Tiruvottiyūr climate
Tiruvottiyūr is warmest in May, with average highs of 36 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 21 °C. November is the wettest month (228 mm) and February the driest (6.0 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Tiruvottiyūr averages 964 mm of rain and 364 days above 25 °C.
India · population 249,446 · 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 36 °C
- Coldest month January 21 °C
- Driest month February 6 mm
- Wettest month November 228 mm
- Least cloud March 31 % cloud
- Hottest on record May 42 °C
- Coldest on record January 15 °C
- Warmest sea May 29 °C
What to expectTiruvottiyūr through the year
Tiruvottiyūr has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 28 °C in January to 36 °C in May, a swing of 7.2 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 364 days a year reach 25 °C, 241 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C, in May.
Rain is strongly seasonal. November averages 228 mm against 6 mm in February — 38 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
The sea off Tiruvottiyūr is warmest in May at 29 °C and coldest in January at 27 °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 | 27.8 °C | 16 mm | 44 % |
| February | 29.9 °C | 6 mm | 33 % |
| March | 32.5 °C | 7 mm | 31 % |
| April | 34.5 °C | 11 mm | 39 % |
| May | 36.4 °C | 35 mm | 51 % |
| June | 35.5 °C | 63 mm | 83 % |
| July | 34.1 °C | 75 mm | 90 % |
| August | 33.2 °C | 99 mm | 86 % |
| September | 32.6 °C | 102 mm | 76 % |
| October | 30.6 °C | 209 mm | 70 % |
| November | 28.4 °C | 228 mm | 66 % |
| December | 27.4 °C | 114 mm | 57 % |
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 | 27.8 °C | 20.9 °C | 24.2 °C | 30.7 °C | 15.3 °C | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| February | 29.9 °C | 21.2 °C | 25.3 °C | 34.3 °C | 16.4 °C | 28 | 11 | 0 |
| March | 32.5 °C | 23.1 °C | 27.4 °C | 37.1 °C | 17.4 °C | 31 | 29 | 0 |
| April | 34.5 °C | 26.1 °C | 29.7 °C | 39.5 °C | 20.8 °C | 30 | 30 | 0 |
| May | 36.4 °C | 28.0 °C | 31.5 °C | 42.1 °C | 24.8 °C | 31 | 30 | 0 |
| June | 35.5 °C | 27.8 °C | 31.0 °C | 40.0 °C | 24.0 °C | 30 | 29 | 0 |
| July | 34.1 °C | 26.9 °C | 30.0 °C | 38.6 °C | 24.2 °C | 31 | 30 | 0 |
| August | 33.2 °C | 26.3 °C | 29.3 °C | 37.4 °C | 24.1 °C | 31 | 30 | 0 |
| September | 32.6 °C | 25.9 °C | 28.8 °C | 36.4 °C | 23.9 °C | 30 | 28 | 0 |
| October | 30.6 °C | 24.6 °C | 27.3 °C | 36.0 °C | 20.1 °C | 31 | 19 | 0 |
| November | 28.4 °C | 23.4 °C | 25.7 °C | 32.6 °C | 17.9 °C | 30 | 3 | 0 |
| December | 27.4 °C | 22.1 °C | 24.6 °C | 30.3 °C | 15.6 °C | 30 | 0 | 0 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind | Sea temp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16 mm | 3 | 11 h/day | 44 % | 75 % | 16 km/h | 26.5 °C |
| February | 6 mm | 1 | 12 h/day | 33 % | 74 % | 16 km/h | 27.2 °C |
| March | 7 mm | 1 | 12 h/day | 31 % | 74 % | 18 km/h | 28.4 °C |
| April | 11 mm | 2 | 12 h/day | 39 % | 73 % | 20 km/h | 29.3 °C |
| May | 35 mm | 4 | 13 h/day | 51 % | 67 % | 21 km/h | 29.4 °C |
| June | 63 mm | 10 | 13 h/day | 83 % | 63 % | 21 km/h | 29.1 °C |
| July | 75 mm | 13 | 13 h/day | 90 % | 64 % | 19 km/h | 28.7 °C |
| August | 99 mm | 14 | 13 h/day | 86 % | 69 % | 18 km/h | 28.6 °C |
| September | 102 mm | 15 | 12 h/day | 76 % | 74 % | 17 km/h | 28.9 °C |
| October | 209 mm | 18 | 12 h/day | 70 % | 80 % | 15 km/h | 29.3 °C |
| November | 228 mm | 17 | 12 h/day | 66 % | 82 % | 18 km/h | 28.3 °C |
| December | 114 mm | 9 | 11 h/day | 57 % | 77 % | 19 km/h | 27.0 °C |
Where Tiruvottiyūr ranks
| Ranking | Position | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Best beach destinations in Asia in January | 8th of 50 | 100/100 |
| Best beach destinations in the world in January | 10th of 50 | 100/100 |
| Best beach destinations in Asia in February | 37th of 50 | 96/100 |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Tiruvottiyūr.
QuestionsCommon questions about Tiruvottiyūr’s climate
When is the best time to visit Tiruvottiyūr?
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 February the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does Tiruvottiyūr get?
In May, the warmest month, daily highs average 36 °C. About 241 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average 21 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.
Which month is wettest in Tiruvottiyūr?
November, averaging 228 mm over 17 days with rain. The driest month is February with 6 mm. The year as a whole averages 964 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 Tiruvottiyūr 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
- 13.158°, 80.302° (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.