Climate averages 1991–2020
Pollachi 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 Pollachi: daytime highs average 29.7°C and nights cool to about 18.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 6.1 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 34 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Valparai (37 km away). In January its highs average 26.7°C, 3.0°C cooler than Pollachi, with 25 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Pollachi ranks joint 86th of 692 for the warmest January highs and joint 202nd of 692 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 692 cities is 25.0°C; Pollachi is 4.7°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.7°C to 32.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 6.1 mm to 10 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
Pollachi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 29.7°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 6.1 | 1.7 | 11.612 h |
| February | 32.4°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 10 | 2.0 | 11.812 h |
| March | 34.9°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 21 | 4.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 34.9°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 46 | 10.1 | 12.412 h |
| May | 32.5°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 67 | 15.1 | 12.613 h |
| June | 28.5°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 126 | 19.4 | 12.713 h |
| July | 27.3°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 130 | 19.9 | 12.713 h |
| August | 27.7°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 100 | 16.6 | 12.512 h |
| September | 28.9°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 81 | 14.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.6°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 175 | 19.4 | 11.912 h |
| November | 27.6°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 156 | 16.2 | 11.612 h |
| December | 27.5°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 53 | 7.5 | 11.512 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
- Valparai in JanuaryIndia · 37 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 16.1°C · 25 mm rain
- Coimbatore in JanuaryIndia · 39 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 18.2°C · 8.4 mm rain
- Palakkad in JanuaryIndia · 41 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 20.9°C · 2.5 mm rain
- Idaiyarpālaiyam in JanuaryIndia · 43 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 18.0°C · 8.4 mm rain
- Dharapuram in JanuaryIndia · 58 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 18.9°C · 5.3 mm rain
- Palani in JanuaryIndia · 61 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 19.1°C · 11 mm rain
- Velampālaiyam in JanuaryIndia · 63 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 18.8°C · 11 mm rain
- Tiruppur in JanuaryIndia · 63 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 19.2°C · 9.1 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 Pollachi) is explained once on the Pollachi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.