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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Dharmapuri
Dharmapuri climate by month
Tropical savanna · AwBest Jan–Feb · Dec
Annual mean26°day and night
Seasonal swing7°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation963 mm149 wet days a year
12.13° N, 78.16° EElevation 468 mUTC+5:30 · India Standard Time
When to goDharmapuri · weather score
Best timeJan–Feb · Dec
October: high / low30° / 22°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Dharmapuri has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw): .
The warmest month is April, when afternoons average 36° and nights 24°. December is the coolest month, with highs of 27° and lows of 18°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 7°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 963 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. October is the wettest month (199 mm, 22 wet days) and February the driest (8 mm, 1 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 14% in March to 71% in July.
Compared with New Delhi, the capital, Dharmapuri is 0.6° cooler on a April afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 36° · April
- Coldest nights
- 17° · January
- Wettest month
- October
- Driest month
- February
- Clearest skies
- March · 14% cloud
- Longest day
- 12 h 50 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 25 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 | 29° | 32° | 35° | 36° | 35° | 33° | 32° | 32° | 32° | 30° | 28° | 27° |
| Average low | 17° | 19° | 21° | 24° | 24° | 24° | 23° | 23° | 23° | 22° | 20° | 18° |
| Precipitation | 6 mm | 8 mm | 19 mm | 56 mm | 104 mm | 57 mm | 84 mm | 116 mm | 172 mm | 199 mm | 105 mm | 37 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 2.8 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 7.3 | 16.2 | 15 | 17.5 | 19.5 | 18.7 | 21.5 | 18.2 | 9.5 |
| Cloud cover | 25% | 15% | 14% | 24% | 39% | 64% | 71% | 67% | 58% | 52% | 46% | 35% |
| Daylight | 11h 29 | 11h 45 | 12h 03 | 12h 24 | 12h 41 | 12h 50 | 12h 46 | 12h 32 | 12h 12 | 11h 52 | 11h 34 | 11h 25 |
| Month score | 77 | 70 | 56 | 41 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 24 | 28 | 38 | 48 | 66 |
ivMonth by month
Dharmapuri in every month
January77
29° / 17°
6 mm · 2.8 wet days
February70
32° / 19°
8 mm · 0.5 wet day
March56
35° / 21°
19 mm · 1.8 wet days
April41
36° / 24°
56 mm · 7.3 wet days
May21
35° / 24°
104 mm · 16.2 wet days
June21
33° / 24°
57 mm · 15 wet days
July21
32° / 23°
84 mm · 17.5 wet days
August24
32° / 23°
116 mm · 19.5 wet days
September28
32° / 23°
172 mm · 18.7 wet days
October38
30° / 22°
199 mm · 21.5 wet days
November48
28° / 20°
105 mm · 18.2 wet days
December66
27° / 18°
37 mm · 9.5 wet days