Climate averages 1991–2020
Rajapalayam weather
in January.
A hot, fairly 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 Rajapalayam: daytime highs average 29.7°C and nights cool to about 20.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 25 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 38 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sivakasi (27 km away). In January its highs average 30.4°C, 0.7°C warmer than Rajapalayam, with 20 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Rajapalayam ranks joint 86th of 692 for the warmest January highs and joint 589th of 692 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 692 cities is 25.0°C; Rajapalayam is 4.8°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 3.0°C to 32.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 25 mm to 29 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
Rajapalayam 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°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 25 | 5.5 | 11.612 h |
| February | 32.7°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 29 | 5.1 | 11.812 h |
| March | 35.9°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 39 | 6.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 36.6°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 76 | 12.8 | 12.312 h |
| May | 36.4°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 116 | 19.9 | 12.613 h |
| June | 34.2°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 96 | 16.5 | 12.713 h |
| July | 33.6°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 95 | 16.2 | 12.613 h |
| August | 33.9°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 105 | 16.5 | 12.412 h |
| September | 34.2°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 126 | 17.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.7°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 231 | 22.1 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.9°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 210 | 20.9 | 11.712 h |
| December | 28.2°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 107 | 11.9 | 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
- Sivakasi in JanuaryIndia · 27 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 19.9°C · 20 mm rain
- Virudunagar in JanuaryIndia · 47 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 20.5°C · 17 mm rain
- Kovilpatti in JanuaryIndia · 47 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 20.6°C · 18 mm rain
- Kadayanallur in JanuaryIndia · 48 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 19.8°C · 13 mm rain
- Aruppukkottai in JanuaryIndia · 60 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 20.8°C · 17 mm rain
- Thenkasi in JanuaryIndia · 61 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 19.7°C · 13 mm rain
- Teni in JanuaryIndia · 63 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 18.6°C · 13 mm rain
- Madurai in JanuaryIndia · 81 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 19.8°C · 12 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 Rajapalayam) is explained once on the Rajapalayam year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.