Climate averages 1991–2020
Salem weather
in November.
A hot, wet month: the 11th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a hot month in Salem: daytime highs average 29.1°C and nights cool to about 21.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 122 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes November a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 36 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tiruchengode (42 km away). In November its highs average 29.3°C, about as warm as Salem, with 121 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Salem ranks joint 195th of 692 for the warmest November highs and 620th of 692 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 692 cities is 28.2°C; Salem is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 28.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 122 mm to 52 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Tiruchengode in NovemberIndia · 42 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 21.8°C · 121 mm rain
- Kumarapalayam in NovemberIndia · 54 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 22.1°C · 105 mm rain
- Erode in NovemberIndia · 58 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 22.1°C · 115 mm rain
- Karur in NovemberIndia · 78 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 22.4°C · 136 mm rain
- Kallakurichi in NovemberIndia · 88 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 21.9°C · 173 mm rain
- Krishnagiri in NovemberIndia · 96 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 19.5°C · 82 mm rain
- Tiruppur in NovemberIndia · 106 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 21.5°C · 173 mm rain
- Velampālaiyam in NovemberIndia · 108 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 21.2°C · 149 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.