Margao
Elevation 10 m15.27° N, 73.96° E
When to go?
Mean 26 °C, it hardly ever rains (1 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 28 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 32 °C
Mean 26 °C, it hardly ever rains (1 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 28 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 33 °C
Mean 28 °C, it hardly ever rains (5 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 29 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 33 °C
Mean 30 °C, 1 rain day in the month (6 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 30 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 34 °C
Mean 30 °C, 6 rain days in the month (82 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 30 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 34 °C
Mean 28 °C, 22 rain days in the month (587 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 30 °C
- Often rainyrain on 7 days in 10
- Torrential rain27 mm per rain day
Mean 27 °C, 30 rain days in the month (862 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 28 °C
- Often rainyrain almost every day
- Torrential rain29 mm per rain day
Mean 27 °C, 29 rain days in the month (577 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 29 °C
- Often rainyrain on 9 days in 10
- Torrential rain20 mm per rain day
Mean 27 °C, 20 rain days in the month (290 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 29 °C
- Often rainyrain on 7 days in 10
Mean 28 °C, 10 rain days in the month (153 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 28 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 31 °C
Mean 28 °C, 2 rain days in the month (34 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 29 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 33 °C
Mean 27 °C, it hardly ever rains (6 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 28 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 33 °C
No ideal month: the best months are December–February, the least hot. Ideal for the sea: October–May. Avoid March–November (hot, at times often rainy and torrential rain).
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.
Sea temperature: Arabian Sea
Monthly mean sea temperature: Arabian Sea (°C)
Monthly mean sea temperature: Arabian Sea (°C)
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 +0.4 °C; in the last ten years by +0.6 °C. Warmest year: 2023 (+1.0 °C), coldest: 1950 (−1.2 °C).
November and January warmed the most (+0.7 and +0.6 °C), October the least (+0.2 °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: −4 % every ten years.
The sea, then and now
+0.2 °Cthe sea today, compared with 1961–1990