Climate guideThirty-year normals for Erode
Erode climate by month
Hot semi-arid · BShBest Jan–Feb · Dec
Annual mean29°day and night
Seasonal swing7°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation657 mm144 wet days a year
11.34° N, 77.73° EElevation 170 mUTC+5:30 · India Standard Time
When to goErode · weather score
Best timeJan–Feb · Dec
October: high / low32° / 23°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Erode has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh): little rain, large day–night swings and strong sunshine.
The warmest month is April, when afternoons average 38° and nights 26°. December is the coolest month, with highs of 30° and lows of 20°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 7°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 657 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. October is the wettest month (154 mm, 21 wet days) and February the driest (7 mm, 1 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 14% in March to 70% in July.
Compared with New Delhi, the capital, Erode is 1.9° warmer on a April afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 38° · April
- Coldest nights
- 20° · January
- Wettest month
- October
- Driest month
- February
- Clearest skies
- March · 14% cloud
- Longest day
- 12 h 47 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 28 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 | 32° | 34° | 37° | 38° | 38° | 35° | 33° | 33° | 33° | 32° | 30° | 30° |
| Average low | 20° | 22° | 24° | 26° | 26° | 25° | 24° | 24° | 24° | 23° | 22° | 20° |
| Precipitation | 6 mm | 7 mm | 17 mm | 40 mm | 64 mm | 29 mm | 52 mm | 74 mm | 79 mm | 154 mm | 105 mm | 30 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 4.7 | 1.2 | 3.8 | 8.2 | 18.5 | 12 | 14.7 | 17 | 16.5 | 20.7 | 18 | 8.7 |
| Cloud cover | 23% | 15% | 14% | 27% | 39% | 63% | 70% | 66% | 57% | 52% | 44% | 32% |
| Daylight | 11h 32 | 11h 46 | 12h 03 | 12h 23 | 12h 38 | 12h 47 | 12h 44 | 12h 30 | 12h 12 | 11h 53 | 11h 37 | 11h 28 |
| Month score | 62 | 59 | 49 | 39 | 21 | 17 | 16 | 19 | 20 | 29 | 40 | 58 |
ivMonth by month
Erode in every month
January62
32° / 20°
6 mm · 4.7 wet days
February59
34° / 22°
7 mm · 1.2 wet day
March49
37° / 24°
17 mm · 3.8 wet days
April39
38° / 26°
40 mm · 8.2 wet days
May21
38° / 26°
64 mm · 18.5 wet days
June17
35° / 25°
29 mm · 12 wet days
July16
33° / 24°
52 mm · 14.7 wet days
August19
33° / 24°
74 mm · 17 wet days
September20
33° / 24°
79 mm · 16.5 wet days
October29
32° / 23°
154 mm · 20.7 wet days
November40
30° / 22°
105 mm · 18 wet days
December58
30° / 20°
30 mm · 8.7 wet days