Climate guideThirty-year normals for Arcot
Arcot climate by month
Tropical savanna · AwBest Jan–Feb · Dec
Annual mean28°day and night
Seasonal swing9°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation1,077 mm150 wet days a year
12.91° N, 79.32° EElevation 173 mUTC+5:30 · India Standard Time
When to goArcot · weather score
Best timeJan–Feb · Dec
October: high / low31° / 23°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Arcot has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw): .
The warmest month is May, when afternoons average 38° and nights 27°. December is the coolest month, with highs of 28° and lows of 19°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 9°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 1,077 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. October is the wettest month (201 mm, 21 wet days) and February the driest (9 mm, 1 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 15% in March to 72% in July.
Compared with New Delhi, the capital, Arcot is 1.3° cooler on a May afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 38° · May
- Coldest nights
- 18° · January
- Wettest month
- October
- Driest month
- February
- Clearest skies
- March · 15% cloud
- Longest day
- 12 h 53 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 22 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 28° | 32° | 35° | 37° | 38° | 36° | 35° | 34° | 33° | 31° | 29° | 28° |
| Average low | 18° | 19° | 21° | 25° | 27° | 27° | 26° | 25° | 25° | 23° | 21° | 19° |
| Precipitation | 15 mm | 9 mm | 16 mm | 26 mm | 74 mm | 72 mm | 108 mm | 141 mm | 166 mm | 201 mm | 170 mm | 79 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 3.7 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 4.8 | 13 | 15.3 | 18.7 | 20.3 | 19.8 | 20.8 | 20.2 | 10.8 |
| Cloud cover | 25% | 16% | 15% | 21% | 35% | 65% | 72% | 67% | 58% | 51% | 45% | 36% |
| Daylight | 11h 27 | 11h 43 | 12h 03 | 12h 25 | 12h 43 | 12h 53 | 12h 49 | 12h 34 | 12h 13 | 11h 51 | 11h 32 | 11h 22 |
| Month score | 77 | 72 | 56 | 47 | 25 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 34 | 46 | 62 |
ivMonth by month
Arcot in every month
January77
28° / 18°
15 mm · 3.7 wet days
February72
32° / 19°
9 mm · 0.5 wet day
March56
35° / 21°
16 mm · 1.7 wet days
April47
37° / 25°
26 mm · 4.8 wet days
May25
38° / 27°
74 mm · 13 wet days
June10
36° / 27°
72 mm · 15.3 wet days
July9
35° / 26°
108 mm · 18.7 wet days
August15
34° / 25°
141 mm · 20.3 wet days
September21
33° / 25°
166 mm · 19.8 wet days
October34
31° / 23°
201 mm · 20.8 wet days
November46
29° / 21°
170 mm · 20.2 wet days
December62
28° / 19°
79 mm · 10.8 wet days