Climate averages 1991–2020
Nāgercoil weather
in January.
A hot, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Nāgercoil: daytime highs average 30.6°C and nights cool to about 22.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 12 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes January a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 42 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Neyyāttinkara (45 km away). In January its highs average 29.7°C, 0.9°C cooler than Nāgercoil, with 27 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Nāgercoil ranks joint 38th 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; Nāgercoil is 5.7°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 32.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 12 mm to 14 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
Nāgercoil climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 30.6°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 12 | 2.3 | 11.712 h |
| February | 32.1°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 14 | 2.9 | 11.912 h |
| March | 33.1°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 36 | 7.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.1°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 78 | 16.8 | 12.312 h |
| May | 30.9°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 85 | 14.6 | 12.512 h |
| June | 29.1°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 79 | 14.7 | 12.613 h |
| July | 28.9°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 49 | 11.5 | 12.513 h |
| August | 29.3°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 51 | 9.7 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.6°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 62 | 11.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.2°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 171 | 18.6 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.7°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 197 | 17.8 | 11.812 h |
| December | 29.1°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 72 | 7.7 | 11.712 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
- Neyyāttinkara in JanuaryIndia · 45 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.3°C · 27 mm rain
- Thiruvananthapuram in JanuaryIndia · 63 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.0°C · 27 mm rain
- Tirunelveli in JanuaryIndia · 67 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 20.4°C · 32 mm rain
- Thenkasi in JanuaryIndia · 88 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 19.7°C · 13 mm rain
- Kadayanallur in JanuaryIndia · 100 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 19.8°C · 13 mm rain
- Thoothukudi in JanuaryIndia · 101 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.0°C · 38 mm rain
- Kovilpatti in JanuaryIndia · 120 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 20.6°C · 18 mm rain
- Kollam in JanuaryIndia · 122 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 23.5°C · 20 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 Nāgercoil) is explained once on the Nāgercoil year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.