Best year time to visit Chennai

General weather information about Chennai

Average annual temperature is 28 °C

Absolute maximum temperature: 40.2 °C

Absolute minimum temperature: 18.2 °C

Number of sunny days: 121

Number of rainy days: 244

Number of snow days:

Average annual precipitation: 1625 mm

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* Weather data for Chennai India is based on climate observations for 2023 year

Chennai air temperature forecast for each month

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Absolute maximum temperature (°C) 29.2 31.7 32.9 35.9 40.2 39.7 36.2 37 36.1 34.5 30.3 31
Average daytime temperature (°C) 28 29.7 31 33.2 34.6 36.5 33.5 34.7 33.5 31.8 28.6 28.1
Average temperature (°C) 24.8 25.2 27.3 29.2 30.1 31.4 29.5 29.7 28.9 28.1 26.2 25.7
Average night temperature (°C) 21.4 21 24 26 27.1 28.1 26.5 26.1 25.9 24.8 24 23.4
Absolute minimum temperature (°C) 18.2 19.4 21.3 23.8 24.1 25.6 24.5 24.3 24.6 23.1 22.5 20.8

Chennai monthly weather indicators

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Daylight maximum duration (h) 11.6 11.9 12.3 12.6 12.8 12.9 12.9 12.7 12.4 12 11.7 11.4
Daylight mean duration (h) 11.5 11.7 12.1 12.4 12.7 12.9 12.8 12.6 12.2 11.8 11.5 11.4
Daylight minimum duration (h) 11.4 11.6 11.9 12.3 12.6 12.9 12.7 12.4 12 11.7 11.4 11.4
Sunshine mean duration (h) 10 10.4 10.9 11 10.3 9.8 7.7 10.5 9.7 10.4 8.1 9.1
Precipitation (mm) 15 2 39 30 101 56 162 154 177 99 389 401
Sunny days 17 24 19 15 16 11 6 2 2 1 2 6
Rainy days 14 4 12 15 15 19 25 29 28 30 28 25

Chennai - weather forecast by months

January February March April May June July August September October November December

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The largest precipitation sum in Chennai is at

  • September — 177(mm)
  • November — 389(mm)
  • December — 401(mm)

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