Climate averages 1991–2020
Tiruvottiyūr weather
in January.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Tiruvottiyūr: daytime highs average 27.8°C and nights cool to about 21.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 27 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chennai (8 km away). In January its highs average 27.9°C, about as warm as Tiruvottiyūr, with 14 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Tiruvottiyūr ranks joint 233rd of 692 for the warmest January highs and joint 424th of 692 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 692 cities is 25.0°C; Tiruvottiyūr is 2.8°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.1°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 15 mm to 5.6 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
Tiruvottiyūr climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 27.8°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 15 | 3.0 | 11.411 h |
| February | 29.9°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 5.6 | 1.4 | 11.712 h |
| March | 32.6°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 5.8 | 1.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 34.7°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 11 | 1.8 | 12.412 h |
| May | 36.5°C28.2°C | 28.2°C | 34 | 3.5 | 12.713 h |
| June | 35.4°C28.0°C | 28.0°C | 65 | 10.7 | 12.913 h |
| July | 34.1°C27.1°C | 27.1°C | 74 | 13.9 | 12.813 h |
| August | 33.2°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 93 | 14.6 | 12.613 h |
| September | 32.6°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 94 | 14.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.6°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 200 | 18.1 | 11.812 h |
| November | 28.4°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 233 | 16.5 | 11.512 h |
| December | 27.3°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 116 | 8.7 | 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
- Chennai in JanuaryIndia · 8 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 20.9°C · 14 mm rain
- Avadi in JanuaryIndia · 21 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 19.8°C · 11 mm rain
- Neelankarai in JanuaryIndia · 24 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 21.3°C · 14 mm rain
- Pallāvaram in JanuaryIndia · 27 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 20.9°C · 14 mm rain
- Tambaram in JanuaryIndia · 32 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 20.6°C · 14 mm rain
- Maraimalainagar in JanuaryIndia · 50 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 20.2°C · 12 mm rain
- Arakkonam in JanuaryIndia · 69 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 18.5°C · 11 mm rain
- Kanchipuram in JanuaryIndia · 74 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 19.2°C · 12 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 Tiruvottiyūr) is explained once on the Tiruvottiyūr year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.