Anantapur climate — normals and trends
Anantapur (India) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 27.5 °C and it receives 569 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is April (32.2 °C on average) and the coldest is December (23.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.
Anantapur averages 0 frost days, 280 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 90 rainy days per year.
Anantapur has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.22 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 44.7 °C (on 24 April 2016) and the coldest 11.8 °C (on 2 January 1951).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
AnantapurAndhra Pradesh
- coords
- 14.68°, 77.61°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
27.5°C
Average daily high
32.9°C
Average daily low
22.8°C
Annual rainfall
569mm
Sunshine / day
10.1h
Mean relative humidity
59%
Average peak wind
18.7km/h
Seasonal range
8.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
280 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
90 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
34.1 °C
Average feels-like low
24.1 °C
Average peak gust
36.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
296 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.67 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
44.7 °C
24 April 2016
Coldest day
11.8 °C
2 January 1951
Wettest day
106 mm
16 July 1989
Windiest day
46.3 km/h
21 June 1953
Strongest gust
90.4 km/h
21 June 1953
Hottest feels-like
46.7 °C
3 May 2016
Coldest feels-like
9.2 °C
2 January 1951
Sunniest day
12.3 h
23 May 1981
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 31.3 °C | +1.0 °C | 0 mm | -5 mm |
| Feb | 35.5 °C | +2.0 °C | 0 mm | -2 mm |
| Mar | 38.0 °C | +1.3 °C | 2 mm | -4 mm |
| Apr | 37.8 °C | -0.5 °C | 32 mm | +16 mm |
| May | 34.6 °C | -3.2 °C | 157 mm | +107 mm |
| Jun | 32.5 °C | -1.2 °C | 123 mm | +59 mm |
| Jul | 31.5 °C | 0.0 °C | 95 mm | +10 mm |
| Aug | 30.4 °C | -0.8 °C | 171 mm | +87 mm |
| Sep | 30.6 °C | -1.0 °C | 56 mm | -45 mm |
| Oct | 30.8 °C | -0.2 °C | 160 mm | +62 mm |
| Nov | 29.8 °C | +0.1 °C | 20 mm | -26 mm |
| Dec | 29.2 °C | +0.3 °C | 8 mm | -4 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Anantapur?
Anantapur has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.5 °C and it receives 569 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Anantapur?
The hottest day measured in Anantapur between 1940 and 2025 was 24 April 2016, reaching 44.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Anantapur?
The coldest day measured in Anantapur between 1940 and 2025 was 2 January 1951, at 11.8 °C.
Does it snow in Anantapur?
Almost never: Anantapur sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Anantapur warmed?
Yes: Anantapur warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Anantapur?
The wettest day measured in Anantapur between 1940 and 2025 was 16 July 1989, with 106 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Anantapur?
The windiest day measured in Anantapur between 1940 and 2025 was 21 June 1953, with winds reaching 46.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Anantapur?
The warmest month in Anantapur is April (32.2 °C on average); the coldest is December (23.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Anantapur?
Anantapur receives on average 569 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 90 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Anantapur?
Anantapur gets on average 10.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,687 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Anantapur?
Yes: Anantapur has on average 296 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Anantapur?
In Anantapur, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.7 °C on 3 May 2016, and the lowest was 9.2 °C on 2 January 1951.
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