Climate averages 1991–2020
Kumarapalayam 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 Kumarapalayam: daytime highs average 31.1°C and nights cool to about 20.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 3.9 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 32 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Erode (11 km away). In January its highs average 31.1°C, about as warm as Kumarapalayam, with 3.8 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Kumarapalayam ranks joint 21st of 692 for the warmest January highs and joint 141st of 692 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 692 cities is 25.0°C; Kumarapalayam is 6.2°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.7°C to 33.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 3.9 mm to 5.4 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
Kumarapalayam climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 31.1°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 3.9 | 1.4 | 11.512 h |
| February | 33.8°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 5.4 | 1.6 | 11.812 h |
| March | 36.7°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 11 | 2.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 37.7°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 30 | 5.8 | 12.412 h |
| May | 37.4°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 63 | 12.8 | 12.613 h |
| June | 33.8°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 99 | 18.4 | 12.813 h |
| July | 32.1°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 121 | 21.0 | 12.713 h |
| August | 31.8°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 117 | 20.3 | 12.512 h |
| September | 32.4°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 101 | 17.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.2°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 138 | 17.8 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.6°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 105 | 12.1 | 11.612 h |
| December | 29.3°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 40 | 4.9 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Erode in JanuaryIndia · 11 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 20.4°C · 3.8 mm rain
- Tiruchengode in JanuaryIndia · 21 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 19.8°C · 3.7 mm rain
- Tiruppur in JanuaryIndia · 53 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 19.2°C · 9.1 mm rain
- Salem in JanuaryIndia · 54 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 19.2°C · 4.6 mm rain
- Velampālaiyam in JanuaryIndia · 55 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 18.8°C · 11 mm rain
- Karur in JanuaryIndia · 68 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 20.3°C · 4.6 mm rain
- Dharapuram in JanuaryIndia · 81 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 18.9°C · 5.3 mm rain
- Coimbatore in JanuaryIndia · 95 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 18.2°C · 8.4 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 Kumarapalayam) is explained once on the Kumarapalayam year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.