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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Gingee
Gingee climate by month
Tropical savanna · AwBest Jan–Mar
Annual mean28°day and night
Seasonal swing9°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation1,067 mm175 wet days a year
12.25° N, 79.42° EElevation 89 mUTC+5:30 · India Standard Time
When to goGingee · weather score
Best timeJan–Mar
October: high / low31° / 24°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Gingee 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 20°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 9°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 1,067 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. October is the wettest month (192 mm, 25 wet days) and February the driest (15 mm, 1 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 17% in March to 71% in July.
Compared with New Delhi, the capital, Gingee is 1.1° cooler on a May afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 38° · May
- Coldest nights
- 19° · January
- Wettest month
- October
- Driest month
- February
- Clearest skies
- March · 17% 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° | 34° | 37° | 38° | 37° | 36° | 35° | 34° | 31° | 29° | 28° |
| Average low | 19° | 20° | 22° | 25° | 27° | 27° | 26° | 26° | 25° | 24° | 22° | 20° |
| Precipitation | 18 mm | 15 mm | 15 mm | 20 mm | 65 mm | 61 mm | 93 mm | 127 mm | 154 mm | 192 mm | 200 mm | 107 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 5.5 | 1 | 2 | 6.3 | 13 | 18.2 | 21.8 | 23.2 | 23.2 | 24.8 | 22.7 | 13.3 |
| Cloud cover | 27% | 18% | 17% | 23% | 36% | 65% | 71% | 67% | 56% | 52% | 47% | 37% |
| Daylight | 11h 29 | 11h 44 | 12h 03 | 12h 24 | 12h 41 | 12h 50 | 12h 47 | 12h 32 | 12h 12 | 11h 52 | 11h 34 | 11h 25 |
| Month score | 71 | 70 | 56 | 43 | 25 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 31 | 43 | 53 |
ivMonth by month
Gingee in every month
January71
29° / 19°
18 mm · 5.5 wet days
February70
32° / 20°
15 mm · 1 wet day
March56
34° / 22°
15 mm · 2 wet days
April43
37° / 25°
20 mm · 6.3 wet days
May25
38° / 27°
65 mm · 13 wet days
June10
37° / 27°
61 mm · 18.2 wet days
July8
36° / 26°
93 mm · 21.8 wet days
August10
35° / 26°
127 mm · 23.2 wet days
September19
34° / 25°
154 mm · 23.2 wet days
October31
31° / 24°
192 mm · 24.8 wet days
November43
29° / 22°
200 mm · 22.7 wet days
December53
28° / 20°
107 mm · 13.3 wet days