๐ฎ๐ณ Chennai, India
Chennai is one of the largest population centres on Earth. Real-Earth coordinates 13.092ยฐ, 80.278ยฐ, population 7,163,000. Skyline in every direction and an approach that never quite ends โ one of the more demanding places to fly low and fast. Skydex flies the real Earth here โ the elevation, coastline and city layout under the aircraft come from the same data the map does, and the sky is shared with everyone else flying it.
Activity in Chennai
Flying conditions in Chennai
Flying weather in Chennai through the year
November in Chennai averages 26.6ยฐC with winds around 19 km/h, and roughly 53% of days are good for flying โ about 19 days see rain.
Fewest weather restrictions: February, March, April; October is the most restricted at 37% usable days. (That's about wind and rain, not comfort โ check the temperatures below.)
| Month | Avg temp | Wind | Rain days | Good to fly |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.1ยฐC | 16 km/h | 7 | 81% |
| February | 26.5ยฐC | 15 km/h | 2 | 98% |
| March | 28.5ยฐC | 16 km/h | 1 | 97% |
| April | 30.6ยฐC | 18 km/h | 5 | 90% |
| May | 31.4ยฐC | 17 km/h | 11 | 74% |
| June | 31.6ยฐC | 17 km/h | 17 | 63% |
| July | 30.9ยฐC | 19 km/h | 17 | 57% |
| August | 28.8ยฐC | 16 km/h | 21 | 44% |
| September | 29.1ยฐC | 16 km/h | 20 | 52% |
| October | 27.4ยฐC | 14 km/h | 23 | 37% |
| November | 26.6ยฐC | 19 km/h | 19 | 53% |
| December | 25.6ยฐC | 18 km/h | 14 | 65% |
Based on ERA5 reanalysis. โGood to flyโ counts days without strong wind, real rain or hard frost โ the conditions that actually ground a drone.
Recent activity in Chennai
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What you can do here
- Fly Chennai in an FPV drone or as a gull, from 13.092ยฐ, 80.278ยฐ โ keyboard and mouse, a gamepad, or a real RC transmitter over USB.
- Check the weather first: live wind, gusts and cloud over the city, plus the month-by-month flyable-days table above.
- Watch real traffic โ aircraft overhead and ships on the water come from live ADS-B and AIS feeds, not from a script.
- Meet other pilots in the same sky: city chat room, radio, and the walkie-talkie frequency for Chennai.