Climate averages 1991–2020
Madurai weather
in November.
A hot, wet month: the 11th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a hot month in Madurai: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 22.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 160 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes November a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 41 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Virudunagar (41 km away). In November its highs average 29.6°C, about as warm as Madurai, with 174 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Madurai ranks joint 172nd of 692 for the warmest November highs and joint 641st of 692 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 692 cities is 28.2°C; Madurai is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 28.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 160 mm to 75 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Virudunagar in NovemberIndia · 41 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 22.5°C · 174 mm rain
- Aruppukkottai in NovemberIndia · 46 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 22.7°C · 174 mm rain
- Dindigul in NovemberIndia · 52 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 21.6°C · 206 mm rain
- Sivakasi in NovemberIndia · 63 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 22.0°C · 191 mm rain
- Paramagudi in NovemberIndia · 66 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.1°C · 196 mm rain
- Teni in NovemberIndia · 71 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 20.8°C · 161 mm rain
- Kāraikkudi in NovemberIndia · 73 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.7°C · 202 mm rain
- Rajapalayam in NovemberIndia · 81 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 210 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.