Climate averages 1991–2020
Salem weather
in June.
A hot, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a hot month in Salem: daytime highs average 33.2°C and nights cool to about 24.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 93 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes June a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 48 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tiruchengode (42 km away). In June its highs average 33.3°C, about as warm as Salem, with 92 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Salem ranks joint 485th of 692 for the warmest June highs and joint 231st of 692 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 692 cities is 34.5°C; Salem is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From June to July, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 32.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 93 mm to 86 mm.
The annual picture
June 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, selected | 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
June in nearby cities
- Tiruchengode in JuneIndia · 42 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 24.5°C · 92 mm rain
- Kumarapalayam in JuneIndia · 54 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 24.6°C · 99 mm rain
- Erode in JuneIndia · 58 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 24.8°C · 76 mm rain
- Karur in JuneIndia · 78 kmHigh 35.3°C · Low 25.7°C · 43 mm rain
- Kallakurichi in JuneIndia · 88 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 26.0°C · 73 mm rain
- Krishnagiri in JuneIndia · 96 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 23.6°C · 78 mm rain
- Tiruppur in JuneIndia · 106 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 24.0°C · 61 mm rain
- Velampālaiyam in JuneIndia · 108 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 23.6°C · 130 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.