Climate averages 1991–2020
Kanchipuram weather
in January.
A hot, very dry month: the joint 10th warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Kanchipuram: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 19.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 12 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes January a very dry month (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 28 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Arakkonam (28 km away). In January its highs average 28.8°C, about as warm as Kanchipuram, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Kanchipuram ranks joint 147th of 692 for the warmest January highs and joint 332nd of 692 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 692 cities is 25.0°C; Kanchipuram is 4.0°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.6°C to 31.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 12 mm to 7.4 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
Kanchipuram climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 28.9°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 12 | 3.1 | 11.511 h |
| February | 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
January in nearby cities
- Arakkonam in JanuaryIndia · 28 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 18.5°C · 11 mm rain
- Maraimalainagar in JanuaryIndia · 35 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 20.2°C · 12 mm rain
- Rānipet in JanuaryIndia · 41 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 17.9°C · 9.9 mm rain
- Tambaram in JanuaryIndia · 47 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 20.6°C · 14 mm rain
- Pallāvaram in JanuaryIndia · 51 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 20.9°C · 14 mm rain
- Avadi in JanuaryIndia · 54 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 19.8°C · 11 mm rain
- Neelankarai in JanuaryIndia · 62 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 21.3°C · 14 mm rain
- Vellore in JanuaryIndia · 62 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 17.5°C · 9.9 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.