Madurai weather by month & the best time to visit

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The best time to visit Madurai is January — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 94/100), with December close behind. Madurai averages about 2,762 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 31°C / 88°F and roughly 9 mm of rain in January.

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Sun hours / year

2,762

Sunniest month

January

Peak score

94/100

Rain / year

962 mm

Midday UV at peak

11 (extreme)

Population

1.5M

Elevation

135 m

When is the best time to visit Madurai?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Madurai is January, then December. The dullest month is April (43/100, 50 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Madurai?

Madurai gets a lot of sun: around 2,762 hours a year. 51 Sunshine Score points separate January (94) from April (43), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #35 of 112 destinations in India for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,654 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around October, carries about 51% of the annual 962 mm.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Tiruchirappalli India · 124 km · best in Jan · 2,755 h sun/yr
• Coimbatore India · 176 km · best in Jan · 2,699 h sun/yr
• Kochi India · 189 km · best in Jan · 2,367 h sun/yr
• Thiruvananthapuram India · 198 km · best in Jan · 2,604 h sun/yr
• Calicut India · 275 km · best in Dec · 2,500 h sun/yr
• Colombo Sri Lanka · 355 km · best in Feb · 2,876 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Tuticorin India · 124 km · 2,791 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Jaffna Sri Lanka · 217 km · 2,591 h sun/yr · best in Feb