Climate averages 1991–2020
Thanjavur weather
in January.
A hot, fairly dry month: the joint 10th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Thanjavur: daytime highs average 29.2°C and nights cool to about 20.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 20 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 34 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kumbakonam (34 km away). In January its highs average 28.6°C, 0.5°C cooler than Thanjavur, with 22 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Thanjavur ranks joint 121st of 692 for the warmest January highs and joint 538th of 692 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 692 cities is 25.0°C; Thanjavur is 4.2°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.8°C to 32.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 20 mm to 14 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
Thanjavur climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 29.2°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 20 | 4.0 | 11.612 h |
| February | 32.0°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 14 | 2.8 | 11.812 h |
| March | 35.1°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 19 | 3.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 36.7°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 37 | 7.2 | 12.412 h |
| May | 37.8°C27.4°C | 27.4°C | 60 | 11.1 | 12.613 h |
| June | 36.6°C27.0°C | 27.0°C | 57 | 11.5 | 12.713 h |
| July | 35.9°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 57 | 12.3 | 12.713 h |
| August | 35.3°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 84 | 14.7 | 12.512 h |
| September | 34.8°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 108 | 16.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.9°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 174 | 20.3 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.2°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 199 | 18.2 | 11.612 h |
| December | 28.1°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 109 | 10.5 | 11.512 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
- Kumbakonam in JanuaryIndia · 34 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 20.9°C · 22 mm rain
- Pattukkottai in JanuaryIndia · 45 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 20.9°C · 25 mm rain
- Tiruchirappalli in JanuaryIndia · 48 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 20.1°C · 12 mm rain
- Pudukkottai in JanuaryIndia · 57 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 20.3°C · 17 mm rain
- Mayiladuthurai in JanuaryIndia · 67 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 22.6°C · 34 mm rain
- Nagapattinam in JanuaryIndia · 77 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 23.9°C · 39 mm rain
- Kāraikāl in JanuaryIndia · 77 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 23.9°C · 34 mm rain
- Virudhachalam in JanuaryIndia · 84 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 19.9°C · 14 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 Thanjavur) is explained once on the Thanjavur year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.