Climate averages 1991–2020
Tiruvannamalai weather
in January.
A hot, very dry month: the 10th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Tiruvannamalai: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 18.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 8.3 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes January a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 29 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Villupuram (56 km away). In January its highs average 28.6°C, about as warm as Tiruvannamalai, with 13 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Tiruvannamalai ranks joint 147th of 692 for the warmest January highs and 255th of 692 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 692 cities is 25.0°C; Tiruvannamalai is 4.0°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.9°C to 31.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 8.3 mm to 5.2 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
Tiruvannamalai climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 28.9°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 8.3 | 2.4 | 11.511 h |
| February | 31.8°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 5.2 | 1.3 | 11.712 h |
| March | 34.8°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 13 | 1.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 36.6°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 25 | 4.0 | 12.412 h |
| May | 37.6°C26.7°C | 26.7°C | 62 | 10.2 | 12.713 h |
| June | 35.5°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 65 | 10.8 | 12.813 h |
| July | 34.6°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 65 | 11.4 | 12.813 h |
| August | 34.0°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 87 | 12.8 | 12.513 h |
| September | 33.4°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 115 | 14.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.0°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 146 | 18.1 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.7°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 126 | 13.3 | 11.612 h |
| December | 27.7°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 69 | 6.8 | 11.411 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
- Villupuram in JanuaryIndia · 56 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 19.9°C · 13 mm rain
- Kallakurichi in JanuaryIndia · 56 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 19.0°C · 11 mm rain
- Tindivanam in JanuaryIndia · 63 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 20.1°C · 14 mm rain
- Vaniyambadi in JanuaryIndia · 71 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 17.4°C · 6.1 mm rain
- Ambur in JanuaryIndia · 74 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 17.7°C · 7.7 mm rain
- Vellore in JanuaryIndia · 77 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 17.5°C · 9.9 mm rain
- Rānipet in JanuaryIndia · 83 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 17.9°C · 9.9 mm rain
- Neyveli in JanuaryIndia · 83 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.1°C · 17 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 Tiruvannamalai) is explained once on the Tiruvannamalai year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.