Climate averages 1991–2020
Salem weather
in July.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Salem: daytime highs average 32.3°C and nights cool to about 23.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 86 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 44 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tiruchengode (42 km away). In July its highs average 31.7°C, 0.6°C cooler than Salem, with 105 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Salem ranks joint 220th of 692 for the warmest July highs and 60th of 692 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 692 cities is 31.0°C; Salem is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 32.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 86 mm to 105 mm.
The annual picture
July 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 | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Tiruchengode in JulyIndia · 42 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 23.5°C · 105 mm rain
- Kumarapalayam in JulyIndia · 54 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 23.6°C · 121 mm rain
- Erode in JulyIndia · 58 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 23.8°C · 103 mm rain
- Karur in JulyIndia · 78 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 25.0°C · 51 mm rain
- Kallakurichi in JulyIndia · 88 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 25.4°C · 82 mm rain
- Krishnagiri in JulyIndia · 96 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.1°C · 63 mm rain
- Tiruppur in JulyIndia · 106 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.2°C · 67 mm rain
- Velampālaiyam in JulyIndia · 108 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 22.8°C · 173 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.