Kodaikānāl climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Kodaikānāl?

Kodaikānāl has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.4 °C and it receives 2,479 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Kodaikānāl between 1940 and 2025 was 23 April 2012, reaching 34.6 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Kodaikānāl?

The coldest day measured in Kodaikānāl between 1940 and 2025 was 29 December 1941, at 9.5 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Kodaikānāl?

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

Q: Has the climate of Kodaikānāl warmed?

Yes: Kodaikānāl warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Kodaikānāl?

The wettest day measured in Kodaikānāl between 1940 and 2025 was 18 October 2014, with 169 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Kodaikānāl?

The windiest day measured in Kodaikānāl between 1940 and 2025 was 20 February 1952, with winds reaching 19.2 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Kodaikānāl?

The warmest month in Kodaikānāl is April (23.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (19.3 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Kodaikānāl?

Kodaikānāl receives on average 2,479 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 226 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Kodaikānāl?

Kodaikānāl gets on average 9.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,614 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Kodaikānāl (India) has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.4 °C and it receives 2,479 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 (23.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (19.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

Kodaikānāl averages 0 frost days, 21 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 226 rainy days per year.

Kodaikānāl has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 34.6 °C (on 23 April 2012) and the coldest 9.5 °C (on 29 December 1941).

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

KodaikānālTamil Nadu

coords: 10.24°, 77.49°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AmTropical monsoonWarmest monthAprilColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthOctoberDriest monthFebruary

Mean daily temperature

21.4°C

Average daily high

26.1°C

Average daily low

17.5°C

Annual rainfall

2,479mm

Sunshine / day

9.9h

Mean relative humidity

78%

Average peak wind

7.4km/h

Seasonal range

4.1°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

21 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

226 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

29.0 °C

Average feels-like low

19.0 °C

Average peak gust

30.7 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

27 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.9 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.1 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.83 · 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

34.6 °C

23 April 2012

Coldest day

9.5 °C

29 December 1941

Wettest day

169 mm

18 October 2014

Windiest day

19.2 km/h

20 February 1952

Strongest gust

99.4 km/h

13 November 1992

Hottest feels-like

38.7 °C

21 May 2015

Coldest feels-like

8.4 °C

29 December 1941

Sunniest day

12.2 h

24 May 1981

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	30.3 °C12 May 2025	12.6 °C21 December 2025	22.0 °C	2,653 mm	5
2024	33.7 °C2 May 2024	15.1 °C18 January 2024	22.8 °C	2,777 mm	44
2023	31.3 °C15 May 2023	13.1 °C19 January 2023	22.3 °C	3,137 mm	14
2022	31.2 °C17 March 2022	15.1 °C21 January 2022	22.1 °C	2,885 mm	18
2021	32.7 °C31 March 2021	13.7 °C11 February 2021	22.1 °C	3,062 mm	13
2020	31.9 °C24 May 2020	13.7 °C11 January 2020	22.4 °C	2,702 mm	23
2019	33.7 °C16 April 2019	13.5 °C10 January 2019	22.7 °C	2,507 mm	53
2018	31.4 °C30 March 2018	13.2 °C22 January 2018	22.2 °C	2,540 mm	15
2017	31.9 °C15 April 2017	13.5 °C19 January 2017	22.3 °C	2,916 mm	25
2016	34.4 °C2 May 2016	14.5 °C15 January 2016	22.8 °C	1,861 mm	65
2015	31.8 °C22 May 2015	14.1 °C3 February 2015	22.3 °C	3,004 mm	16
2014	31.8 °C31 March 2014	13.1 °C27 January 2014	22.4 °C	2,568 mm	42
2013	31.7 °C9 May 2013	13.9 °C17 December 2013	22.2 °C	2,663 mm	26
2012	34.6 °C23 April 2012	12.8 °C16 January 2012	22.5 °C	2,010 mm	56
2011	31.9 °C15 May 2011	12.7 °C25 December 2011	22.1 °C	2,699 mm	37
2010	33.4 °C11 April 2010	14.2 °C5 January 2010	22.5 °C	2,905 mm	60
2009	32.7 °C3 May 2009	12.3 °C1 January 2009	22.3 °C	2,724 mm	33
2008	32.0 °C21 April 2008	13.2 °C31 December 2008	21.8 °C	2,656 mm	10
2007	33.2 °C25 March 2007	12.9 °C4 January 2007	22.0 °C	2,926 mm	28
2006	31.8 °C7 April 2006	11.7 °C29 December 2006	21.8 °C	2,620 mm	21
2005	31.8 °C20 May 2005	13.1 °C7 January 2005	22.0 °C	2,786 mm	13
2004	33.4 °C24 March 2004	12.4 °C9 January 2004	21.8 °C	2,507 mm	31
2003	31.2 °C20 May 2003	12.4 °C9 December 2003	21.8 °C	2,554 mm	25
2002	31.9 °C30 April 2002	11.4 °C15 January 2002	21.7 °C	2,050 mm	16
2001	31.2 °C5 May 2001	12.2 °C11 December 2001	21.5 °C	2,519 mm	10
2000	31.3 °C28 April 2000	12.2 °C16 December 2000	21.3 °C	2,384 mm	13
1999	32.9 °C16 April 1999	12.7 °C20 December 1999	21.5 °C	2,248 mm	39
1998	32.6 °C18 April 1998	12.5 °C26 December 1998	22.2 °C	2,510 mm	39
1997	31.9 °C14 March 1997	11.9 °C29 January 1997	21.7 °C	2,705 mm	14
1996	32.3 °C26 March 1996	11.8 °C25 January 1996	21.4 °C	2,905 mm	20
1995	30.4 °C25 March 1995	12.4 °C18 December 1995	21.5 °C	2,447 mm	3
1994	32.3 °C23 March 1994	12.3 °C5 December 1994	21.3 °C	2,598 mm	14
1993	32.3 °C11 May 1993	11.1 °C3 January 1993	21.4 °C	2,521 mm	26
1992	32.6 °C5 April 1992	10.0 °C12 January 1992	21.4 °C	2,492 mm	38
1991	32.3 °C20 March 1991	11.9 °C9 December 1991	21.5 °C	2,649 mm	17
1990	31.0 °C25 April 1990	11.5 °C18 January 1990	21.5 °C	2,395 mm	8
1989	33.8 °C16 April 1989	12.3 °C6 February 1989	21.6 °C	2,489 mm	37
1988	32.5 °C12 May 1988	11.6 °C23 January 1988	21.5 °C	2,942 mm	15
1987	31.9 °C9 April 1987	12.4 °C24 January 1987	21.8 °C	1,941 mm	19
1986	32.6 °C16 April 1986	11.6 °C3 January 1986	21.6 °C	2,028 mm	53
1985	32.8 °C13 May 1985	12.4 °C30 November 1985	21.5 °C	2,110 mm	34
1984	31.6 °C21 May 1984	12.1 °C14 December 1984	21.2 °C	2,321 mm	26
1983	33.7 °C8 April 1983	11.6 °C8 January 1983	22.0 °C	2,537 mm	57
1982	32.6 °C2 April 1982	12.3 °C25 January 1982	21.5 °C	1,799 mm	28
1981	31.9 °C15 April 1981	12.2 °C19 February 1981	21.3 °C	2,506 mm	15
1980	31.7 °C14 April 1980	10.7 °C15 January 1980	21.7 °C	2,051 mm	31
1979	31.8 °C11 April 1979	12.5 °C25 December 1979	21.7 °C	2,227 mm	39
1978	31.8 °C15 April 1978	11.8 °C12 January 1978	21.3 °C	2,581 mm	16
1977	30.3 °C16 March 1977	11.4 °C15 January 1977	21.2 °C	2,458 mm	2
1976	31.6 °C21 April 1976	11.1 °C28 January 1976	21.2 °C	2,205 mm	17
1975	32.5 °C27 April 1975	11.2 °C26 December 1975	21.1 °C	2,485 mm	25
1974	32.6 °C8 May 1974	11.1 °C7 January 1974	21.0 °C	1,874 mm	22
1973	32.2 °C29 April 1973	11.8 °C23 December 1973	21.5 °C	2,239 mm	33
1972	31.2 °C3 April 1972	11.1 °C12 January 1972	21.3 °C	2,356 mm	20
1971	30.7 °C1 April 1971	12.2 °C19 February 1971	20.7 °C	2,488 mm	7
1970	31.7 °C30 March 1970	11.2 °C22 December 1970	21.1 °C	2,668 mm	3
1969	30.6 °C31 March 1969	12.1 °C9 November 1969	21.4 °C	2,508 mm	8
1968	29.8 °C16 May 1968	11.8 °C7 January 1968	21.0 °C	2,650 mm	0
1967	31.0 °C7 May 1967	12.6 °C23 January 1967	21.1 °C	2,781 mm	9
1966	31.3 °C24 May 1966	11.7 °C22 January 1966	20.9 °C	3,239 mm	6
1965	30.0 °C24 March 1965	11.8 °C13 January 1965	20.6 °C	2,748 mm	3
1964	33.5 °C1 May 1964	11.6 °C13 January 1964	21.0 °C	2,479 mm	34
1963	30.4 °C27 May 1963	11.3 °C28 December 1963	20.6 °C	2,921 mm	2
1962	29.5 °C6 April 1962	11.4 °C11 January 1962	20.9 °C	2,501 mm	0
1961	32.6 °C23 April 1961	12.7 °C24 January 1961	21.0 °C	2,496 mm	26
1960	30.2 °C28 March 1960	12.0 °C16 December 1960	20.9 °C	2,404 mm	3
1959	32.5 °C25 March 1959	12.4 °C17 December 1959	21.2 °C	2,269 mm	33
1958	31.6 °C10 April 1958	12.4 °C9 January 1958	21.4 °C	2,364 mm	16
1957	32.2 °C7 May 1957	11.3 °C6 January 1957	21.0 °C	2,162 mm	15
1956	33.8 °C27 April 1956	11.3 °C19 December 1956	20.7 °C	2,209 mm	43
1955	31.5 °C16 April 1955	10.6 °C21 December 1955	20.5 °C	2,627 mm	9
1954	32.6 °C20 April 1954	11.4 °C30 November 1954	20.9 °C	2,293 mm	19
1953	31.2 °C23 April 1953	12.3 °C4 January 1953	20.7 °C	1,977 mm	21
1952	32.5 °C2 April 1952	12.1 °C21 January 1952	21.1 °C	1,747 mm	28
1951	30.9 °C21 March 1951	11.4 °C24 December 1951	20.7 °C	2,350 mm	5
1950	30.7 °C16 April 1950	11.1 °C24 October 1950	20.6 °C	1,535 mm	8
1949	33.4 °C26 April 1949	11.4 °C31 January 1949	20.4 °C	2,014 mm	19
1948	30.7 °C15 May 1948	12.6 °C23 December 1948	20.9 °C	2,520 mm	13
1947	30.3 °C22 April 1947	12.9 °C17 January 1947	20.8 °C	2,041 mm	5
1946	31.0 °C3 May 1946	10.3 °C5 January 1946	20.5 °C	2,855 mm	6
1945	31.7 °C6 April 1945	11.6 °C27 December 1945	20.9 °C	2,130 mm	25
1944	31.2 °C2 May 1944	11.5 °C27 December 1944	20.7 °C	2,971 mm	10
1943	30.3 °C4 March 1943	9.7 °C24 January 1943	19.8 °C	2,524 mm	2
1942	30.4 °C1 April 1942	10.7 °C27 January 1942	20.0 °C	2,529 mm	3
1941	30.2 °C29 April 1941	9.5 °C29 December 1941	20.3 °C	2,439 mm	2
1940	30.8 °C3 April 1940	11.5 °C13 January 1940	20.1 °C	2,526 mm	5

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

26.4 °C

+0.3 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

5 d/yr

-16

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

2653 mm

+174 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	24.2 °C	+0.4 °C	96 mm	+38 mm
Feb	26.7 °C	+0.7 °C	14 mm	-36 mm
Mar	27.8 °C	-0.5 °C	181 mm	+98 mm
Apr	28.5 °C	-0.5 °C	210 mm	+38 mm
May	27.3 °C	-1.1 °C	319 mm	+47 mm
Jun	27.3 °C	+0.8 °C	207 mm	-40 mm
Jul	26.8 °C	+1.0 °C	329 mm	+60 mm
Aug	26.5 °C	+0.5 °C	280 mm	-2 mm
Sep	26.9 °C	+0.6 °C	276 mm	-21 mm
Oct	26.1 °C	+0.6 °C	368 mm	+24 mm
Nov	24.4 °C	+0.4 °C	280 mm	+24 mm
Dec	24.0 °C	+0.8 °C	94 mm	-58 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

30.3 °C

12 May 2025

Coldest day

12.6 °C

21 Dec 2025

Wettest day

81.7 mm

12 Mar 2025

Windiest day

13.1 km/h

29 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

67.0 km/h

30 May 2025

Hottest feels-like

35.8 °C

2 Jun 2025

Coldest feels-like

12.3 °C

21 Dec 2025

Sunniest day

12.1 h

7 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Kodaikānāl?

Kodaikānāl has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.4 °C and it receives 2,479 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kodaikānāl?

The hottest day measured in Kodaikānāl between 1940 and 2025 was 23 April 2012, reaching 34.6 °C.

What is the coldest day in Kodaikānāl?

The coldest day measured in Kodaikānāl between 1940 and 2025 was 29 December 1941, at 9.5 °C.

Does it snow in Kodaikānāl?

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

Has the climate of Kodaikānāl warmed?

Yes: Kodaikānāl warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Kodaikānāl?

The wettest day measured in Kodaikānāl between 1940 and 2025 was 18 October 2014, with 169 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Kodaikānāl?

The windiest day measured in Kodaikānāl between 1940 and 2025 was 20 February 1952, with winds reaching 19.2 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Kodaikānāl?

The warmest month in Kodaikānāl is April (23.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (19.3 °C).

How much does it rain in Kodaikānāl?

Kodaikānāl receives on average 2,479 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 226 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Kodaikānāl?

Kodaikānāl gets on average 9.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,614 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Kodaikānāl?

Yes: Kodaikānāl has on average 27 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kodaikānāl?

In Kodaikānāl, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.7 °C on 21 May 2015, and the lowest was 8.4 °C on 29 December 1941.

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