Climate averages 1991–2020
Thanjavur weather
in July.
A very hot, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the joint 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a very hot month in Thanjavur: daytime highs average 35.9°C and nights cool to about 26.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 57 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the joint 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 41 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kumbakonam (34 km away). In July its highs average 35.5°C, about as warm as Thanjavur, with 56 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Thanjavur ranks joint 12th of 692 for the warmest July highs and 19th of 692 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 692 cities is 31.0°C; Thanjavur is 4.8°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 35.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 57 mm to 84 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
Thanjavur climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Kumbakonam in JulyIndia · 34 kmHigh 35.5°C · Low 26.5°C · 56 mm rain
- Pattukkottai in JulyIndia · 45 kmHigh 35.3°C · Low 26.5°C · 54 mm rain
- Tiruchirappalli in JulyIndia · 48 kmHigh 35.8°C · Low 26.0°C · 42 mm rain
- Pudukkottai in JulyIndia · 57 kmHigh 35.2°C · Low 26.0°C · 46 mm rain
- Mayiladuthurai in JulyIndia · 67 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 27.0°C · 40 mm rain
- Nagapattinam in JulyIndia · 77 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 27.5°C · 41 mm rain
- Kāraikāl in JulyIndia · 77 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 27.5°C · 40 mm rain
- Virudhachalam in JulyIndia · 84 kmHigh 35.2°C · Low 26.1°C · 81 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.