Coffee
Holds the land all year
No figures for your district: its government crop records list no area or yield for this crop. Priced from mandis across India.
Only with irrigation: rain gives too little of its water to count on
- Doesn't suit: Too dry without irrigation
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Needs care: Soil 7/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Too dry to grow on rain alone. It would need irrigation.
Needs about 1,460 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 770 mm it can use in a normal year, and 650 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 34 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
- Jul 33 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
- Aug 33 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
- Sep 32 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
- Oct 32 °C / 22 °C
- Nov 29 °C / 15 °C
- Dec 25 °C / 11 °C
- Jan 22 °C / 9 °C
- Feb 26 °C / 12 °C
- Mar 31 °C / 16 °C
- Apr 34 °C / 21 °C
- May 35 °C / 24 °C (outside its best range)
- Jun 34 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Coffee: 7 out of 10 (okay).
- The pH here suits it.
- Many fields here are short of potassium, which it needs a lot.
- Most fields here are short of nitrogen.
- Most fields here are short of zinc.
Likes pH 5.5–7.0.
How the soil score worksMoney
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).
- ₹11,200 2021
- ₹9,780 2022
- ₹16,100 2023
- ₹21,100 2024
- ₹31,280 2025
Prices swing a lot from year to year, so income can be well above or below this range.
Prices are usually best in December.
How to make it work
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Short of nitrogen Your soil is likely short of nitrogen.
Add about a quarter more urea than the usual dose, in two or three splits. A pulse crop in rotation also adds nitrogen.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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Short of zinc Your soil is likely short of zinc.
Mix 10 kg of zinc sulphate per acre into the soil before sowing. One dose lasts two or three seasons.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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Short of boron Your soil is likely short of boron.
Mix 4 kg of borax per acre into the soil before sowing.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.