 %
July	33.2 °C	162 mm	92 %
August	32.2 °C	167 mm	90 %
September	31.9 °C	200 mm	80 %
October	30.8 °C	157 mm	66 %
November	29.7 °C	76 mm	53 %
December	29.1 °C	18 mm	41 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	29.7 °C	18.9 °C	24.0 °C	34.1 °C	12.0 °C	31	13
February	32.3 °C	20.6 °C	25.9 °C	37.9 °C	14.1 °C	28	26
March	35.2 °C	23.3 °C	28.6 °C	39.9 °C	17.2 °C	31	31
April	36.9 °C	26.2 °C	30.8 °C	43.4 °C	21.8 °C	30	30
May	39.3 °C	28.5 °C	33.2 °C	46.1 °C	24.2 °C	31	31
June	36.1 °C	27.8 °C	31.6 °C	45.5 °C	23.8 °C	30	28
July	33.2 °C	26.3 °C	29.4 °C	39.9 °C	23.3 °C	31	27
August	32.2 °C	25.8 °C	28.7 °C	39.5 °C	23.4 °C	31	26
September	31.9 °C	25.3 °C	28.3 °C	38.5 °C	21.7 °C	30	26
October	30.8 °C	23.7 °C	27.0 °C	37.8 °C	18.6 °C	31	22
November	29.7 °C	21.3 °C	25.3 °C	35.5 °C	14.7 °C	30	12
December	29.1 °C	19.1 °C	23.9 °C	34.4 °C	12.4 °C	31	7

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	9 mm	2	11 h/day	33 %	73 %	12 km/h
February	10 mm	2	12 h/day	27 %	70 %	14 km/h
March	9 mm	2	12 h/day	27 %	67 %	15 km/h
April	22 mm	3	13 h/day	33 %	67 %	15 km/h
May	37 mm	4	13 h/day	45 %	59 %	16 km/h
June	133 mm	14	13 h/day	82 %	62 %	18 km/h
July	162 mm	19	13 h/day	92 %	70 %	19 km/h
August	167 mm	19	13 h/day	90 %	73 %	17 km/h
September	200 mm	18	12 h/day	80 %	78 %	13 km/h
October	157 mm	16	12 h/day	66 %	82 %	11 km/h
November	76 mm	8	11 h/day	53 %	79 %	12 km/h
December	18 mm	2	11 h/day	41 %	74 %	12 km/h

How Thenali 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
Thenali	39 °C	19 °C	1,001 mm	364
Guntur · India	39 °C	19 °C	934 mm	364
Vijayawada · India	40 °C	19 °C	985 mm	364
Machilīpatnam · India	37 °C	20 °C	1,015 mm	364
Eluru · India	39 °C	19 °C	1,018 mm	364
Ongole · India	38 °C	20 °C	839 mm	364

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Thenali’s climate

When is the best time to visit Thenali?

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 March the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Thenali get?

In May, the warmest month, daily highs average 39 °C. About 279 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 46 °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 Thenali?

September, averaging 200 mm over 18 days with rain. The driest month is March with 9 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,001 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 Thenali 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: 16.243°, 80.640° (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.