Coffee

Water

Too dry to grow on rain alone. It would need irrigation.

Needs about 1,090 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 610 mm it can use in a normal year, and 470 mm in a dry year.

Temperature

Grows best at 14–28 °C on average, and survives 10–34 °C.

Here, in its growing months (day / night):

• Jun 28 °C / 16 °C
• Jul 25 °C / 18 °C
• Aug 24 °C / 17 °C
• Sep 24 °C / 16 °C
• Oct 22 °C / 12 °C
• Nov 18 °C / 7 °C (outside its best range)
• Dec 14 °C / 4 °C (outside its best range)
• Jan 11 °C / 2 °C (outside its best range)
• Feb 14 °C / 5 °C (outside its best range)
• Mar 19 °C / 8 °C (outside its best range)
• Apr 24 °C / 12 °C
• May 27 °C / 15 °C
• Jun 28 °C / 16 °C

Nights in November can bring frost. When frost is forecast, water the field lightly in the evening.

Soil

Soil for Coffee: 9 out of 10 (good).

• The pH here suits it.
• Most fields here are short of nitrogen.

Likes pH 5.5–7.0.

Money

A new planting gives its first real harvest after about 3 years. The money here is for plants already bearing.

No yield records for this crop yet.

Rain gives it too little of the water it needs, so there's no income figure on rain alone: grow it only with irrigation.

Mandi price at last season's harvest (December 2025–February 2026): about ₹21,150 a quintal across India's mandis.

This week: about ₹21,400 a quintal, the middle of 4 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov).

Prices swing a lot from year to year, so income can be well above or below this range.

Prices are usually best in December.