The sierras that encompass Coimbatore city are piled with dense green forest and the chilly winds find their way through Palghat gap during winter and rainy season. These ecological features of Coimbatore deliver it a cheerful, affable and agreeable, climate. If we match the ‘Koppen Climate Classification’, Coimbatore falls under the criterion of a tropical wet and dry climate. Both winter and summer are gentle and placid.

Summer: is experienced from March to May. The temperature during summer goes up to maximum 39°C and minimum temperature of summer is recorded 21°C. The highest temperature of Coimbatore reported ever is 41°C and the lowest is 12°C.

Winter: unfolds its charms between December and February. Winter is quite mild and temperature rarely comes down up to 15°C. Maximum temperature during winter hardly goes beyond 32°C.

Monsoon: June, July and August, these three months come with South West monsoon to Coimbatore. 28% of total rainfall pours during this period. North East monsoon drenches Coimbatore between October and November, and 47% of total showers drizzle at this time. The month of September is usually humid and warm. The average annual rainfall is 700 mm.
The best season to pay a visit to Coimbatore is from March to September.