India - weather in July

July is the central month of summer in the Northern Hemisphere. In India, a large country crossed by the Tropic of Cancer in the center-north, it is generally a hot and rainy month, due to the summer monsoon.

The temperature is high, however, due to rain and cloud cover, it decreases compared to the previous months. In fact, July is the rainiest and least sunny month of the year in India, although the sun shines quite often in the far north (see Srinagar, Amritsar).
The hottest areas, where the daily average is equal to or higher than 31 °C (88 °F), are the interior ones, especially where the monsoon is less intense and continuous, in particular the north-west (see Amritsar, New Delhi, Jodhpur) and the south-east (see Chennai, Madurai), where the summer monsoon is quite weak. In these areas, temperatures can reach 40 °C (104 °F) on the hottest days.
Instead, on the south-western coast (see Mangalore, Kochi), where the winter is warm and sunny, July is even the least warm month of the year, due to the frequent and abundant rains. Instead, in the southern mountains (see Ooty or Udhagamandalam), the climate is quite cool.

As for the rain, it is very abundant in the south-west, on the coast west of the Western Ghats (see Mumbai, Mangalore, Goa, Kochi), where it ranges from 500 to 1,000 mm (20 to 40 in) per month.
Even on the islands, both those of the south-west (Laccadive, see Minicoy) and those of the south-east (Nicobar and Andaman, see Port Blair), the rains are frequent and abundant.
Another very rainy area is the north-east (see Kolkata), especially at the foot of the mountains (see North Lakhimpur, Gangtok). In Meghalaya, the highest values in the world are reached in June and July (more than 3,000 millimetres or 120 inches per month).
Instead, the rains are quite rare in the north-west, in Punjab and Rajasthan (see Amritsar, Jodhpur).
In the inland areas of the south (see Bangalore), the rainfall is moderate, while in the far south, in Tamil Nadu, protected by the Western Ghats, it is actually quite scarce and irregular, especially in inland areas and at low altitudes (see Coimbatore, Madurai, Tiruchirappalli).

Generally, the monsoon inhibits the formation of tropical cyclones; for this reason, when the monsoon is at its height, therefore from July to September, cyclones do not normally form in the south and over the Arabian Sea, and at most, a few weak or moderate ones form in the northern part of the Bay of Bengal.

India is located at medium-low latitudes, however, in June the days are quite long in the northern part, where the sun remains above the horizon for about 14 hours on average.

The sea is warm enough to swim in anywhere.


See also: India, the weather in June - August
The climate of India