Climate guideThirty-year normals for Karur
Karur climate by month
Hot semi-arid · BShBest Jan–Feb · Dec
Annual mean29°day and night
Seasonal swing7°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation651 mm145 wet days a year
10.96° N, 78.08° EElevation 126 mUTC+5:30 · India Standard Time
When to goKarur · weather score
Best timeJan–Feb · Dec
October: high / low33° / 24°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Karur has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh): little rain, large day–night swings and strong sunshine.
The warmest month is May, when afternoons average 38° and nights 27°. December is the coolest month, with highs of 30° and lows of 21°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 7°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 651 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. October is the wettest month (153 mm, 21 wet days) and February the driest (8 mm, 2 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 15% in March to 69% in July.
Compared with New Delhi, the capital, Karur is 0.9° cooler on a May afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 38° · May
- Coldest nights
- 20° · January
- Wettest month
- October
- Driest month
- February
- Clearest skies
- March · 15% cloud
- Longest day
- 12 h 46 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 29 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 | 31° | 34° | 37° | 38° | 38° | 36° | 35° | 35° | 35° | 33° | 30° | 30° |
| Average low | 20° | 21° | 24° | 26° | 27° | 26° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 24° | 22° | 21° |
| Precipitation | 8 mm | 8 mm | 16 mm | 34 mm | 58 mm | 19 mm | 36 mm | 59 mm | 85 mm | 153 mm | 129 mm | 46 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 4.8 | 1.5 | 4 | 9 | 18.3 | 11.3 | 13.8 | 16.5 | 15.2 | 20.8 | 19.2 | 10.3 |
| Cloud cover | 25% | 16% | 15% | 27% | 39% | 63% | 69% | 65% | 56% | 52% | 46% | 34% |
| Daylight | 11h 33 | 11h 47 | 12h 03 | 12h 22 | 12h 37 | 12h 46 | 12h 42 | 12h 29 | 12h 12 | 11h 54 | 11h 38 | 11h 29 |
| Month score | 63 | 58 | 49 | 37 | 21 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 39 | 54 |
ivMonth by month
Karur in every month
January63
31° / 20°
8 mm · 4.8 wet days
February58
34° / 21°
8 mm · 1.5 wet days
March49
37° / 24°
16 mm · 4 wet days
April37
38° / 26°
34 mm · 9 wet days
May21
38° / 27°
58 mm · 18.3 wet days
June18
36° / 26°
19 mm · 11.3 wet days
July10
35° / 25°
36 mm · 13.8 wet days
August11
35° / 25°
59 mm · 16.5 wet days
September14
35° / 25°
85 mm · 15.2 wet days
October25
33° / 24°
153 mm · 20.8 wet days
November39
30° / 22°
129 mm · 19.2 wet days
December54
30° / 21°
46 mm · 10.3 wet days