Tamil Nadu, India
Coimbatore
Coimbatore is a city in Tamil Nadu, India, 411 m above sea level. It has a population of about 959,823 (2015). The climate is classified as tropical savanna (Köppen Aw), with .
Now23°C
Best timeJan–Feb · Dec
Population959,823
Local time21:16
11.01° N, 76.97° EElevation 411 mUTC+5:30 · India Standard Time
October: high / low29° / 22°
Rain this month176mm
Best timeJan–Feb · Dec
Best: Jan–Feb · Dec. Warmth, sunshine and dry days, month by month.
Coimbatore at a glance
Sunrise · sunset06:12 · 18:0211 h 50 min of daylightThe moon tonightWaxing gibbous86% · Moonrise 15:52Next holiday8 NovemberDiwali (Deepavali)Next eclipse21 Feb 2027Penumbral lunar eclipse
Best time to visitJan–Feb · Dec
The months with the highest weather score
Warmest month35°C
Average high in April
Coolest month20°C
Average low in November
Wettest monthOctober
176 mm of rain
Driest monthFebruary
9 mm of rain
Monuments nearby2+
1 of them World Heritage
How Coimbatore has grown
People living in the built-up area (407 km² today), every five years since 1975; 2030 is the projection.
+102%1.17M in 1975 → 2.36M in 2025Weather in Coimbatore
Now and the next ten days. The 14 and 30-day outlooks are one click away.
23°C
Today hour by hourRain · wind 1 km/h · humidity 95%
Today22 Oct29°22°21.7 mm
Fri23 Oct28°23°26.4 mm
Sat24 Oct25°23°18.9 mm
Sun25 Oct25°22°14.6 mm
Mon26 Oct24°22°27.8 mm
Tue27 Oct28°22°0.7 mm
Wed28 Oct28°23°
Thu29 Oct28°22°1 mm
Fri30 Oct29°22°
Sat31 Oct30°22°1 mm
When to go to Coimbatore
Each month's weather score (warmth, sun, dry days) with its temperatures and rain.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 71 | 67 | 50 | 37 | 25 | 36 | 33 | 34 | 34 | 39 | 48 | 65 |
| High | 30° | 32° | 35° | 35° | 34° | 30° | 29° | 29° | 30° | 29° | 28° | 28° |
| Low | 19° | 20° | 22° | 24° | 24° | 22° | 22° | 22° | 22° | 22° | 20° | 19° |
| Rain (mm) | 11 | 9 | 27 | 45 | 68 | 61 | 76 | 64 | 67 | 176 | 139 | 39 |
| Wet days | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 20 | 18 | 9 |
What's on in Coimbatore
Concerts, football matches, the public holidays ahead and the town's festivals through the year.
Monuments and museums in Coimbatore
33 km
Mettupalayam railway stationUNESCO74 km
Grass Hills National Park
Museum2.4 km
Gass Forest MuseumBuilt 1902
Museum1.3 km
Gedee Car MuseumMore museums: Tamil Nadu Police Museum
Outdoors around Coimbatore
Hiking routes from the town, and what there is to do within 15 km: huts, viewpoints, climbing, camping, ski areas and dive sites.
Coimbatore ZooZoos
0.6 kmCoimbatore Golf CourseGolf courses
1.8 kmKovai Golf CourseGolf courses
4.9 kmNature around Coimbatore
Wildlife in October
The birds and mammals of India seen most this month, compared with the rest of their year.
The sky over Coimbatore
Tropical storms · Coimbatore
Universities and research institutes
Ramakrishna Mission VidyalayaUniversity or college · founded 1930
Nirmala College for WomenUniversity or college · founded 1948
PSG College of TechnologyUniversity or college · founded 1951
Coimbatore Institute of TechnologyUniversity or college · founded 1956
Avinashilingam UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1957
Coimbatore Medical College and HospitalUniversity or college · founded 1966
Tamil Nadu Agricultural UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1971
Kongunadu Arts and Science CollegeUniversity or college · founded 1973
Bharathiar UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1982
Kumaraguru College of TechnologyUniversity or college · founded 1984
Karunya UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1986
Sri Ramakrishna College of Arts and ScienceUniversity or college · founded 1987
Sri Ramakrishna Engineering CollegeUniversity or college · founded 1994
Karpagam College of Pharmacy CoimbatoreUniversity or college · founded 1995
Nehru Arts and Science CollegeUniversity or college · founded 1998
PSG College of PharmacyUniversity or college · founded 2000
Rathinam College of Arts & ScienceUniversity or college · founded 2001
Amrita Vishwa VidyapeethamUniversity or college · founded 2003
DJ Academy of DesignUniversity or college · founded 2004
KG College of Arts and ScienceUniversity or college · founded 2005
AJK College of Arts and ScienceUniversity or college · founded 2007
Happy Valley Business SchoolUniversity or college · founded 2007
Adithya Institute of TechnologyUniversity or college · founded 2008
Karpagam Academy of Higher EducationUniversity or college · founded 2008
JCT College Of Engineering And TechnologyUniversity or college · founded 2009
KPR Institute of Engineering and TechnologyUniversity or college · founded 2009
KV Institute of Management and Information StudiesUniversity or college · founded 2009
Study World College of EngineeringUniversity or college · founded 2009
Rathinam Technical CampusUniversity or college · founded 2011
PSG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND APPLIED RESEARCHUniversity or college · founded 2014
KPR College of Arts Science and ResearchUniversity or college · founded 2019
Nehru Institute of Health SciencesUniversity or college · founded 2021
Rathinam College of PhysiotherapyUniversity or college · founded 2021
Anna University Regional Campus, CoimbatoreUniversity or college
Dr. N.G.P. Institute of TechnologyUniversity or college
PSG College of Arts & ScienceUniversity or college
PSG Institute of Advanced StudiesUniversity or college
Rathinam Group of InstitutionsUniversity or college
Sri Eshwar College of EngineeringUniversity or college
Tamil Nadu Horticulture UniversityUniversity or college
UPASI Tea Research FoundationResearch institute · founded 1926
Sugarcane Breeding InstituteResearch institute · founded 1932
Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree BreedingResearch institute · founded 1988
Towns and villages around Coimbatore
Each with its own page: weather, climate and the best time to visit.
Kattūr0.7 kmSrīnivāsapuram1 kmRace Course1.4 kmTown Hall1.7 kmR.S. Puram1.8 kmPudūr1.8 kmUkkadam2.2 kmPāppanāyakkanpālaiyam2.4 kmTatabad2.4 kmChokkampudūr2.7 kmPulikkulam3 kmPallapālaiyam3.1 kmKrishnanāyapuram3.3 kmGopal Layout3.3 kmRāmanāthapuram3.4 kmSanganūr3.5 kmGanapati3.6 kmPūsāripālaiyam3.6 kmKuppakonanūr3.9 kmUdayāmpālaiyam3.9 kmPanamarattūr3.9 kmVenkatāpuram4.1 kmTelungupālaiyam4.4 kmNanjundāpuram4.5 kmSavuripālaiyam4.6 kmNallāmpālaiyam4.6 kmSiranāyakkanpālaiyam4.7 kmManiyakārampālaiyam4.8 kmKuniyamuttūr4.9 kmPāppanāyakkanpālaiyam5 kmKurichchi5 kmKavundanpālaiyam5.2 kmChettipālaiyam5.2 kmVelāndipālaiyam5.3 kmMadattūr5.3 kmKallumadai5.4 kmKākkalpudūr5.4 kmMāchchampālaiyam5.6 kmUppilipālaiyam5.6 kmUdayāmpālaiyam5.7 kmMasakkālipālaiyam5.7 kmCheran Colony5.8 kmVīrakeralam5.8 kmIdaiyapālaiyam5.9 kmKonavāykkālpālaiyam5.9 kmIdaiyarpālaiyam6 kmNanjekavundanpudūr6 kmLingekavundanpudūr6.2 kmUrumāndampālaiyam6.2 kmMettūr6.5 kmChinnavādampatti6.5 kmPerur6.7 kmNambialagampālaiyam6.8 kmSubramaniyapālaiyam6.9 kmSundakkāymuttūr6.9 kmChettipālaiyam6.9 kmTimmarāyapuram7 kmKaumāramadam7 kmKastūrināyakkanpālaiyam7.2 kmVellalūr7.2 kmSinganallur7.3 kmKulattuppālaiyam7.3 kmRāmachettipālaiyam7.3 kmKavundanūr7.6 kmVellakkinar7.6 kmVedappatti7.7 kmNanjakkavundanpudūr7.7 kmNīlikanāmpālaiyam7.7 kmKanjikkonānpālaiyam7.7 kmVadavalli7.8 kmKovaipudur8.1 kmVanniarpālaiyam8.1 kmKurumbapālaiyam8.2 kmMarudapuram8.4 kmPachchāmpālaiyam8.6 kmKālappanāyakkanpālaiyam8.6 kmTudiyalūr8.8 kmSomāmpālaiyam8.9 kmSrvanampatti8.9 kmSultānpuram9 km
Coimbatore from above
Around Coimbatore18 places to see, do and reach nearby
Valankulam LakeNature1.7 kmUkkadam LakeNature2.9 kmSinganallur LakeNature6.5 kmVellalore LakeNature5.6 kmElivai MalaiMountain37 kmGass Forest MuseumMuseum2.4 kmGedee Car MuseumMuseum1.3 kmGovernment Museum, CoimbatoreMuseum0.5 kmInsect Museum, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, IndiaMuseum3.7 kmCoimbatore NorthStation1.8 kmPeelameduStation4.8 kmPodanur JunctionStation5.2 kmMadukkaraiPlace11 kmPerurPlace6.7 kmSinganallurPlace7.3 kmPeriyanaickenpalayamPlace16 kmChettipalayamPlace13 kmThondamuthurPlace14 km
Getting to Coimbatore
Coimbatore International AirportCJB
8.9 kmCalicut International AirportCCJ
111 kmCochin International AirportCOK
113 kmCoimbatore NorthRailway station
1.8 kmPeelameduRailway station
4.8 kmPodanur JunctionRailway station
5.2 kmPlaces near Coimbatore
Places with a climate like Coimbatore
Matched month by month on temperature, rain and sunshine.
Frequently asked questions
When is the best time to visit Coimbatore?
Based on 30-year climate normals, January, February and December offer the best balance of comfortable temperatures, low rainfall and sunshine in Coimbatore.
What is the hottest month in Coimbatore?
April is the warmest month, with average highs of 35°C and lows of 24°C.
What is the coldest month in Coimbatore?
November is the coldest month, with average highs of 28°C and lows of 20°C.
What is the rainiest month in Coimbatore?
October is the wettest month with about 176 mm of precipitation on 20 wet days.