Climate averages 1991–2020
Dharapuram weather
in October.
A hot, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Dharapuram: daytime highs average 30.4°C and nights cool to about 22.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 148 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes October a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 54 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Palani (32 km away). In October its highs average 30.1°C, about as warm as Dharapuram, with 156 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Dharapuram ranks joint 366th of 692 for the warmest October highs and 581st of 692 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 692 cities is 30.6°C; Dharapuram is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 2.4°C to 28.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 148 mm to 157 mm.
The annual picture
October in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Dharapuram climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.5°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 5.3 | 1.4 | 11.612 h |
| February | 32.4°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 9.7 | 1.7 | 11.812 h |
| March | 35.2°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 12 | 2.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 35.9°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 30 | 6.2 | 12.412 h |
| May | 34.9°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 50 | 9.7 | 12.613 h |
| June | 32.0°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 44 | 7.7 | 12.713 h |
| July | 30.9°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 50 | 8.9 | 12.713 h |
| August | 31.2°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 51 | 9.2 | 12.512 h |
| September | 32.0°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 64 | 10.1 | 12.212 h |
| October, selected | 30.4°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 148 | 16.8 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.0°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 157 | 15.8 | 11.612 h |
| December | 27.6°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 62 | 6.9 | 11.512 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
October in nearby cities
- Palani in OctoberIndia · 32 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.0°C · 156 mm rain
- Tiruppur in OctoberIndia · 46 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 22.9°C · 192 mm rain
- Velampālaiyam in OctoberIndia · 51 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 22.6°C · 186 mm rain
- Pollachi in OctoberIndia · 58 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 21.8°C · 175 mm rain
- Dindigul in OctoberIndia · 64 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 22.7°C · 246 mm rain
- Karur in OctoberIndia · 65 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 23.8°C · 153 mm rain
- Coimbatore in OctoberIndia · 69 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 21.5°C · 167 mm rain
- Erode in OctoberIndia · 71 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 23.3°C · 136 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Dharapuram) is explained once on the Dharapuram year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.