Mahabalipuram climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Mahabalipuram?

Mahabalipuram has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.5 °C and it receives 1,026 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Mahabalipuram between 1940 and 2025 was 15 May 1956, reaching 34.6 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Mahabalipuram?

The coldest day measured in Mahabalipuram between 1940 and 2025 was 15 January 1990, at 20.3 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Mahabalipuram?

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

Q: Has the climate of Mahabalipuram warmed?

Yes: Mahabalipuram warmed by +0.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Mahabalipuram?

The wettest day measured in Mahabalipuram between 1940 and 2025 was 14 June 1996, with 237 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Mahabalipuram?

The windiest day measured in Mahabalipuram between 1940 and 2025 was 31 October 2012, with winds reaching 72.4 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Mahabalipuram?

The warmest month in Mahabalipuram is May (29.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (25.1 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Mahabalipuram?

Mahabalipuram receives on average 1,026 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 110 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Mahabalipuram?

Mahabalipuram gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Mahabalipuram (India) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 27.5 °C and it receives 1,026 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 May (29.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (25.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.

Mahabalipuram averages 0 frost days, 92 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 110 rainy days per year.

Mahabalipuram has warmed by +0.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.08 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 34.6 °C (on 15 May 1956) and the coldest 20.3 °C (on 15 January 1990).

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

MahabalipuramTamil Nadu

coords: 12.62°, 80.19°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthMayColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthNovemberDriest monthFebruary

Mean daily temperature

27.5°C

Average daily high

28.4°C

Average daily low

26.6°C

Annual rainfall

1,026mm

Sunshine / day

10.3h

Mean relative humidity

78%

Average peak wind

24.5km/h

Seasonal range

4.2°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

92 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

110 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

32.9 °C

Average feels-like low

29.3 °C

Average peak gust

33.7 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

365 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.9 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+0.7 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.56 · 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

15 May 1956

Coldest day

20.3 °C

15 January 1990

Wettest day

237 mm

14 June 1996

Windiest day

72.4 km/h

31 October 2012

Strongest gust

107.3 km/h

31 October 2012

Hottest feels-like

41.3 °C

31 May 2024

Coldest feels-like

18.6 °C

15 December 2003

Sunniest day

12.7 h

3 June 1978

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	32.1 °C12 May 2025	22.8 °C4 February 2025	27.9 °C	1,006 mm	130
2024	33.7 °C31 May 2024	24.0 °C7 February 2024	28.2 °C	1,581 mm	142
2023	32.4 °C14 May 2023	22.4 °C15 January 2023	27.8 °C	1,227 mm	99
2022	32.0 °C13 July 2022	22.6 °C21 November 2022	27.6 °C	1,315 mm	79
2021	31.9 °C24 May 2021	23.2 °C21 February 2021	27.7 °C	1,619 mm	98
2020	34.6 °C19 May 2020	22.6 °C25 January 2020	27.8 °C	1,515 mm	106
2019	31.6 °C1 May 2019	22.7 °C9 January 2019	27.7 °C	910 mm	78
2018	32.5 °C9 June 2018	21.7 °C2 February 2018	27.6 °C	782 mm	95
2017	32.4 °C18 May 2017	22.8 °C9 February 2017	27.8 °C	1,159 mm	108
2016	32.4 °C16 August 2016	22.8 °C2 February 2016	28.1 °C	852 mm	148
2015	32.4 °C27 June 2015	23.4 °C25 February 2015	27.8 °C	1,489 mm	109
2014	33.9 °C15 June 2014	22.1 °C7 February 2014	27.6 °C	1,081 mm	101
2013	32.4 °C25 May 2013	23.1 °C14 January 2013	27.7 °C	809 mm	104
2012	32.2 °C8 June 2012	22.2 °C17 January 2012	27.6 °C	787 mm	80
2011	32.3 °C8 May 2011	22.1 °C10 February 2011	27.6 °C	1,029 mm	98
2010	32.6 °C6 June 2010	22.2 °C6 December 2010	27.8 °C	1,410 mm	127
2009	33.0 °C13 July 2009	22.1 °C24 January 2009	27.8 °C	1,058 mm	128
2008	31.6 °C17 May 2008	22.0 °C15 January 2008	27.5 °C	1,130 mm	82
2007	32.0 °C9 May 2007	21.7 °C25 December 2007	27.4 °C	1,281 mm	89
2006	32.6 °C3 July 2006	21.6 °C20 January 2006	27.6 °C	1,125 mm	109
2005	32.5 °C3 June 2005	22.1 °C14 February 2005	27.8 °C	1,798 mm	126
2004	32.4 °C20 August 2004	22.9 °C15 January 2004	27.5 °C	1,208 mm	104
2003	33.7 °C15 May 2003	21.0 °C15 December 2003	27.7 °C	635 mm	109
2002	33.0 °C7 July 2002	22.2 °C21 December 2002	27.7 °C	698 mm	135
2001	34.0 °C16 May 2001	22.8 °C7 February 2001	27.7 °C	1,166 mm	125
2000	32.3 °C14 May 2000	22.2 °C22 January 2000	27.6 °C	710 mm	106
1999	32.7 °C27 July 1999	21.6 °C26 January 1999	27.6 °C	729 mm	115
1998	32.1 °C26 June 1998	23.8 °C14 January 1998	28.1 °C	975 mm	126
1997	32.7 °C4 August 1997	22.0 °C16 February 1997	27.5 °C	1,017 mm	91
1996	31.5 °C2 August 1996	22.9 °C26 January 1996	27.3 °C	1,731 mm	69
1995	31.5 °C17 May 1995	23.0 °C15 January 1995	27.5 °C	850 mm	94
1994	32.9 °C3 June 1994	21.9 °C29 January 1994	27.5 °C	984 mm	103
1993	31.9 °C28 July 1993	21.4 °C19 January 1993	27.5 °C	1,255 mm	101
1992	32.9 °C17 June 1992	21.9 °C8 January 1992	27.4 °C	614 mm	96
1991	32.4 °C23 July 1991	22.5 °C28 January 1991	27.7 °C	1,050 mm	99
1990	31.5 °C30 May 1990	20.3 °C15 January 1990	27.6 °C	1,171 mm	102
1989	31.7 °C29 April 1989	20.8 °C4 February 1989	27.2 °C	1,104 mm	92
1988	32.7 °C20 May 1988	23.0 °C4 February 1988	27.8 °C	929 mm	109
1987	32.4 °C18 June 1987	22.9 °C30 January 1987	27.7 °C	964 mm	99
1986	33.3 °C5 June 1986	22.3 °C16 January 1986	27.6 °C	936 mm	113
1985	34.0 °C28 May 1985	22.5 °C4 February 1985	27.6 °C	961 mm	108
1984	32.8 °C4 June 1984	22.3 °C12 December 1984	27.3 °C	1,311 mm	80
1983	31.8 °C27 June 1983	22.3 °C9 January 1983	27.7 °C	840 mm	91
1982	31.7 °C3 June 1982	23.0 °C26 January 1982	27.5 °C	475 mm	78
1981	32.6 °C20 June 1981	22.1 °C11 December 1981	27.3 °C	845 mm	86
1980	33.3 °C26 May 1980	21.6 °C5 December 1980	27.6 °C	767 mm	121
1979	33.0 °C26 June 1979	22.8 °C24 November 1979	27.6 °C	979 mm	92
1978	32.4 °C15 May 1978	20.5 °C19 January 1978	27.4 °C	994 mm	96
1977	31.5 °C13 June 1977	21.3 °C27 January 1977	27.3 °C	1,029 mm	90
1976	34.1 °C2 May 1976	21.6 °C22 February 1976	27.2 °C	910 mm	70
1975	33.0 °C9 June 1975	22.0 °C11 January 1975	27.2 °C	1,043 mm	74
1974	31.8 °C16 August 1974	21.6 °C6 February 1974	27.3 °C	598 mm	86
1973	32.9 °C15 June 1973	22.8 °C20 January 1973	27.5 °C	833 mm	106
1972	32.1 °C13 July 1972	22.2 °C3 January 1972	27.4 °C	1,009 mm	86
1971	32.1 °C23 May 1971	22.7 °C11 February 1971	27.2 °C	981 mm	79
1970	31.8 °C6 July 1970	22.6 °C3 December 1970	27.5 °C	956 mm	86
1969	32.2 °C19 May 1969	22.6 °C26 January 1969	27.6 °C	1,405 mm	118
1968	32.2 °C4 June 1968	22.1 °C7 February 1968	27.3 °C	1,110 mm	102
1967	32.1 °C1 July 1967	21.3 °C7 February 1967	27.2 °C	1,306 mm	67
1966	32.0 °C30 May 1966	22.9 °C14 December 1966	27.3 °C	1,683 mm	70
1965	32.6 °C28 May 1965	22.9 °C17 January 1965	27.2 °C	1,254 mm	69
1964	33.7 °C13 May 1964	22.1 °C14 January 1964	27.4 °C	1,077 mm	89
1963	32.0 °C4 June 1963	21.8 °C11 February 1963	27.3 °C	1,086 mm	93
1962	31.7 °C27 July 1962	23.1 °C14 January 1962	27.2 °C	848 mm	86
1961	32.9 °C10 May 1961	22.9 °C26 February 1961	27.4 °C	654 mm	73
1960	32.3 °C31 July 1960	21.4 °C3 February 1960	27.2 °C	1,251 mm	77
1959	32.1 °C20 July 1959	23.4 °C23 February 1959	27.4 °C	826 mm	79
1958	33.1 °C25 June 1958	22.5 °C8 February 1958	27.7 °C	1,160 mm	118
1957	32.0 °C5 July 1957	22.0 °C5 February 1957	27.3 °C	804 mm	68
1956	34.6 °C15 May 1956	22.3 °C18 February 1956	26.9 °C	1,089 mm	55
1955	32.7 °C11 May 1955	22.4 °C2 February 1955	26.9 °C	1,173 mm	39
1954	31.9 °C28 May 1954	21.8 °C20 January 1954	27.0 °C	882 mm	51
1953	34.0 °C8 June 1953	22.1 °C3 January 1953	27.4 °C	610 mm	74
1952	33.0 °C22 May 1952	22.9 °C28 December 1952	27.5 °C	279 mm	68
1951	32.1 °C5 May 1951	22.5 °C26 February 1951	27.4 °C	780 mm	89
1950	33.2 °C22 May 1950	22.7 °C16 January 1950	27.1 °C	403 mm	40
1949	31.8 °C23 April 1949	22.2 °C30 January 1949	27.2 °C	635 mm	29
1948	32.1 °C20 June 1948	22.9 °C22 January 1948	27.2 °C	1,063 mm	79
1947	31.6 °C11 July 1947	22.0 °C14 December 1947	27.3 °C	741 mm	76
1946	32.6 °C12 May 1946	22.2 °C31 January 1946	27.2 °C	1,247 mm	55
1945	33.4 °C10 June 1945	21.4 °C7 February 1945	27.3 °C	814 mm	106
1944	31.9 °C24 July 1944	23.0 °C16 December 1944	27.2 °C	1,126 mm	69
1943	32.6 °C28 May 1943	22.4 °C26 January 1943	26.9 °C	1,788 mm	52
1942	31.6 °C18 May 1942	22.8 °C10 January 1942	27.1 °C	850 mm	75
1941	34.2 °C23 May 1941	20.5 °C26 December 1941	27.4 °C	1,451 mm	104
1940	32.3 °C10 July 1940	21.8 °C17 January 1940	27.3 °C	605 mm	107

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)

130 d/yr

+38

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1006 mm

-20 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	26.3 °C	+0.6 °C	37 mm	+7 mm
Feb	26.8 °C	+0.5 °C	2 mm	-9 mm
Mar	28.5 °C	+0.9 °C	25 mm	+9 mm
Apr	29.7 °C	+0.6 °C	16 mm	-3 mm
May	30.6 °C	+0.4 °C	67 mm	+32 mm
Jun	31.1 °C	+0.6 °C	5 mm	-25 mm
Jul	30.8 °C	+0.6 °C	44 mm	-4 mm
Aug	29.8 °C	-0.1 °C	77 mm	+4 mm
Sep	30.3 °C	+0.8 °C	59 mm	-29 mm
Oct	28.6 °C	+0.2 °C	286 mm	+66 mm
Nov	27.8 °C	+0.6 °C	282 mm	-17 mm
Dec	26.0 °C	-0.1 °C	107 mm	-53 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

32.1 °C

12 May 2025

Coldest day

22.8 °C

4 Feb 2025

Wettest day

70.4 mm

29 Nov 2025

Windiest day

41.8 km/h

1 Dec 2025

Strongest gust

60.8 km/h

29 Nov 2025

Hottest feels-like

40.5 °C

12 May 2025

Coldest feels-like

24.1 °C

2 Dec 2025

Sunniest day

12.4 h

8 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Mahabalipuram?

Mahabalipuram has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.5 °C and it receives 1,026 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Mahabalipuram?

The hottest day measured in Mahabalipuram between 1940 and 2025 was 15 May 1956, reaching 34.6 °C.

What is the coldest day in Mahabalipuram?

The coldest day measured in Mahabalipuram between 1940 and 2025 was 15 January 1990, at 20.3 °C.

Does it snow in Mahabalipuram?

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

Has the climate of Mahabalipuram warmed?

Yes: Mahabalipuram warmed by +0.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Mahabalipuram?

The wettest day measured in Mahabalipuram between 1940 and 2025 was 14 June 1996, with 237 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Mahabalipuram?

The windiest day measured in Mahabalipuram between 1940 and 2025 was 31 October 2012, with winds reaching 72.4 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Mahabalipuram?

The warmest month in Mahabalipuram is May (29.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (25.1 °C).

How much does it rain in Mahabalipuram?

Mahabalipuram receives on average 1,026 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 110 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Mahabalipuram?

Mahabalipuram gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Mahabalipuram?

Yes: Mahabalipuram has on average 365 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Mahabalipuram?

In Mahabalipuram, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.3 °C on 31 May 2024, and the lowest was 18.6 °C on 15 December 2003.

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