Nerkunram climate by month
What the weather is like
Nerkunram has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw): .
The warmest month is May, when afternoons average 35° and nights 28°. December is the coolest month, with highs of 27° and lows of 22°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 7°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 1,349 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. August is the wettest month (129 mm, 23 wet days) and February the driest (21 mm, 1 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 15% in February to 72% in July.
The sea reaches about 29° in May. Sea temperatures lag the air by a month or two, so late summer is usually warmer for swimming than early summer.
Compared with New Delhi, the capital, Nerkunram is 4.1° cooler on a May afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 35° · May
- Coldest nights
- 21° · January
- Wettest month
- August
- Driest month
- February
- Clearest skies
- February · 15% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 29° · May
- Longest day
- 12 h 53 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 22 min
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columns, sea temperature lineTemperature curve
Average high, low and seaDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthClimate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 27° | 29° | 32° | 34° | 35° | 35° | 33° | 33° | 32° | 30° | 28° | 27° |
| Average low | 21° | 22° | 24° | 27° | 28° | 28° | 27° | 27° | 26° | 25° | 24° | 22° |
| Precipitation | 30 mm | 21 mm | 10 mm | 19 mm | 54 mm | 67 mm | 97 mm | 129 mm | 139 mm | 288 mm | 339 mm | 156 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 1.7 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 2.9 | 6.2 | 13.7 | 20.2 | 22.9 | 21.3 | 19.9 | 16.8 | 8.9 |
| Cloud cover | 25% | 15% | 15% | 20% | 33% | 66% | 72% | 67% | 57% | 50% | 45% | 35% |
| Sea temperature | 27° | 27° | 28° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 28° | 27° |
| Daylight | 11h 26 | 11h 43 | 12h 03 | 12h 25 | 12h 43 | 12h 53 | 12h 50 | 12h 34 | 12h 13 | 11h 51 | 11h 32 | 11h 22 |
| Month score | 86 | 80 | 69 | 57 | 42 | 12 | 14 | 19 | 26 | 37 | 47 | 68 |