Turmeric

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 930 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 1,950 mm it can use in a normal year, and 1,350 mm in a dry year.

Heavy rain here can waterlog it. Grow it on raised beds or land that drains well.

Temperature

Grows best at 20–28 °C on average, and survives 18–32 °C.

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

• May 37 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
• Jun 34 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
• Jul 31 °C / 25 °C
• Aug 30 °C / 25 °C
• Sep 31 °C / 24 °C
• Oct 34 °C / 23 °C (outside its best range)
• Nov 34 °C / 19 °C
• Dec 32 °C / 16 °C

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Days in May get hotter than it likes. Time sowing so it flowers before then.

Soil

Likes pH 6.0–7.0. We have no pH figures for this place.

Money

Yield: about 23 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).

Mandi price at last season's harvest (January–February 2026): about ₹13,513 a quintal across India's mandis.

This week: about ₹20,950 a quintal, the middle of 22 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹3.4 lakh a season after typical costs.

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

Prices are usually best in November.

Typical costs are about ₹1.4 lakh an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2024–2026), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.