Climate averages 1991–2020
Thoothukudi weather
in April.
A hot, moderately wet month: the joint 4th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Thoothukudi: daytime highs average 32.4°C and nights cool to about 26.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 50 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 19 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tirunelveli (50 km away). In April its highs average 36.1°C, 3.7°C warmer than Thoothukudi, with 59 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Thoothukudi ranks joint 633rd of 692 for the warmest April highs and joint 592nd of 692 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 692 cities is 36.0°C; Thoothukudi is 3.6°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 33.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 50 mm to 30 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Thoothukudi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.8°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 38 | 7.2 | 11.712 h |
| February | 29.9°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 30 | 6.7 | 11.812 h |
| March | 31.3°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 42 | 7.0 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 32.4°C26.8°C | 26.8°C | 50 | 7.7 | 12.312 h |
| May | 33.5°C27.5°C | 27.5°C | 30 | 2.9 | 12.513 h |
| June | 33.1°C26.9°C | 26.9°C | 9.0 | 1.7 | 12.613 h |
| July | 32.7°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 4.0 | 1.2 | 12.613 h |
| August | 32.4°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 7.0 | 1.6 | 12.412 h |
| September | 32.3°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 13 | 2.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.7°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 156 | 12.5 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.8°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 266 | 20.7 | 11.712 h |
| December | 28.3°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 140 | 14.1 | 11.612 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
April in nearby cities
- Tirunelveli in AprilIndia · 50 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 24.9°C · 59 mm rain
- Kovilpatti in AprilIndia · 54 kmHigh 36.5°C · Low 25.2°C · 44 mm rain
- Aruppukkottai in AprilIndia · 83 kmHigh 36.9°C · Low 25.5°C · 55 mm rain
- Sivakasi in AprilIndia · 84 kmHigh 36.6°C · Low 25.1°C · 54 mm rain
- Thenkasi in AprilIndia · 92 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 23.9°C · 115 mm rain
- Virudunagar in AprilIndia · 93 kmHigh 37.1°C · Low 25.4°C · 55 mm rain
- Kadayanallur in AprilIndia · 93 kmHigh 35.3°C · Low 23.8°C · 115 mm rain
- Rajapalayam in AprilIndia · 99 kmHigh 36.6°C · Low 25.3°C · 76 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 Thoothukudi) is explained once on the Thoothukudi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.