Climate averages 1991–2020
Velampālaiyam weather
in January.
A hot, very dry month: the 10th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Velampālaiyam: daytime highs average 30.1°C and nights cool to about 18.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 11 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes January a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 33 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tiruppur (5 km away). In January its highs average 30.5°C, about as warm as Velampālaiyam, with 9.1 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Velampālaiyam ranks joint 65th of 692 for the warmest January highs and joint 305th of 692 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 692 cities is 25.0°C; Velampālaiyam is 5.1°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.7°C to 32.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 11 mm to 14 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
Velampālaiyam climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 30.1°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 11 | 2.6 | 11.512 h |
| February | 32.8°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 14 | 3.0 | 11.812 h |
| March | 35.5°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 23 | 3.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 36.2°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 46 | 8.7 | 12.412 h |
| May | 34.9°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 70 | 12.5 | 12.613 h |
| June | 31.5°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 130 | 18.6 | 12.813 h |
| July | 30.5°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 173 | 22.6 | 12.713 h |
| August | 30.7°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 159 | 21.1 | 12.512 h |
| September | 31.7°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 137 | 20.1 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.4°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 186 | 21.0 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.5°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 149 | 15.3 | 11.612 h |
| December | 28.2°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 58 | 7.4 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Tiruppur in JanuaryIndia · 5 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 19.2°C · 9.1 mm rain
- Coimbatore in JanuaryIndia · 40 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 18.2°C · 8.4 mm rain
- Idaiyarpālaiyam in JanuaryIndia · 44 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 18.0°C · 8.4 mm rain
- Dharapuram in JanuaryIndia · 51 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 18.9°C · 5.3 mm rain
- Erode in JanuaryIndia · 51 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 20.4°C · 3.8 mm rain
- Kumarapalayam in JanuaryIndia · 55 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 20.3°C · 3.9 mm rain
- Pollachi in JanuaryIndia · 63 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 18.9°C · 6.1 mm rain
- Tiruchengode in JanuaryIndia · 69 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 19.8°C · 3.7 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 Velampālaiyam) is explained once on the Velampālaiyam year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.