Climate averages 1991–2020

Dharapuram weather
in September.

A hot, moderately wet month: the joint 5th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 32.0°C Daytime mean, September
Average low 23.1°C Night-time mean, September
Rainfall 64 mm 10 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Dharapuram · average highYear overview

September is a hot month in Dharapuram: daytime highs average 32.0°C and nights cool to about 23.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 64 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes September a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 12 min on an average September day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Palani (32 km away). In September its highs average 31.9°C, about as warm as Dharapuram, with 89 mm of rain.

Among the 692 cities listed in India, Dharapuram ranks joint 146th of 692 for the warmest September highs and joint 38th of 692 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 692 cities is 30.7°C; Dharapuram is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.

From September to October, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 30.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 64 mm to 148 mm.

The annual picture

September in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 152025303540 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2000

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Dharapuram, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 29.5°C18.9°C18.9°C5.31.411.612 h
February 32.4°C20.2°C20.2°C9.71.711.812 h
March 35.2°C22.3°C22.3°C122.412.112 h
April 35.9°C24.3°C24.3°C306.212.412 h
May 34.9°C24.8°C24.8°C509.712.613 h
June 32.0°C24.2°C24.2°C447.712.713 h
July 30.9°C23.7°C23.7°C508.912.713 h
August 31.2°C23.4°C23.4°C519.212.512 h
September, selected 32.0°C23.1°C23.1°C6410.112.212 h
October 30.4°C22.4°C22.4°C14816.811.912 h
November 28.0°C21.1°C21.1°C15715.811.612 h
December 27.6°C19.6°C19.6°C626.911.512 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

September in nearby cities

Distance from Dharapuram

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 limits

How 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.