Which climate is suitable for Roselle cultivation?

Roselle requires a monthly rainfall ranging from 130 to 250 mm in the first 3 to 4 months of growth. Dry weather is well tolerated and is desirable in the later months of growth. Rain or high humidity at harvest and drying times can downgrade the quality of the calyces and reduce the yield.

It prefers a warm, humid and dry climate with even rainfall of 150 to 200 cm per year and amount 25 cm per month during the growing period. It can grow as a dry rainfed crop or also as an irrigated crop, but it does not stand heavy and continuous rains, water logging, winter cold and frost.