Tumkūr climate
Tumkūr is warmest in April, with average highs of 34 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 16 °C. October is the wettest month (148 mm) and January the driest (3.6 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Tumkūr averages 944 mm of rain and 346 days above 25 °C.
India · population 307,359 · 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 April 34 °C
- Coldest month January 16 °C
- Driest month January 4 mm
- Wettest month October 148 mm
- Least cloud February 26 % cloud
- Hottest on record April 38 °C
- Coldest on record January 9.9 °C
What to expectTumkūr through the year
Tumkūr has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 28 °C in January to 34 °C in April, a swing of 6.6 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 346 days a year reach 25 °C, 113 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C, in April.
Rain is strongly seasonal. October averages 148 mm against 4 mm in January — 41 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.3 °C | 4 mm | 34 % |
| February | 30.6 °C | 6 mm | 26 % |
| March | 33.2 °C | 14 mm | 29 % |
| April | 33.8 °C | 41 mm | 45 % |
| May | 32.5 °C | 106 mm | 63 % |
| June | 28.6 °C | 136 mm | 88 % |
| July | 27.0 °C | 148 mm | 94 % |
| August | 26.8 °C | 129 mm | 92 % |
| September | 27.3 °C | 135 mm | 84 % |
| October | 27.1 °C | 148 mm | 74 % |
| November | 26.6 °C | 61 mm | 63 % |
| December | 26.6 °C | 17 mm | 48 % |
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 | 28.3 °C | 15.5 °C | 21.7 °C | 32.0 °C | 9.9 °C | 30 | 3 | 0 |
| February | 30.6 °C | 17.3 °C | 24.0 °C | 34.7 °C | 11.7 °C | 28 | 18 | 0 |
| March | 33.2 °C | 19.7 °C | 26.6 °C | 36.9 °C | 12.6 °C | 31 | 29 | 0 |
| April | 33.8 °C | 21.5 °C | 27.5 °C | 37.5 °C | 16.6 °C | 30 | 29 | 0 |
| May | 32.5 °C | 21.8 °C | 26.6 °C | 37.5 °C | 18.7 °C | 31 | 27 | 0 |
| June | 28.6 °C | 21.1 °C | 24.1 °C | 36.5 °C | 18.5 °C | 29 | 6 | 0 |
| July | 27.0 °C | 20.5 °C | 23.1 °C | 32.2 °C | 18.2 °C | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| August | 26.8 °C | 20.1 °C | 22.8 °C | 32.5 °C | 18.2 °C | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| September | 27.3 °C | 19.6 °C | 23.0 °C | 30.9 °C | 16.1 °C | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| October | 27.1 °C | 19.1 °C | 22.7 °C | 31.3 °C | 13.8 °C | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| November | 26.6 °C | 17.5 °C | 21.8 °C | 31.6 °C | 11.3 °C | 26 | 1 | 0 |
| December | 26.6 °C | 15.6 °C | 20.9 °C | 30.0 °C | 10.2 °C | 27 | 0 | 0 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4 mm | 1 | 11 h/day | 34 % | 57 % | 13 km/h |
| February | 6 mm | 1 | 12 h/day | 26 % | 48 % | 13 km/h |
| March | 14 mm | 2 | 12 h/day | 29 % | 44 % | 13 km/h |
| April | 41 mm | 7 | 12 h/day | 45 % | 54 % | 12 km/h |
| May | 106 mm | 14 | 13 h/day | 63 % | 66 % | 14 km/h |
| June | 136 mm | 20 | 13 h/day | 88 % | 76 % | 20 km/h |
| July | 148 mm | 21 | 13 h/day | 94 % | 79 % | 22 km/h |
| August | 129 mm | 19 | 13 h/day | 92 % | 79 % | 20 km/h |
| September | 135 mm | 16 | 12 h/day | 84 % | 79 % | 15 km/h |
| October | 148 mm | 16 | 12 h/day | 74 % | 79 % | 12 km/h |
| November | 61 mm | 8 | 12 h/day | 63 % | 74 % | 14 km/h |
| December | 17 mm | 3 | 11 h/day | 48 % | 67 % | 14 km/h |
How Tumkūr 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tumkūr | 34 °C | 16 °C | 944 mm | 346 |
| Bengaluru · India | 33 °C | 15 °C | 913 mm | 326 |
| Hindupur · India | 36 °C | 16 °C | 710 mm | 356 |
| Hosūr · India | 33 °C | 15 °C | 868 mm | 335 |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Tumkūr.
QuestionsCommon questions about Tumkūr’s climate
When is the best time to visit Tumkūr?
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, April is the warmest month and January the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does Tumkūr get?
In April, the warmest month, daily highs average 34 °C. About 113 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average 16 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.
Which month is wettest in Tumkūr?
October, averaging 148 mm over 16 days with rain. The driest month is January with 4 mm. The year as a whole averages 944 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 Tumkūr 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
- 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.