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When to go to Salem
When to go
What the averages say
On these averages, Salem has a mean high between 18°C and 32°C and under 150 mm of rain in November to January.
Of those months, it is also dry (under 50 mm of rain) and not humid in January.
- Hot months (a mean high of 32°C or more): February to September.
- Wet months (150 mm of rain or more): October.
- Humid months (a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more): September to December.
- The warmest month is April (38°C) and the coolest November (29°C). The wettest is October (161 mm) and the driest January (6 mm); about 804 mm of rain falls in a year.
How these sentences are worded
Each sentence is written from the figures by fixed rules, and says no more than they do. Mild to warm: a mean daily high from 18°C up to 32°C. Hot: 32°C or more. Cool: 10°C up to 18°C. Cold: under 10°C. Dry: under 50 mm of rain in the month; wet: 150 mm or more. Humid: a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more. A month is described as good for going when it is mild to warm and not wet.
The year at a glance
- Mild to warm and dry
- Mild to warm, humid or showery
- Hot
- Cool
- Wet
- Cold
- JanMild–warm, dry
- FebHot
- MarHot
- AprHot
- MayHot
- JunHot
- JulHot
- AugHot
- SeptHot
- OctWet
- NovMild–warm, mixed
- DecMild–warm, mixed
Month by month
Every month in Salem
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Humidity | Cloud | Sunlight (kWh/m²/day) | High in Dubai | What it is like |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31°C | 17°C | 6 mm | 69% | 36% | 5.2 | 23°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| February | 34°C | 18°C | 8 mm | 58% | 29% | 6.1 | 24°C | Hot |
| March | 37°C | 21°C | 18 mm | 50% | 34% | 6.4 | 27°C | Hot |
| April | 38°C | 25°C | 41 mm | 52% | 48% | 6.5 | 31°C | Hot |
| May | 36°C | 24°C | 83 mm | 62% | 63% | 6.1 | 35°C | Hot |
| June | 34°C | 23°C | 46 mm | 65% | 77% | 5.6 | 37°C | Hot |
| July | 33°C | 23°C | 64 mm | 65% | 82% | 5.3 | 39°C | Hot |
| August | 33°C | 22°C | 86 mm | 68% | 81% | 5.4 | 39°C | Hot |
| September | 32°C | 22°C | 112 mm | 72% | 76% | 5.5 | 37°C | Hot |
| October | 31°C | 22°C | 161 mm | 78% | 72% | 4.8 | 34°C | Wet |
| November | 29°C | 20°C | 133 mm | 82% | 66% | 4.3 | 29°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| December | 29°C | 17°C | 46 mm | 78% | 54% | 4.3 | 25°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
The Dubai column is Dubai's mean daily high, for comparison.
Modelled averages for an area about 50 km across, not a weather station's record: NASA POWER climatology, 2001–2020. These data were obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) POWER Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program.
When to go nearby
When to go nearby
- Erode58 kmGood for going: November to January
- Kallakurichi88 kmGood for going: December and January
- Tiruppur106 kmGood for going: November to January
- Tiruchirappalli110 kmGood for going: December and January
- Coimbatore148 kmGood for going: May, August, September and November to January
- Bengaluru159 kmGood for going: June to August and October to January
- Vellore176 kmGood for going: December and January
- Mysuru180 kmGood for going: June to January
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