Climate averages 1991–2020
Kāraikāl weather
in February.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Kāraikāl: daytime highs average 28.1°C and nights cool to about 24.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 47 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nagapattinam (17 km away). In February its highs average 28.1°C, about as warm as Kāraikāl, with 19 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Kāraikāl ranks joint 376th of 692 for the warmest February highs and joint 394th of 692 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 692 cities is 28.0°C; Kāraikāl is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 16 mm to 19 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
Kāraikāl climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.9°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 34 | 5.8 | 11.612 h |
| February, selected | 28.1°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 16 | 3.2 | 11.812 h |
| March | 30.0°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 19 | 2.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.7°C27.3°C | 27.3°C | 31 | 5.6 | 12.412 h |
| May | 33.0°C28.2°C | 28.2°C | 41 | 6.1 | 12.613 h |
| June | 33.0°C27.9°C | 27.9°C | 36 | 7.9 | 12.813 h |
| July | 32.8°C27.5°C | 27.5°C | 40 | 9.9 | 12.713 h |
| August | 32.3°C27.1°C | 27.1°C | 58 | 11.7 | 12.512 h |
| September | 31.8°C26.8°C | 26.8°C | 72 | 13.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.0°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 200 | 19.4 | 11.912 h |
| November | 27.7°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 328 | 20.6 | 11.612 h |
| December | 26.8°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 194 | 14.1 | 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
- Nagapattinam in FebruaryIndia · 17 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 24.3°C · 19 mm rain
- Mayiladuthurai in FebruaryIndia · 28 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.1°C · 16 mm rain
- Kumbakonam in FebruaryIndia · 49 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 21.5°C · 14 mm rain
- Thanjavur in FebruaryIndia · 77 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 21.0°C · 14 mm rain
- Pattukkottai in FebruaryIndia · 78 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 21.5°C · 16 mm rain
- Neyveli in FebruaryIndia · 85 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 20.6°C · 11 mm rain
- Virudhachalam in FebruaryIndia · 86 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 20.5°C · 8.9 mm rain
- Cuddalore in FebruaryIndia · 94 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 22.8°C · 11 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 Kāraikāl) is explained once on the Kāraikāl year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Mayiladuthurai lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.