Coriander

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 410 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 390 mm it can use in a normal year (260 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 200 mm from the monsoon at sowing.

Temperature

Grows best at 15–25 °C on average, and survives 4–32 °C.

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

• Nov 18 °C / 6 °C (outside its best range)
• Dec 15 °C / 3 °C (outside its best range)
• Jan 13 °C / 1 °C (outside its best range)
• Feb 14 °C / 2 °C (outside its best range)
• Mar 17 °C / 5 °C (outside its best range)
• Apr 20 °C / 9 °C (outside its best range)

Soil

Soil for Coriander: 8 out of 10 (good).

• The pH here suits it, though not most crops.
• Many fields here are short of potassium, which it needs a lot.
• Many fields here are short of sulphur, which it needs a lot.
• Most fields here are short of phosphorus.

Likes pH 5.5–8.0.

Money

Yield: about 5.2 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).

Mandi price at last season's harvest (May–June 2026): about ₹11,809 a quintal across India's mandis.

This week: about ₹14,078 a quintal, the middle of 24 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹56,000 a season after typical costs.

Prices are usually best in November.

Typical costs are about ₹17,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2024–2026), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.