Geography
Kanyakumari is located at 8°05′N 77°34′E / 8.08°N 77.57°E / 8.08; 77.57. It has an average elevation of 0 metre. Contrary to the popular (and sensational) belief that Kanyakumari lies at the meeting point of three bodies of water, it borders only one: the Laccadive Sea to the southwest, south, and to the southeast. It is the confluence of the Western Coastal Plains and Eastern Coastal Plains. On the north and the east, it is bounded by Tirunelveli District, while on the west and northwest it is bounded by Kerala state.
It is located at the southernmost tip of mainland India. However, it is not the southernmost tip of India: Indira Point at 6°45’10″N and 93°49’36″E on Great Nicobar Island is the southernmost point of the Republic of India.
It is suggested that there once existed a continent called Kumari Kandam to the south of Kanyakumari, often compared with Lemuria.
| Climate data for Kanyakumari | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 30.9 (87.6) |
31.6 (88.9) |
32.2 (90.0) |
32.7 (90.9) |
32.4 (90.3) |
30.6 (87.1) |
30.3 (86.5) |
30.4 (86.7) |
30.5 (86.9) |
30.4 (86.7) |
30.2 (86.4) |
30.3 (86.5) |
31.04 (87.88) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 23.4 (74.1) |
23.8 (74.8) |
25.1 (77.2) |
26.1 (79.0) |
26.1 (79.0) |
24.6 (76.3) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
24.3 (75.7) |
24.3 (75.7) |
24 (75) |
23.8 (74.8) |
24.46 (76.02) |
| Rainfall mm (inches) | 13.6 (0.535) |
13.2 (0.52) |
27.3 (1.075) |
62.1 (2.445) |
54.2 (2.134) |
84.1 (3.311) |
47.4 (1.866) |
39 (1.54) |
45 (1.77) |
126.6 (4.984) |
166.5 (6.555) |
55.3 (2.177) |
734.3 (28.909) |
| Avg. precipitation days | 1.4 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 11.3 | 9 | 6.5 | 5.5 | 10.1 | 11.2 | 5.3 | 72.9 |
| Source: World Weather Information Service, | |||||||||||||
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