Climate averages 1991–2020
Madurai 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 Madurai: daytime highs average 30.3°C and nights cool to about 19.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 12 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes January a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 37 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Virudunagar (41 km away). In January its highs average 30.9°C, 0.6°C warmer than Madurai, with 17 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Madurai ranks joint 55th 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; Madurai is 5.3°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.9°C to 33.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 12 mm to 15 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
Madurai climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 30.3°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 12 | 2.6 | 11.612 h |
| February | 33.2°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 15 | 2.8 | 11.812 h |
| March | 36.1°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 24 | 4.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 36.9°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 48 | 8.6 | 12.312 h |
| May | 37.3°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 63 | 12.7 | 12.613 h |
| June | 36.0°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 46 | 10.1 | 12.713 h |
| July | 35.2°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 52 | 11.7 | 12.613 h |
| August | 35.0°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 70 | 12.9 | 12.412 h |
| September | 34.9°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 82 | 13.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 32.1°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 168 | 18.9 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.3°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 160 | 16.8 | 11.712 h |
| December | 28.7°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 75 | 8.1 | 11.612 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
- Virudunagar in JanuaryIndia · 41 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 20.5°C · 17 mm rain
- Aruppukkottai in JanuaryIndia · 46 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 20.8°C · 17 mm rain
- Dindigul in JanuaryIndia · 52 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 19.7°C · 20 mm rain
- Sivakasi in JanuaryIndia · 63 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 19.9°C · 20 mm rain
- Paramagudi in JanuaryIndia · 66 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 21.2°C · 21 mm rain
- Teni in JanuaryIndia · 71 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 18.6°C · 13 mm rain
- Kāraikkudi in JanuaryIndia · 73 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 20.5°C · 18 mm rain
- Rajapalayam in JanuaryIndia · 81 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 20.2°C · 25 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 Madurai) is explained once on the Madurai year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.