Coimbatore
Elevation 432 m11.00° N, 76.96° E
When to go?
Mean 24 °C, 1 rain day in the month (9 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 26 °C, 1 rain day in the month (8 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 33 °C
Mean 29 °C, 1 rain day in the month (18 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 35 °C
Mean 30 °C, 3 rain days in the month (34 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 36 °C
Mean 29 °C, 7 rain days in the month (72 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 34 °C
Mean 27 °C, 8 rain days in the month (102 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 31 °C
Mean 26 °C, 8 rain days in the month (129 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 30 °C
Mean 26 °C, 8 rain days in the month (133 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 30 °C
Mean 26 °C, 8 rain days in the month (105 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 31 °C
Mean 26 °C, 10 rain days in the month (183 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 30 °C
Mean 25 °C, 6 rain days in the month (114 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 29 °C
Mean 24 °C, 3 rain days in the month (38 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
The best months are December–January. Avoid February–November (hot).
What is the climate like?
Temperature and rain
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
How much it rains
Rain days and how much water
Rain days and how much water
Bars: length = rain days, thickness = mm on a rain day, area = the month's rain. 3 mm a day7 mm a day15 mm a day
Colour = the month's rain: 103060100160250400mm
Daylight hours
Daylight and sky: sunrise, sunset and cloud cover
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
Times on the 15th of each month, in local time: daylight saving where and when it applies, standard time in the other months.
Effect of climate change
Today's climate (1996–2025) compared with 1961–1990:
In short
Year by year
Temperature of each year
Against 1961–1990 the mean temperature of today (1996–2025) has changed by +0.2 °C; in the last ten years by +0.2 °C. Warmest year: 1987 (+1.1 °C), coldest: 1955 (−0.7 °C).
January and July warmed the most (+0.5 and +0.3 °C), May the least (−0.1 °C).
Warming stripes: after an idea by Ed Hawkins (University of Reading), showyourstripes.info, CC BY 4.0.
Rain of each year (% against 1961–1990)
more rain than in 1961–1990less rain
Rain in a year: no clear trend, dry and wet years alternate as before.