Climate averages 1991–2020
Tiruchengode weather
in May.
A very hot, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Tiruchengode: daytime highs average 36.5°C and nights cool to about 26.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 79 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 39 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Erode (19 km away). In May its highs average 37.3°C, 0.8°C warmer than Tiruchengode, with 54 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Tiruchengode ranks joint 483rd of 692 for the warmest May highs and joint 568th of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Tiruchengode is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 3.2°C to 33.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 79 mm to 92 mm.
The annual picture
May 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
Tiruchengode climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.6°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 3.7 | 1.1 | 11.512 h |
| February | 33.3°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 6.2 | 1.5 | 11.812 h |
| March | 36.1°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 14 | 2.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 36.9°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 46 | 7.8 | 12.412 h |
| May, selected | 36.5°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 79 | 13.9 | 12.613 h |
| June | 33.3°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 92 | 17.1 | 12.813 h |
| July | 31.7°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 105 | 19.6 | 12.713 h |
| August | 31.5°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 106 | 18.2 | 12.512 h |
| September | 32.1°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 112 | 17.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.9°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 164 | 18.7 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.3°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 121 | 12.7 | 11.612 h |
| December | 28.9°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 48 | 5.3 | 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
May in nearby cities
- Erode in MayIndia · 19 kmHigh 37.3°C · Low 26.2°C · 54 mm rain
- Kumarapalayam in MayIndia · 21 kmHigh 37.4°C · Low 26.1°C · 63 mm rain
- Salem in MayIndia · 42 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 25.8°C · 101 mm rain
- Karur in MayIndia · 51 kmHigh 37.6°C · Low 26.6°C · 55 mm rain
- Tiruppur in MayIndia · 66 kmHigh 35.5°C · Low 25.3°C · 71 mm rain
- Velampālaiyam in MayIndia · 69 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 24.9°C · 70 mm rain
- Dharapuram in MayIndia · 82 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 24.8°C · 50 mm rain
- Tiruchirappalli in MayIndia · 108 kmHigh 38.3°C · Low 27.2°C · 53 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 Tiruchengode) is explained once on the Tiruchengode year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.