Geography & Climate
Karur is located at 10°57′N 78°05′E / 10.95°N 78.08°E / 10.95; 78.08. It has an average elevation of 122 m (400 ft). It is about 371 km south west of Chennai (Madras), the capital of Tamil Nadu, 66 km to the South-East of Erode and 75 km to the West of Trichy, 100 km to the South of Salem, 124 km to the East of Coimbatore and 145 km to the North of Madurai.Geographically it lies exactly at the centre of the state of Tamil Nadu.
It is the Major junction point of three Roadways connecting,
- Bangalore & Salem to Madurai & Tirunelveli.
- Coimbatore & Tirupur to Trichy & Tanjore.
- Mangalore, Mysore & Erode to Trichy, Madurai & Tuticorin.
The highest temperature is obtained in early May to early June usually about 34 °C, though it rarely exceeds 38 °C for a few days. Average daily temperature in Karur during January is around 23 °C, though the temperature rarely falls below 17 °C.
The average annual rainfall is about 855 mm. The city gets most of its seasonal rainfall from the north-east monsoon winds, from late September to mid November.
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