Climate averages 1991–2020
Dindigul weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the joint 5th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Dindigul: daytime highs average 32.7°C and nights cool to about 23.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 151 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes August a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 28 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Palani (51 km away). In August its highs average 31.3°C, 1.4°C cooler than Dindigul, with 71 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Dindigul ranks joint 72nd of 692 for the warmest August highs and joint 159th of 692 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 692 cities is 30.2°C; Dindigul is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs stay level at 32.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 151 mm to 185 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Dindigul climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.9°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 20 | 4.7 | 11.612 h |
| February | 31.8°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 24 | 3.7 | 11.812 h |
| March | 35.1°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 32 | 4.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 36.3°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 71 | 10.8 | 12.412 h |
| May | 36.0°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 118 | 19.1 | 12.613 h |
| June | 33.6°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 141 | 21.4 | 12.713 h |
| July | 32.7°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 139 | 21.4 | 12.713 h |
| August, selected | 32.7°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 151 | 21.5 | 12.512 h |
| September | 32.7°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 185 | 20.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.6°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 246 | 22.0 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.2°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 206 | 19.7 | 11.712 h |
| December | 27.5°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 101 | 10.8 | 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
August in nearby cities
- Palani in AugustIndia · 51 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 23.5°C · 71 mm rain
- Madurai in AugustIndia · 52 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 24.7°C · 70 mm rain
- Dharapuram in AugustIndia · 64 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.4°C · 51 mm rain
- Karur in AugustIndia · 66 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 24.7°C · 62 mm rain
- Teni in AugustIndia · 68 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 21.3°C · 83 mm rain
- Virudunagar in AugustIndia · 87 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 25.1°C · 54 mm rain
- Pudukkottai in AugustIndia · 92 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 25.6°C · 67 mm rain
- Kāraikkudi in AugustIndia · 93 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 25.4°C · 80 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 Dindigul) is explained once on the Dindigul year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.