Climate averages 1991–2020
Dharapuram weather
in January.
A hot, very dry month: the 10th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Dharapuram: daytime highs average 29.5°C and nights cool to about 18.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 5.3 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes January a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 34 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Palani (32 km away). In January its highs average 28.9°C, 0.6°C cooler than Dharapuram, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Dharapuram ranks joint 99th of 692 for the warmest January highs and joint 178th of 692 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 692 cities is 25.0°C; Dharapuram is 4.6°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.8°C to 32.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 5.3 mm to 9.7 mm.
The annual picture
January in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Dharapuram climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 29.5°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 5.3 | 1.4 | 11.612 h |
| February | 32.4°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 9.7 | 1.7 | 11.812 h |
| March | 35.2°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 12 | 2.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 35.9°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 30 | 6.2 | 12.412 h |
| May | 34.9°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 50 | 9.7 | 12.613 h |
| June | 32.0°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 44 | 7.7 | 12.713 h |
| July | 30.9°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 50 | 8.9 | 12.713 h |
| August | 31.2°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 51 | 9.2 | 12.512 h |
| September | 32.0°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 64 | 10.1 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.4°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 148 | 16.8 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.0°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 157 | 15.8 | 11.612 h |
| December | 27.6°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 62 | 6.9 | 11.512 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
January in nearby cities
- Palani in JanuaryIndia · 32 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 19.1°C · 11 mm rain
- Tiruppur in JanuaryIndia · 46 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 19.2°C · 9.1 mm rain
- Velampālaiyam in JanuaryIndia · 51 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 18.8°C · 11 mm rain
- Pollachi in JanuaryIndia · 58 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 18.9°C · 6.1 mm rain
- Dindigul in JanuaryIndia · 64 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 19.7°C · 20 mm rain
- Karur in JanuaryIndia · 65 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 20.3°C · 4.6 mm rain
- Coimbatore in JanuaryIndia · 69 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 18.2°C · 8.4 mm rain
- Erode in JanuaryIndia · 71 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 20.4°C · 3.8 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Dharapuram) is explained once on the Dharapuram year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.