Where to stay in Madurai

from €25/night16 hotels sampledIN
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3★+ hotels in Madurai from €25/night (range €25–114, 16 hotels sampled, ~3 weeks out).

Moskva Hotel hotel · Madurai
from €25/night★ 3
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Coral Shelters Service Apartments Mattuthavani hotel · Madurai
from €26/night★ 3
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Viswa Service Apartment hotel · Madurai
from €26/night★ 3
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Getting there

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Weather in Madurai

Tue 🌦️ 36° 26° 💧84%
Wed 🌦️ 36° 26° 💧80%
Thu 🌧️ 35° 25° 💧100%
Fri ⛈️ 34° 24° 💧75%
Sat 🌦️ 33° 24° 💧65%
Sun ⛈️ 33° 24° 💧88%
Mon 🌦️ 32° 24° 💧91%

In Sep, Madurai typically sees ~37°C daytime highs and 13 rainy days.

Best time to visit Madurai — climate

Jan: ~30°C daytime, 9 rainy days 30° JanFeb: ~33°C daytime, 3 rainy days 33° FebMar: ~35°C daytime, 9 rainy days 35° MarApr: ~37°C daytime, 13 rainy days 37° AprMay: ~37°C daytime, 10 rainy days 37° MayJun: ~37°C daytime, 11 rainy days 37° JunJul: ~37°C daytime, 5 rainy days 37° JulAug: ~37°C daytime, 13 rainy days 37° AugSep: ~37°C daytime, 13 rainy days 37° SepOct: ~33°C daytime, 22 rainy days 33° OctNov: ~32°C daytime, 18 rainy days 32° NovDec: ~31°C daytime, 8 rainy days 31° Dec

Things to do in Madurai

Top-rated tours and tickets from €10 — book ahead for the popular ones.

from €10
Madurai Street Food Crawl (2 Hours Guided Food Tasting Tour)★ 5.0 (9)
from €61
Ultimate Bangalore Full-Day Tour: Palaces, Temples & Markets★ 5.0 (8)
from €45
Madurai Walking Tour of Meenakshi temple, bazaars and markets★ 5.0 (4)
from €121
Madurai to Rameshwaram Transfer by Private Vehicle★ 5.0 (3)
from €125
Madurai to Rameswaram Full-Day Tour★ 5.0 (3)
from €14
Private Arrival Transfer from Airport to Hotel or Vice Versa★ 5.0 (3)

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About Madurai

Madurai (Tamil: மதுரை), formerly Madura, is the third-largest city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is on the banks of the river Vaigai and has been a major settlement for two millennia. It is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. The city was the capital of the Pandyan kingdom at Korkai, around 600 BCE, and was moved to Koodal (present-day Madurai) during the reign of Nedunj Cheliyan I. Madurai is famous for its temples built by Pandyan and Madurai Nayak kings in the ancient traditional Tamilian style of architect…

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