Tiruchirappalli weather by month & the best time to visit
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The best time to visit Tiruchirappalli is January — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 94/100). Tiruchirappalli averages about 2,755 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
- 2,755
- Sunniest month
- January
- Peak score
- 94/100
- Rain / year
- 830 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 11 (extreme)
- Population
- 1M
- Elevation
- 85 m
When is the best time to visit Tiruchirappalli?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Tiruchirappalli is January. The dullest month is April (36/100, 34 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Tiruchirappalli?
Tiruchirappalli gets a lot of sun: around 2,755 hours a year. 58 Sunshine Score points separate January (94) from April (36), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #38 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 53% of the annual 830 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 94 | 31° / 88°F | 18° / 64°F | 9 mm | 9 |
| February | 75 | 34° / 93°F | 19° / 66°F | 8 mm | 10 |
| March | 46 | 37° / 99°F | 22° / 72°F | 16 mm | 11 |
| April | 36 | 38° / 100°F | 25° / 77°F | 34 mm | 11 |
| May | 49 | 36° / 97°F | 26° / 79°F | 76 mm | 10 |
| June | 62 | 35° / 95°F | 25° / 77°F | 40 mm | 10 |
| July | 59 | 35° / 95°F | 24° / 75°F | 59 mm | 10 |
| August | 64 | 34° / 93°F | 24° / 75°F | 84 mm | 10 |
| September | 61 | 34° / 93°F | 24° / 75°F | 104 mm | 10 |
| October | 68 | 32° / 90°F | 23° / 73°F | 163 mm | 9 |
| November | 68 | 29° / 84°F | 21° / 70°F | 170 mm | 8 |
| December | 83 | 29° / 84°F | 19° / 66°F | 67 mm | 7 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Coimbatore India · 185 km · best in Jan · 2,699 h sun/yr
- Kochi India · 262 km · best in Jan · 2,367 h sun/yr
- Bengaluru India · 292 km · best in Jan · 2,860 h sun/yr
- Chennai India · 294 km · best in Feb · 2,636 h sun/yr
- Calicut India · 304 km · best in Dec · 2,500 h sun/yr
- Thiruvananthapuram India · 321 km · best in Jan · 2,604 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Madurai India · 124 km · 2,762 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Puducherry (Pondicherry) India · 179 km · 2,630 h sun/yr · best in Feb
- Jaffna Sri Lanka · 183 km · 2,591 h sun/yr · best in Feb
- Tuticorin India · 239 km · 2,791 h sun/yr · best in Jan
Head-to-head
How Tiruchirappalli compares month by month: Tiruchirappalli vs Bengaluru · Tiruchirappalli vs Chennai · Tiruchirappalli vs Coimbatore · Tiruchirappalli vs Kochi · all comparisons
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