Madikeri climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Madikeri?

Madikeri has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.2 °C and it receives 2,617 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Madikeri between 1940 and 2025 was 21 April 1987, reaching 37.4 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Madikeri?

The coldest day measured in Madikeri between 1940 and 2025 was 1 January 1951, at 9.5 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Madikeri?

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

Q: Has the climate of Madikeri warmed?

Yes: Madikeri warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Madikeri?

The wettest day measured in Madikeri between 1940 and 2025 was 26 September 1988, with 254 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Madikeri?

The windiest day measured in Madikeri between 1940 and 2025 was 23 July 1989, with winds reaching 29.4 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Madikeri?

The warmest month in Madikeri is March (24.3 °C on average); the coldest is July (21.0 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Madikeri?

Madikeri receives on average 2,617 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 208 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Madikeri?

Madikeri gets on average 9.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,468 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Madikeri (India) has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 22.2 °C and it receives 2,617 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 March (24.3 °C on average) and the coldest is July (21.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.

Madikeri averages 0 frost days, 73 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 208 rainy days per year.

Madikeri has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.19 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 37.4 °C (on 21 April 1987) and the coldest 9.5 °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

MadikeriKarnataka

coords: 12.43°, 75.74°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AmTropical monsoonWarmest monthMarchColdest monthJulyWettest monthJulyDriest monthFebruary

Mean daily temperature

22.2°C

Average daily high

27.3°C

Average daily low

18.7°C

Annual rainfall

2,617mm

Sunshine / day

9.5h

Mean relative humidity

80%

Average peak wind

11.1km/h

Seasonal range

3.3°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

73 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

208 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

29.8 °C

Average feels-like low

20.6 °C

Average peak gust

35.6 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

91 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.3 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.6 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.78 · 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

21 April 1987

Coldest day

9.5 °C

1 January 1951

Wettest day

254 mm

26 September 1988

Windiest day

29.4 km/h

23 July 1989

Strongest gust

100.8 km/h

24 July 1989

Hottest feels-like

39.6 °C

27 April 2016

Coldest feels-like

7.4 °C

11 December 1981

Sunniest day

12.1 h

21 May 1947

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	34.1 °C7 March 2025	13.2 °C22 December 2025	22.7 °C	3,165 mm	79
2024	36.3 °C6 April 2024	15.4 °C17 December 2024	23.4 °C	2,984 mm	100
2023	35.7 °C13 April 2023	14.2 °C10 January 2023	23.3 °C	2,105 mm	115
2022	34.5 °C17 March 2022	13.4 °C24 January 2022	22.7 °C	3,322 mm	68
2021	34.4 °C25 March 2021	14.7 °C21 December 2021	22.8 °C	3,129 mm	47
2020	34.9 °C4 April 2020	15.6 °C26 January 2020	23.2 °C	2,703 mm	93
2019	35.0 °C25 March 2019	14.0 °C16 January 2019	23.1 °C	2,853 mm	77
2018	33.7 °C6 March 2018	14.1 °C2 February 2018	22.8 °C	3,330 mm	80
2017	34.9 °C26 March 2017	13.7 °C30 December 2017	23.0 °C	2,426 mm	77
2016	35.4 °C27 April 2016	14.1 °C11 December 2016	23.2 °C	1,981 mm	120
2015	33.1 °C5 April 2015	13.8 °C13 January 2015	23.1 °C	2,390 mm	66
2014	35.7 °C29 March 2014	15.0 °C27 December 2014	23.0 °C	2,681 mm	70
2013	34.8 °C8 April 2013	14.1 °C11 December 2013	22.6 °C	2,728 mm	97
2012	35.4 °C25 March 2012	12.4 °C17 January 2012	22.8 °C	2,359 mm	96
2011	34.1 °C8 March 2011	12.8 °C13 January 2011	22.5 °C	3,070 mm	83
2010	35.4 °C7 April 2010	14.2 °C24 January 2010	22.8 °C	3,161 mm	73
2009	35.1 °C1 March 2009	13.6 °C1 January 2009	22.8 °C	3,049 mm	75
2008	33.5 °C10 March 2008	14.1 °C31 December 2008	22.6 °C	2,684 mm	70
2007	35.6 °C6 April 2007	12.8 °C26 November 2007	22.6 °C	3,179 mm	80
2006	34.5 °C20 February 2006	13.9 °C14 February 2006	22.6 °C	2,546 mm	87
2005	35.0 °C19 March 2005	12.4 °C19 November 2005	22.6 °C	2,448 mm	82
2004	36.2 °C16 March 2004	14.2 °C7 December 2004	22.5 °C	2,252 mm	78
2003	34.0 °C7 March 2003	13.4 °C9 December 2003	22.7 °C	2,183 mm	79
2002	34.1 °C2 May 2002	13.1 °C19 December 2002	22.6 °C	2,133 mm	72
2001	34.5 °C6 April 2001	12.7 °C11 December 2001	22.4 °C	2,003 mm	80
2000	34.8 °C27 March 2000	12.5 °C13 December 2000	22.2 °C	2,551 mm	74
1999	34.5 °C3 April 1999	13.3 °C4 January 1999	22.2 °C	2,330 mm	69
1998	36.0 °C6 April 1998	13.5 °C25 December 1998	22.8 °C	2,597 mm	108
1997	35.7 °C11 March 1997	13.5 °C21 January 1997	22.5 °C	2,382 mm	92
1996	35.8 °C13 March 1996	12.8 °C26 December 1996	22.3 °C	2,878 mm	75
1995	34.4 °C23 March 1995	12.2 °C3 January 1995	22.6 °C	2,295 mm	71
1994	36.3 °C18 March 1994	12.9 °C13 December 1994	22.2 °C	2,759 mm	58
1993	33.5 °C18 February 1993	13.3 °C3 January 1993	22.2 °C	2,590 mm	56
1992	35.8 °C26 March 1992	12.0 °C28 December 1992	22.1 °C	2,844 mm	73
1991	36.2 °C29 March 1991	12.6 °C27 December 1991	22.5 °C	2,652 mm	98
1990	35.0 °C21 March 1990	13.1 °C23 February 1990	22.3 °C	2,428 mm	98
1989	34.6 °C8 April 1989	13.3 °C2 February 1989	22.4 °C	2,435 mm	82
1988	35.3 °C4 April 1988	11.5 °C1 December 1988	22.6 °C	2,420 mm	83
1987	37.4 °C21 April 1987	13.3 °C29 November 1987	22.7 °C	1,847 mm	85
1986	35.2 °C7 April 1986	13.6 °C17 February 1986	22.3 °C	2,107 mm	69
1985	35.4 °C10 March 1985	12.7 °C30 November 1985	22.2 °C	1,910 mm	67
1984	33.6 °C22 March 1984	13.3 °C30 November 1984	22.2 °C	2,602 mm	51
1983	36.1 °C28 April 1983	13.2 °C13 November 1983	22.6 °C	2,570 mm	106
1982	34.9 °C22 March 1982	13.4 °C25 December 1982	22.3 °C	2,058 mm	83
1981	36.0 °C12 April 1981	10.4 °C11 December 1981	22.2 °C	2,426 mm	81
1980	34.4 °C25 February 1980	12.7 °C15 January 1980	22.4 °C	2,930 mm	75
1979	35.7 °C6 April 1979	13.9 °C29 December 1979	22.7 °C	2,336 mm	66
1978	34.2 °C5 April 1978	13.2 °C18 January 1978	22.2 °C	2,618 mm	59
1977	34.4 °C24 March 1977	12.7 °C28 December 1977	22.2 °C	2,584 mm	62
1976	34.6 °C17 March 1976	13.3 °C8 January 1976	22.2 °C	1,963 mm	58
1975	34.8 °C2 April 1975	11.4 °C9 January 1975	22.0 °C	2,641 mm	73
1974	34.8 °C10 March 1974	13.2 °C15 December 1974	22.0 °C	2,286 mm	87
1973	35.8 °C11 March 1973	13.8 °C20 November 1973	22.4 °C	2,427 mm	83
1972	34.6 °C24 March 1972	12.2 °C12 January 1972	22.2 °C	2,045 mm	69
1971	34.6 °C28 March 1971	12.7 °C20 December 1971	21.8 °C	2,088 mm	41
1970	34.1 °C26 March 1970	12.0 °C14 December 1970	22.1 °C	2,526 mm	60
1969	35.0 °C8 March 1969	13.6 °C13 January 1969	22.4 °C	2,399 mm	66
1968	32.7 °C22 March 1968	12.4 °C13 December 1968	22.0 °C	2,960 mm	34
1967	34.4 °C22 February 1967	12.5 °C15 November 1967	22.2 °C	3,060 mm	55
1966	34.1 °C2 March 1966	12.4 °C15 December 1966	21.8 °C	3,124 mm	44
1965	34.1 °C12 April 1965	12.9 °C23 March 1965	21.6 °C	2,513 mm	42
1964	35.3 °C29 March 1964	12.6 °C19 December 1964	21.8 °C	2,871 mm	102
1963	34.1 °C13 March 1963	13.2 °C18 December 1963	21.8 °C	2,767 mm	49
1962	35.0 °C31 March 1962	12.8 °C5 January 1962	21.8 °C	3,303 mm	48
1961	34.4 °C12 March 1961	13.0 °C27 January 1961	21.9 °C	3,832 mm	53
1960	35.8 °C30 March 1960	13.6 °C20 December 1960	22.0 °C	2,634 mm	87
1959	35.8 °C3 April 1959	13.7 °C24 December 1959	22.3 °C	2,912 mm	100
1958	35.2 °C8 March 1958	13.6 °C22 December 1958	22.3 °C	3,091 mm	77
1957	35.1 °C8 April 1957	13.2 °C7 January 1957	22.3 °C	2,549 mm	113
1956	35.3 °C27 March 1956	12.0 °C17 December 1956	21.5 °C	2,668 mm	70
1955	35.2 °C21 March 1955	12.4 °C12 December 1955	21.7 °C	2,964 mm	72
1954	34.8 °C9 March 1954	13.0 °C8 December 1954	21.8 °C	3,235 mm	70
1953	33.9 °C19 March 1953	11.5 °C31 January 1953	21.7 °C	1,986 mm	92
1952	34.6 °C2 April 1952	12.7 °C27 December 1952	21.6 °C	1,977 mm	79
1951	34.9 °C2 March 1951	9.5 °C1 January 1951	21.5 °C	2,043 mm	77
1950	35.5 °C15 April 1950	10.7 °C21 January 1950	21.1 °C	1,510 mm	60
1949	33.1 °C18 April 1949	11.6 °C11 November 1949	21.2 °C	1,991 mm	46
1948	34.8 °C15 March 1948	13.4 °C27 December 1948	22.0 °C	2,335 mm	56
1947	33.2 °C23 March 1947	13.2 °C7 November 1947	21.8 °C	1,902 mm	30
1946	35.5 °C14 March 1946	12.4 °C27 January 1946	21.5 °C	3,590 mm	63
1945	35.5 °C27 March 1945	12.2 °C13 December 1945	21.8 °C	2,797 mm	67
1944	32.8 °C17 April 1944	13.0 °C11 December 1944	21.7 °C	3,041 mm	43
1943	34.0 °C3 March 1943	11.7 °C30 January 1943	20.8 °C	4,255 mm	56
1942	35.8 °C1 April 1942	12.3 °C1 January 1942	21.3 °C	2,494 mm	66
1941	33.7 °C24 February 1941	12.4 °C24 December 1941	21.4 °C	2,838 mm	72
1940	35.8 °C4 April 1940	11.9 °C15 January 1940	21.2 °C	3,459 mm	60

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

27.6 °C

+0.3 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

79 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

3165 mm

+548 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	29.3 °C	+0.6 °C	5 mm	-6 mm
Feb	32.1 °C	+1.6 °C	0 mm	-10 mm
Mar	31.9 °C	+0.1 °C	52 mm	+10 mm
Apr	29.2 °C	-1.1 °C	215 mm	+63 mm
May	27.1 °C	-1.2 °C	566 mm	+359 mm
Jun	25.5 °C	+0.8 °C	555 mm	+46 mm
Jul	23.6 °C	0.0 °C	848 mm	+187 mm
Aug	24.5 °C	+0.5 °C	513 mm	+58 mm
Sep	25.8 °C	+0.4 °C	144 mm	-95 mm
Oct	27.2 °C	+0.7 °C	231 mm	+7 mm
Nov	27.5 °C	+0.5 °C	15 mm	-72 mm
Dec	27.6 °C	+0.2 °C	22 mm	0 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

34.1 °C

7 Mar 2025

Coldest day

13.2 °C

22 Dec 2025

Wettest day

103.0 mm

29 May 2025

Windiest day

21.8 km/h

29 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

71.6 km/h

29 Jul 2025

Hottest feels-like

37.0 °C

19 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

11.9 °C

22 Dec 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

23 Mar 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Madikeri?

Madikeri has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.2 °C and it receives 2,617 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Madikeri?

The hottest day measured in Madikeri between 1940 and 2025 was 21 April 1987, reaching 37.4 °C.

What is the coldest day in Madikeri?

The coldest day measured in Madikeri between 1940 and 2025 was 1 January 1951, at 9.5 °C.

Does it snow in Madikeri?

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

Has the climate of Madikeri warmed?

Yes: Madikeri warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Madikeri?

The wettest day measured in Madikeri between 1940 and 2025 was 26 September 1988, with 254 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Madikeri?

The windiest day measured in Madikeri between 1940 and 2025 was 23 July 1989, with winds reaching 29.4 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Madikeri?

The warmest month in Madikeri is March (24.3 °C on average); the coldest is July (21.0 °C).

How much does it rain in Madikeri?

Madikeri receives on average 2,617 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 208 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Madikeri?

Madikeri gets on average 9.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,468 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Madikeri?

Yes: Madikeri has on average 91 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Madikeri?

In Madikeri, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.6 °C on 27 April 2016, and the lowest was 7.4 °C on 11 December 1981.

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