Climate averages 1991–2020
Salem weather
in April.
A very hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a very hot month in Salem: daytime highs average 36.8°C and nights cool to about 25.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 56 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 23 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tiruchengode (42 km away). In April its highs average 36.9°C, about as warm as Salem, with 46 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Salem ranks joint 306th of 692 for the warmest April highs and 609th of 692 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 692 cities is 36.0°C; Salem is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 36.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 56 mm to 101 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Salem climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.2°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 4.6 | 1.8 | 11.512 h |
| February | 33.0°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 7.1 | 1.8 | 11.812 h |
| March | 36.0°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 16 | 3.1 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 36.8°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 56 | 7.8 | 12.412 h |
| May | 36.1°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 101 | 15.6 | 12.713 h |
| June | 33.2°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 93 | 16.3 | 12.813 h |
| July | 32.3°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 86 | 15.1 | 12.713 h |
| August | 32.0°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 105 | 15.5 | 12.513 h |
| September | 31.9°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 140 | 16.1 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.6°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 176 | 18.9 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.1°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 122 | 13.6 | 11.612 h |
| December | 28.5°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 52 | 6.2 | 11.511 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
April in nearby cities
- Tiruchengode in AprilIndia · 42 kmHigh 36.9°C · Low 25.8°C · 46 mm rain
- Kumarapalayam in AprilIndia · 54 kmHigh 37.7°C · Low 25.9°C · 30 mm rain
- Erode in AprilIndia · 58 kmHigh 37.6°C · Low 25.9°C · 28 mm rain
- Karur in AprilIndia · 78 kmHigh 38.0°C · Low 26.1°C · 34 mm rain
- Kallakurichi in AprilIndia · 88 kmHigh 36.9°C · Low 25.1°C · 27 mm rain
- Krishnagiri in AprilIndia · 96 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 23.4°C · 31 mm rain
- Tiruppur in AprilIndia · 106 kmHigh 36.6°C · Low 25.2°C · 66 mm rain
- Velampālaiyam in AprilIndia · 108 kmHigh 36.2°C · Low 24.8°C · 46 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 Salem) is explained once on the Salem year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.