Climate averages 1991–2020
Tumkūr weather
in January.
A hot, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the 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 Tumkūr: daytime highs average 28.2°C and nights cool to about 15.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 3.2 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes January a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 26 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Doddaballapura (47 km away). In January its highs average 27.5°C, 0.7°C cooler than Tumkūr, with 4.3 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Tumkūr ranks joint 204th of 692 for the warmest January highs and joint 114th of 692 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 692 cities is 25.0°C; Tumkūr is 3.2°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.3°C to 30.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 3.2 mm to 5.8 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
Tumkūr climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 28.2°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 3.2 | 0.7 | 11.411 h |
| February | 30.5°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 5.8 | 1.0 | 11.712 h |
| March | 33.1°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 13 | 2.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 33.7°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 42 | 7.9 | 12.412 h |
| May | 32.4°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 112 | 15.0 | 12.713 h |
| June | 28.5°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 135 | 20.2 | 12.913 h |
| July | 26.8°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 150 | 22.0 | 12.813 h |
| August | 26.6°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 128 | 19.3 | 12.613 h |
| September | 27.2°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 126 | 16.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 27.0°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 144 | 16.5 | 11.812 h |
| November | 26.5°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 60 | 8.3 | 11.512 h |
| December | 26.5°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 17 | 2.8 | 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
- Doddaballapura in JanuaryIndia · 47 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 15.0°C · 4.3 mm rain
- Yelahanka in JanuaryIndia · 60 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 15.0°C · 3.4 mm rain
- Bengaluru in JanuaryIndia · 67 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 14.9°C · 3.4 mm rain
- Hindupur in JanuaryIndia · 69 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 16.2°C · 2.7 mm rain
- Closepet in JanuaryIndia · 72 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 16.4°C · 2.9 mm rain
- Channapatna in JanuaryIndia · 78 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 16.4°C · 2.9 mm rain
- Electronic City Phase I in JanuaryIndia · 81 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 14.8°C · 3.8 mm rain
- Mandya in JanuaryIndia · 94 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 16.6°C · 2.2 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 Tumkūr) is explained once on the Tumkūr year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.