Climate averages 1991–2020
Tiruchirappalli weather
in May.
A very hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Tiruchirappalli: daytime highs average 38.3°C and nights cool to about 27.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 53 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 37 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Thanjavur (48 km away). In May its highs average 37.8°C, about as warm as Tiruchirappalli, with 60 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Tiruchirappalli ranks joint 339th of 692 for the warmest May highs and joint 500th of 692 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 692 cities is 37.3°C; Tiruchirappalli is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 36.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 53 mm to 47 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
Tiruchirappalli climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.1°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 12 | 2.5 | 11.612 h |
| February | 33.1°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 9.9 | 2.0 | 11.812 h |
| March | 36.2°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 17 | 3.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 37.7°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 37 | 6.6 | 12.412 h |
| May, selected | 38.3°C27.2°C | 27.2°C | 53 | 10.4 | 12.613 h |
| June | 36.7°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 47 | 9.5 | 12.713 h |
| July | 35.8°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 42 | 9.2 | 12.713 h |
| August | 35.5°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 66 | 11.4 | 12.512 h |
| September | 35.2°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 94 | 14.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 32.3°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 159 | 18.8 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.6°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 176 | 15.9 | 11.612 h |
| December | 28.7°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 81 | 8.2 | 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
May in nearby cities
- Thanjavur in MayIndia · 48 kmHigh 37.8°C · Low 27.4°C · 60 mm rain
- Pudukkottai in MayIndia · 50 kmHigh 37.2°C · Low 26.8°C · 61 mm rain
- Karur in MayIndia · 69 kmHigh 37.6°C · Low 26.6°C · 55 mm rain
- Kumbakonam in MayIndia · 78 kmHigh 37.5°C · Low 27.5°C · 46 mm rain
- Pattukkottai in MayIndia · 81 kmHigh 36.2°C · Low 27.2°C · 62 mm rain
- Kāraikkudi in MayIndia · 84 kmHigh 36.8°C · Low 26.7°C · 68 mm rain
- Dindigul in MayIndia · 93 kmHigh 36.0°C · Low 25.3°C · 118 mm rain
- Virudhachalam in MayIndia · 104 kmHigh 38.1°C · Low 27.4°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 Tiruchirappalli) is explained once on the Tiruchirappalli year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.