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How unusual is the weather? Graded against ~45 years of local climate history.

Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India climate

Average temperatures, precipitation and all-time records for Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India, with every day graded against ~46 years of local climate history (1980–2026). Its warmest month is May, averaging a high of 38°C, and its coldest is January, with an average low of 20°C.

Madurai is a major tier II city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the cultural capital of Tamil Nadu and the administrative headquarters of Madurai district, which is governed by the Madurai Municipal Corporation established on 1 November 1866. via Wikipedia

How today compares

Latest recorded day: 2026-07-24. Each reading placed on Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India's own ±7-day seasonal distribution.

High 39°C Very High · 94th pct
Low 28°C Very High · 99th pct
Feels-like 43°C Low · 23rd pct
Humidity 16.8 g/m³ Low · 15th pct
Wind 13 km/h High · 80th pct
Gust 28 km/h Normal · 48th pct
Precip 1 mm Typical · 58th pct

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Madurai average temperatures by month

Typical daily high and low, and average precipitation, for each month in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India, based on 1980–2026 records. The wettest month is October (5 mm on an average day).

MonthAvg highAvg lowAvg precip
January 31°C 20°C 0 mm
February 34°C 22°C 0 mm
March 36°C 24°C 0 mm
April 38°C 26°C 3 mm
May 38°C 27°C 3 mm
June 36°C 26°C 3 mm
July 35°C 25°C 3 mm
August 35°C 25°C 3 mm
September 36°C 25°C 3 mm
October 33°C 24°C 5 mm
November 31°C 23°C 5 mm
December 30°C 21°C 3 mm

Each bar spans the 10th-percentile daily low to the 90th-percentile daily high (the range most days fall within), coloured cold → hot on a shared -23°C to 46°C scale, so the whole year's rhythm reads at a glance.

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Record extremes

  • Hottest day on record: 43°C on 2003-05-22
  • Coldest day on record: 15°C on 1990-01-19

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Percentiles compare each day to Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India's own history, so grades are relative to this location: a “Near Record” day here isn't the same temperature as elsewhere. How the grades work →