Dandeli climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Dandeli?

Dandeli has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 23.9 °C and it receives 2,030 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Dandeli?

The hottest day measured in Dandeli between 1940 and 2025 was 27 April 1956, reaching 37.4 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Dandeli?

The coldest day measured in Dandeli between 1940 and 2025 was 1 January 1951, at 12.1 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Dandeli?

Almost never: Dandeli sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Dandeli warmed?

Yes: Dandeli warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Dandeli?

The wettest day measured in Dandeli between 1940 and 2025 was 28 May 1942, with 255 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Dandeli?

The windiest day measured in Dandeli between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 1989, with winds reaching 35.8 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Dandeli?

The warmest month in Dandeli is April (26.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (22.5 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Dandeli?

Dandeli receives on average 2,030 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 163 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Dandeli?

Dandeli gets on average 9.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,322 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Dandeli (India) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 23.9 °C and it receives 2,030 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 (26.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (22.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.

Dandeli averages 0 frost days, 112 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 163 rainy days per year.

Dandeli has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.21 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 37.4 °C (on 27 April 1956) and the coldest 12.1 °C (on 1 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

DandeliKarnataka

coords: 15.27°, 74.62°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthAprilColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJulyDriest monthFebruary

Mean daily temperature

23.9°C

Average daily high

28.4°C

Average daily low

20.7°C

Annual rainfall

2,030mm

Sunshine / day

9.1h

Mean relative humidity

79%

Average peak wind

13.9km/h

Seasonal range

3.7°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

112 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

163 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

31.2 °C

Average feels-like low

23.2 °C

Average peak gust

35.3 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

261 d/yr

Solar radiation

17.9 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.8 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.73 · p = < 0.001

19402025

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

37.4 °C

27 April 1956

Coldest day

12.1 °C

1 January 1951

Wettest day

255 mm

28 May 1942

Windiest day

35.8 km/h

24 July 1989

Strongest gust

94.3 km/h

24 July 1989

Hottest feels-like

42.1 °C

6 May 2017

Coldest feels-like

10.7 °C

7 January 1945

Sunniest day

12.0 h

4 July 2015

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	35.2 °C16 March 2025	15.4 °C20 December 2025	24.7 °C	2,342 mm	133
2024	37.4 °C6 April 2024	16.9 °C24 January 2024	25.1 °C	2,544 mm	151
2023	36.0 °C17 May 2023	16.0 °C12 January 2023	25.1 °C	1,426 mm	184
2022	36.3 °C20 April 2022	14.6 °C25 January 2022	24.4 °C	2,193 mm	130
2021	35.1 °C26 March 2021	15.8 °C22 December 2021	24.6 °C	2,173 mm	114
2020	35.3 °C15 April 2020	15.5 °C1 February 2020	24.8 °C	2,126 mm	145
2019	35.6 °C14 April 2019	16.0 °C12 January 2019	24.7 °C	2,364 mm	134
2018	35.1 °C24 March 2018	16.2 °C8 January 2018	24.7 °C	1,994 mm	166
2017	35.9 °C22 February 2017	15.3 °C6 January 2017	24.8 °C	1,588 mm	146
2016	35.6 °C18 March 2016	15.0 °C11 December 2016	24.6 °C	1,730 mm	157
2015	35.0 °C18 April 2015	14.6 °C15 January 2015	24.8 °C	1,319 mm	160
2014	35.8 °C20 March 2014	15.8 °C17 February 2014	24.5 °C	2,048 mm	114
2013	36.6 °C12 April 2013	14.8 °C20 December 2013	24.2 °C	2,188 mm	130
2012	34.8 °C20 April 2012	14.7 °C17 January 2012	24.3 °C	1,660 mm	143
2011	34.5 °C6 March 2011	13.5 °C13 January 2011	24.2 °C	2,135 mm	133
2010	36.2 °C5 April 2010	15.1 °C23 December 2010	24.7 °C	1,996 mm	127
2009	35.0 °C7 March 2009	16.5 °C27 January 2009	24.8 °C	2,483 mm	154
2008	34.3 °C12 April 2008	14.9 °C27 January 2008	24.3 °C	1,971 mm	144
2007	35.7 °C4 April 2007	14.9 °C25 November 2007	24.4 °C	2,298 mm	128
2006	34.7 °C20 February 2006	16.1 °C24 January 2006	24.4 °C	2,362 mm	122
2005	35.7 °C15 February 2005	15.9 °C24 December 2005	24.3 °C	2,102 mm	127
2004	35.7 °C18 March 2004	15.1 °C21 December 2004	24.2 °C	1,543 mm	111
2003	35.5 °C13 April 2003	14.4 °C17 December 2003	24.5 °C	1,420 mm	141
2002	35.8 °C2 May 2002	15.4 °C29 January 2002	24.4 °C	1,372 mm	124
2001	35.4 °C1 May 2001	16.3 °C10 February 2001	24.1 °C	1,374 mm	113
2000	35.7 °C20 March 2000	14.8 °C21 February 2000	24.0 °C	1,609 mm	105
1999	35.5 °C4 April 1999	15.0 °C8 January 1999	24.0 °C	1,581 mm	103
1998	35.8 °C6 April 1998	15.0 °C22 December 1998	24.4 °C	1,779 mm	107
1997	34.6 °C16 March 1997	15.0 °C22 January 1997	24.2 °C	1,649 mm	127
1996	36.1 °C23 March 1996	16.2 °C2 December 1996	24.2 °C	1,839 mm	125
1995	37.0 °C26 April 1995	13.3 °C12 January 1995	24.2 °C	1,546 mm	110
1994	35.7 °C18 March 1994	15.1 °C12 December 1994	23.8 °C	2,206 mm	97
1993	35.8 °C22 April 1993	15.8 °C8 January 1993	23.9 °C	1,677 mm	103
1992	35.4 °C26 March 1992	14.7 °C8 January 1992	23.8 °C	1,708 mm	98
1991	35.0 °C24 March 1991	12.4 °C3 January 1991	24.1 °C	2,006 mm	131
1990	36.1 °C24 April 1990	15.7 °C14 January 1990	23.6 °C	1,875 mm	86
1989	35.4 °C7 April 1989	16.7 °C3 January 1989	24.0 °C	1,587 mm	120
1988	35.7 °C8 April 1988	15.5 °C1 December 1988	24.1 °C	1,606 mm	136
1987	35.8 °C31 March 1987	15.6 °C21 December 1987	24.1 °C	1,305 mm	97
1986	33.7 °C9 March 1986	15.1 °C2 February 1986	23.9 °C	1,580 mm	112
1985	35.5 °C10 March 1985	16.3 °C1 December 1985	23.9 °C	1,325 mm	109
1984	35.2 °C1 April 1984	16.0 °C29 November 1984	24.1 °C	1,540 mm	111
1983	34.9 °C31 March 1983	14.9 °C8 February 1983	23.7 °C	2,079 mm	96
1982	34.9 °C7 April 1982	16.8 °C24 January 1982	24.0 °C	1,893 mm	111
1981	36.7 °C7 April 1981	13.6 °C11 December 1981	24.0 °C	2,018 mm	122
1980	35.1 °C13 April 1980	15.5 °C27 December 1980	24.1 °C	2,536 mm	127
1979	35.5 °C24 April 1979	16.0 °C24 February 1979	24.3 °C	1,793 mm	103
1978	35.1 °C3 May 1978	16.1 °C19 January 1978	23.7 °C	1,978 mm	87
1977	34.7 °C26 March 1977	15.5 °C30 December 1977	24.1 °C	1,697 mm	110
1976	34.2 °C20 March 1976	14.6 °C7 January 1976	23.9 °C	1,729 mm	130
1975	36.0 °C16 April 1975	13.3 °C9 January 1975	23.4 °C	2,034 mm	99
1974	36.0 °C26 April 1974	15.1 °C10 November 1974	23.6 °C	1,933 mm	106
1973	35.1 °C15 March 1973	15.9 °C17 January 1973	24.0 °C	1,964 mm	115
1972	34.9 °C20 April 1972	14.4 °C16 February 1972	24.1 °C	1,458 mm	122
1971	34.7 °C30 March 1971	14.6 °C21 December 1971	23.5 °C	1,475 mm	91
1970	35.4 °C12 April 1970	13.5 °C3 December 1970	23.7 °C	1,841 mm	108
1969	35.0 °C30 March 1969	14.9 °C2 January 1969	24.2 °C	1,672 mm	131
1968	35.7 °C14 April 1968	14.7 °C22 January 1968	23.7 °C	1,997 mm	100
1967	35.1 °C4 March 1967	14.5 °C28 January 1967	24.1 °C	2,260 mm	119
1966	35.2 °C2 March 1966	14.7 °C5 January 1966	23.4 °C	2,319 mm	89
1965	36.6 °C15 May 1965	15.3 °C7 February 1965	23.5 °C	2,052 mm	104
1964	36.9 °C9 April 1964	15.5 °C15 January 1964	23.4 °C	2,850 mm	131
1963	35.0 °C8 April 1963	16.7 °C1 January 1963	23.7 °C	2,217 mm	104
1962	35.7 °C29 March 1962	14.1 °C5 January 1962	23.7 °C	2,365 mm	89
1961	35.7 °C14 April 1961	15.1 °C30 December 1961	23.5 °C	2,911 mm	85
1960	37.2 °C12 April 1960	16.0 °C4 December 1960	23.8 °C	2,166 mm	105
1959	35.6 °C29 April 1959	15.4 °C3 February 1959	24.0 °C	2,803 mm	119
1958	35.0 °C22 April 1958	16.7 °C21 February 1958	23.8 °C	2,502 mm	94
1957	35.4 °C7 April 1957	15.7 °C9 February 1957	23.7 °C	1,870 mm	104
1956	37.4 °C27 April 1956	15.5 °C20 December 1956	23.1 °C	2,498 mm	82
1955	36.4 °C20 April 1955	16.2 °C11 December 1955	23.4 °C	2,014 mm	90
1954	35.8 °C22 April 1954	14.9 °C31 December 1954	23.4 °C	2,674 mm	100
1953	34.5 °C30 April 1953	13.6 °C1 February 1953	22.8 °C	2,373 mm	80
1952	35.0 °C11 May 1952	14.4 °C31 December 1952	22.5 °C	1,869 mm	64
1951	34.2 °C27 February 1951	12.1 °C1 January 1951	22.5 °C	1,966 mm	58
1950	34.0 °C21 April 1950	13.2 °C22 December 1950	22.0 °C	1,850 mm	38
1949	32.0 °C26 April 1949	14.3 °C7 February 1949	22.3 °C	2,490 mm	29
1948	36.1 °C15 March 1948	14.9 °C6 February 1948	23.7 °C	1,972 mm	106
1947	35.7 °C9 March 1947	15.4 °C24 January 1947	23.5 °C	2,220 mm	90
1946	36.7 °C29 March 1946	13.9 °C16 January 1946	23.3 °C	3,046 mm	105
1945	35.5 °C24 March 1945	13.4 °C7 January 1945	23.3 °C	2,046 mm	112
1944	34.1 °C17 April 1944	13.4 °C31 January 1944	23.5 °C	2,374 mm	96
1943	34.7 °C4 March 1943	14.6 °C30 January 1943	22.4 °C	4,059 mm	79
1942	35.4 °C1 April 1942	15.1 °C18 January 1942	22.9 °C	2,752 mm	74
1941	36.3 °C11 May 1941	15.7 °C30 December 1941	23.2 °C	2,139 mm	111
1940	35.5 °C2 April 1940	14.3 °C14 March 1940	22.9 °C	2,698 mm	70

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

28.9 °C

+0.5 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

133 d/yr

+21

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

2342 mm

+312 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	29.5 °C	+1.2 °C	0 mm	-3 mm
Feb	32.1 °C	+2.0 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Mar	33.3 °C	+1.5 °C	6 mm	-3 mm
Apr	32.6 °C	+0.3 °C	41 mm	+8 mm
May	29.4 °C	-1.5 °C	484 mm	+385 mm
Jun	27.3 °C	+0.9 °C	442 mm	+2 mm
Jul	25.7 °C	+0.8 °C	611 mm	-41 mm
Aug	25.7 °C	+0.6 °C	440 mm	+11 mm
Sep	26.8 °C	+0.3 °C	180 mm	-15 mm
Oct	28.6 °C	+0.4 °C	133 mm	+4 mm
Nov	28.4 °C	0.0 °C	7 mm	-28 mm
Dec	27.6 °C	-0.3 °C	0 mm	-7 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

35.2 °C

16 Mar 2025

Coldest day

15.4 °C

20 Dec 2025

Wettest day

84.6 mm

21 May 2025

Windiest day

25.7 km/h

16 Jun 2025

Strongest gust

72.7 km/h

26 Jul 2025

Hottest feels-like

39.9 °C

26 Apr 2025

Coldest feels-like

14.0 °C

20 Dec 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

29 Mar 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Dandeli?

Dandeli has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 23.9 °C and it receives 2,030 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Dandeli?

The hottest day measured in Dandeli between 1940 and 2025 was 27 April 1956, reaching 37.4 °C.

What is the coldest day in Dandeli?

The coldest day measured in Dandeli between 1940 and 2025 was 1 January 1951, at 12.1 °C.

Does it snow in Dandeli?

Almost never: Dandeli sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Dandeli warmed?

Yes: Dandeli warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Dandeli?

The wettest day measured in Dandeli between 1940 and 2025 was 28 May 1942, with 255 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Dandeli?

The windiest day measured in Dandeli between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 1989, with winds reaching 35.8 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Dandeli?

The warmest month in Dandeli is April (26.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (22.5 °C).

How much does it rain in Dandeli?

Dandeli receives on average 2,030 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 163 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Dandeli?

Dandeli gets on average 9.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,322 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Dandeli?

Yes: Dandeli has on average 261 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Dandeli?

In Dandeli, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.1 °C on 6 May 2017, and the lowest was 10.7 °C on 7 January 1945.

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