Coimbatore weather by month & the best time to visit

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The best time to visit Coimbatore is January — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 94/100), with December close behind. Coimbatore averages about 2,699 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 30°C / 86°F and roughly 6 mm of rain in January.

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Sun hours / year

2,699

Sunniest month

January

Peak score

94/100

Rain / year

1,142 mm

Midday UV at peak

12 (extreme)

Population

2.1M

Elevation

395 m

When is the best time to visit Coimbatore?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Coimbatore is January, then December. The dullest month is March (54/100, 30 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Coimbatore?

Coimbatore gets a lot of sun: around 2,699 hours a year. January (94/100) is noticeably better than March (54). It ranks #49 of 112 destinations in India for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,654 hours. The year's 1,142 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Calicut India · 119 km · best in Dec · 2,500 h sun/yr
• Kochi India · 120 km · best in Jan · 2,367 h sun/yr
• Tiruchirappalli India · 185 km · best in Jan · 2,755 h sun/yr
• Kannur India · 191 km · best in Jan · 2,498 h sun/yr
• Bengaluru India · 252 km · best in Jan · 2,860 h sun/yr
• Thiruvananthapuram India · 284 km · best in Jan · 2,604 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Mysore India · 140 km · 2,673 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Madurai India · 176 km · 2,762 h sun/yr · best in Jan

Head-to-head

How Coimbatore compares month by month: Coimbatore vs Bengaluru · Coimbatore vs Kochi · Coimbatore vs Tiruchirappalli · Coimbatore vs Thiruvananthapuram · all comparisons