Climate guideThirty-year normals for Kurnool
Kurnool climate by month
Hot semi-arid · BShBest Jan · Nov–Dec
Annual mean28°day and night
Seasonal swing9°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation746 mm109 wet days a year
15.83° N, 78.04° EElevation 286 mUTC+5:30 · India Standard Time
When to goKurnool · weather score
Best timeJan · Nov–Dec
October: high / low31° / 23°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Kurnool 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 39° and nights 28°. December is the coolest month, with highs of 30° and lows of 18°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 9°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 746 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. July is the wettest month (140 mm, 21 wet days) and February the driest (2 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 8% in February to 73% in July.
Compared with New Delhi, the capital, Kurnool is 0.5° cooler on a May afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 39° · May
- Coldest nights
- 18° · January
- Wettest month
- July
- Driest month
- February
- Clearest skies
- February · 8% cloud
- Longest day
- 13 h 04 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 12 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° | 39° | 39° | 35° | 32° | 31° | 32° | 31° | 30° | 30° |
| Average low | 18° | 20° | 23° | 26° | 28° | 26° | 25° | 24° | 24° | 23° | 20° | 18° |
| Precipitation | 4 mm | 2 mm | 13 mm | 20 mm | 42 mm | 104 mm | 140 mm | 149 mm | 147 mm | 94 mm | 27 mm | 4 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 0.7 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 5.3 | 12.3 | 13.8 | 20.8 | 16.5 | 17.5 | 13.3 | 5 | 2 |
| Cloud cover | 15% | 8% | 10% | 14% | 25% | 62% | 73% | 70% | 60% | 41% | 29% | 22% |
| Daylight | 11h 17 | 11h 38 | 12h 02 | 12h 29 | 12h 52 | 13h 04 | 12h 59 | 12h 40 | 12h 14 | 11h 48 | 11h 24 | 11h 12 |
| Month score | 74 | 63 | 55 | 46 | 29 | 14 | 19 | 25 | 27 | 38 | 66 | 76 |
ivMonth by month
Kurnool in every month
January74
31° / 18°
4 mm · 0.7 wet day
February63
34° / 20°
2 mm · 0.3 wet days
March55
37° / 23°
13 mm · 1.2 wet day
April46
39° / 26°
20 mm · 5.3 wet days
May29
39° / 28°
42 mm · 12.3 wet days
June14
35° / 26°
104 mm · 13.8 wet days
July19
32° / 25°
140 mm · 20.8 wet days
August25
31° / 24°
149 mm · 16.5 wet days
September27
32° / 24°
147 mm · 17.5 wet days
October38
31° / 23°
94 mm · 13.3 wet days
November66
30° / 20°
27 mm · 5 wet days
December76
30° / 18°
4 mm · 2 wet days