Climate averages 1991–2020
Kanchipuram 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 Kanchipuram: daytime highs average 31.5°C and nights cool to about 19.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 7.4 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 43 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Arakkonam (28 km away). In February its highs average 31.6°C, about as warm as Kanchipuram, with 6.3 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Kanchipuram ranks joint 140th of 692 for the warmest February highs and joint 254th of 692 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 692 cities is 28.0°C; Kanchipuram is 3.5°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 2.9°C to 34.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 7.4 mm to 12 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
Kanchipuram climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.9°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 12 | 3.1 | 11.511 h |
| February, selected | 31.5°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 7.4 | 1.8 | 11.712 h |
| March | 34.4°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 12 | 1.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 36.4°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 19 | 3.2 | 12.412 h |
| May | 38.1°C27.5°C | 27.5°C | 45 | 7.2 | 12.713 h |
| June | 36.1°C27.2°C | 27.2°C | 78 | 13.0 | 12.913 h |
| July | 34.9°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 83 | 15.1 | 12.813 h |
| August | 34.0°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 106 | 15.7 | 12.513 h |
| September | 33.3°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 120 | 16.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.1°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 186 | 19.3 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.9°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 170 | 16.2 | 11.512 h |
| December | 27.9°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 95 | 8.5 | 11.411 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
- Arakkonam in FebruaryIndia · 28 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 19.2°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Maraimalainagar in FebruaryIndia · 35 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 20.9°C · 7.0 mm rain
- Rānipet in FebruaryIndia · 41 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 18.9°C · 6.2 mm rain
- Tambaram in FebruaryIndia · 47 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 21.1°C · 6.4 mm rain
- Pallāvaram in FebruaryIndia · 51 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 21.2°C · 6.4 mm rain
- Avadi in FebruaryIndia · 54 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 20.3°C · 6.5 mm rain
- Neelankarai in FebruaryIndia · 62 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 21.7°C · 6.4 mm rain
- Vellore in FebruaryIndia · 62 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 18.7°C · 6.2 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 Kanchipuram) is explained once on the Kanchipuram year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.