Madurai climate

Madurai Weather in January

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Madurai, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 29°C on January 1 to 32°C on January 31, and lows from 19°C to 19°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 9 mm over about 3 wet days.

January day by day

The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Madurai, in °C, with the record for each date.152025303540151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

January at a glance

Average high
31°C
Average low
18°C
Precipitation
9 mm
Record high
36°CJan 23, 2022
Record low
17°CJan 3, 2019
Daylight
11 h 34 min to 11 h 42 min
Cloud cover
45%
Humidity
74%
Dew point
18°C
Wind
12.2 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowRecord highRecord lowChance wet
Jan 129°C19°C32°C 201820°C 201810%
Jan 229°C19°C33°C 202319°C 201910%
Jan 329°C19°C32°C 201817°C 201911%
Jan 430°C19°C34°C 201719°C 201911%
Jan 530°C19°C34°C 202019°C 201910%
Jan 630°C19°C34°C 202019°C 20259%
Jan 730°C19°C34°C 202018°C 20198%
Jan 830°C19°C33°C 202219°C 20188%
Jan 930°C19°C34°C 202020°C 20178%
Jan 1030°C18°C34°C 201918°C 20198%
Jan 1130°C18°C33°C 202019°C 20238%
Jan 1230°C18°C33°C 201719°C 20238%
Jan 1330°C18°C33°C 201718°C 20238%
Jan 1431°C18°C32°C 202418°C 19778%
Jan 1531°C18°C34°C 201818°C 20238%
Jan 1631°C18°C34°C 202219°C 20238%
Jan 1731°C18°C33°C 202219°C 20236%
Jan 1831°C18°C33°C 202220°C 20235%
Jan 1931°C18°C33°C 202418°C 20236%
Jan 2031°C18°C33°C 202218°C 20236%
Jan 2131°C18°C34°C 201718°C 20186%
Jan 2231°C18°C34°C 202318°C 20196%
Jan 2332°C18°C36°C 202220°C 20186%
Jan 2432°C18°C36°C 202221°C 20196%
Jan 2532°C19°C34°C 201919°C 20216%
Jan 2632°C19°C34°C 201820°C 20237%
Jan 2732°C19°C35°C 201919°C 20257%
Jan 2832°C19°C35°C 201919°C 20217%
Jan 2932°C19°C34°C 202019°C 20237%
Jan 3032°C19°C34°C 202021°C 20167%
Jan 3132°C19°C35°C 202021°C 20178%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Madurai, in percent.02.557.51012.51102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+5:30).

January 1
sunrise 6:34 AM, sunset 6:08 PM
January 31
sunrise 6:40 AM, sunset 6:22 PM

Every day of January: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station IN020081700, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.