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Where to stay in Tamil Nadu
This guide covers 24 destinations in Tamil Nadu, a first-level administrative division of India, with 1,068 places to stay between them. The largest by population are Chennai, Madurai and Coimbatore. Across its destinations, December is the month comfortable in the most places. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Tiruchirappalli International Airport (TRZ).
- Destinations in this guide
- 24
- Places to stay
- 1,068
- Comfortable in the most places
- December
- Main airport
- TRZTiruchirappalli International Airport
- Currency
- INRIndian rupee
- Time zone
- Asia/Kolkata
Destinations
Destinations in Tamil Nadu
Every destination in this guide in Tamil Nadu, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.
| Destination | Population | Places to stay | Nearest airport |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chennai | 6,599,000 | 491 | MAA · 15 km |
| Coimbatore | 959,823 | 142 | CJB · 9 km |
| Ooty | 88,430 | 101 | CJB · 57 km |
| Madurai | 1,561,129 | 65 | IXM · 10 km |
| Palani | 70,467 | 61 | CJB · 82 km |
| Salem | 693,236 | 45 | TRZ · 116 km |
| Cumbum | 68,090 | 37 | IXM · 88 km |
| Tiruchirappalli | 916,857 | 32 | TRZ · 8 km |
| Vellore | 484,690 | 25 | TIR · 89 km |
| Erode | 157,101 | 12 | CJB · 82 km |
| Tiruvannamalai | 145,278 | 9 | PNY · 85 km |
| Thanjavur | 222,943 | 6 | TRZ · 46 km |
| Tiruvallur | 54,416 | 6 | MAA · 33 km |
| Kanchipuram | 164,384 | 5 | MAA · 53 km |
| Nagapattinam | 102,905 | 5 | JAF · 111 km |
| Theni Allinagaram | 85,424 | 5 | IXM · 69 km |
| Dindigul | 207,327 | 4 | IXM · 60 km |
| Tirunelveli | 411,298 | 3 | TRV · 91 km |
| Cuddalore | 173,676 | 3 | PNY · 25 km |
| Karaikudi | 106,714 | 3 | TRZ · 78 km |
| Neyveli | 105,687 | 3 | PNY · 55 km |
| Mayiladuthurai | 85,632 | 3 | PNY · 98 km |
| Krishnagiri | 71,323 | 1 | BLR · 93 km |
| Dharmapuri | 64,444 | 1 | BLR · 129 km |
Where to stay
Hotels in Tamil Nadu
1,068 hotels in Tamil Nadu recorded in Wikidata and not marked closed; the 30 best known are shown, by the number of Wikipedia editions that cover them. Each is listed under the destination it is within 25 km of.
| Hotel | Where | Opened |
|---|---|---|
| ITC Grand Chola Hotel | Chennai | 2012 |
| The Park, Chennai | Chennai | 2002 |
| Kohinoor Asiana Hotel | Chennai | 2007 |
| Savera Hotel | Chennai | 1969 |
| Taj Connemara | Chennai | 1854 |
| ITC Sheraton Park Hotel & Towers | Chennai | |
| Radha Regent Hotel, Chennai | Chennai | 1997 |
| Accord Metropolitan | Chennai | 2007 |
| Hyatt Regency Chennai | Chennai | 2011 |
| Le Royal Meridien, Chennai | Chennai | 2000 |
| Residency Towers Chennai | Chennai | 2003 |
| Trident, Chennai | Chennai | 1988 |
| Grand Chennai, By GRT Hotels | Chennai | 1999 |
| Hilton Chennai | Chennai | 2011 |
| Park Hyatt Chennai | Chennai | 2012 |
| Radisson Blu Hotel Chennai | Chennai | 1999 |
| Taj Coromandel | Chennai | 1974 |
| Danish Governor Bungalow | Mayiladuthurai | |
| The Leela Palace Chennai | Chennai | |
| Radisson Blu City Centre | Chennai | 2012 |
| Gem Park Ooty | Ooty | |
| JW Marriott Chennai | Chennai | 2012 |
| Taj Surya Coimbatore | Chennai | |
| Aakash Rooms and Cottages | Ooty | |
| Aanavilasam Luxury Plantation House | Cumbum | |
| Abad Green Forest | Cumbum | |
| Accord Highland Hotel Ooty | Ooty | |
| Ack Palacce Inn | Salem | |
| Aloft Chennai OMR IT Expressway | Chennai | |
| Amaana Plantations Resort | Cumbum |
When to go
Best time to visit Tamil Nadu
From the climate of 24 destinations in Tamil Nadu with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. The month comfortable in the most places: December.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5 of 24 | 30 °C | 13 mm |
| February | 4 of 24 | 32 °C | 11 mm |
| March | 1 of 24 | 34 °C | 12 mm |
| April | 0 of 24 | 35 °C | 39 mm |
| May | 0 of 24 | 37 °C | 64 mm |
| June | 0 of 24 | 35 °C | 58 mm |
| July | 0 of 24 | 34 °C | 86 mm |
| August | 0 of 24 | 33 °C | 136 mm |
| September | 0 of 24 | 33 °C | 141 mm |
| October | 0 of 24 | 32 °C | 223 mm |
| November | 0 of 24 | 30 °C | 183 mm |
| December | 7 of 24 | 29 °C | 80 mm |
Typical = the median across the destinations. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Airports serving Tamil Nadu
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Tamil Nadu name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.
TRZ · Tiruchirappalli International Airport
PNY · Pondicherry Airport
IXM · Madurai Airport
CJB · Coimbatore International Airport
MAA · Chennai International Airport
BLR · Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru
TIR · Tirupati International Airport
TRV · Thiruvananthapuram International Airport
JAF · Jaffna International Airport
COK · Cochin International Airport
CCJ · Calicut International Airport
MYQ · Mysore Airport
Good to know
Public holidays in Tamil Nadu, 2026
Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: python-holidays (MIT).
Nationwide in India
Regional holidays observed in Tamil Nadu
Nearby
Regions near Tamil Nadu
Other regions of India with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.
Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from python-holidays (MIT); further hotels from Wikidata. A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.