Climate averages 1991–2020
Kallakurichi weather
in February.
A hot, very dry month: the 8th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Kallakurichi: daytime highs average 31.8°C and nights cool to about 19.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 7.6 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes February a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 45 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Virudhachalam (47 km away). In February its highs average 31.7°C, about as warm as Kallakurichi, with 8.9 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Kallakurichi ranks joint 111th of 692 for the warmest February highs and joint 260th of 692 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 692 cities is 28.0°C; Kallakurichi is 3.8°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.2°C to 35.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 7.6 mm to 13 mm.
The annual picture
February 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
Kallakurichi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.0°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 11 | 3.2 | 11.512 h |
| February, selected | 31.8°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 7.6 | 2.0 | 11.712 h |
| March | 35.0°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 13 | 2.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 36.9°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 27 | 4.3 | 12.412 h |
| May | 37.6°C26.7°C | 26.7°C | 62 | 10.3 | 12.713 h |
| June | 35.4°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 73 | 11.8 | 12.813 h |
| July | 34.5°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 82 | 13.0 | 12.713 h |
| August | 33.9°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 107 | 14.3 | 12.513 h |
| September | 33.3°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 128 | 15.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.3°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 172 | 19.1 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.8°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 173 | 15.9 | 11.612 h |
| December | 27.8°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 90 | 8.7 | 11.511 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
February in nearby cities
- Virudhachalam in FebruaryIndia · 47 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 20.5°C · 8.9 mm rain
- Tiruvannamalai in FebruaryIndia · 56 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 19.3°C · 5.2 mm rain
- Neyveli in FebruaryIndia · 60 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 20.6°C · 11 mm rain
- Villupuram in FebruaryIndia · 62 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 20.4°C · 8.5 mm rain
- Cuddalore in FebruaryIndia · 88 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 22.8°C · 11 mm rain
- Salem in FebruaryIndia · 88 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 20.7°C · 7.1 mm rain
- Tindivanam in FebruaryIndia · 94 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 20.7°C · 7.6 mm rain
- Puducherry in FebruaryIndia · 97 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 23.0°C · 9.4 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 Kallakurichi) is explained once on the Kallakurichi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.