Climate averages 1991–2020
Kanchipuram weather
in October.
A hot, very wet month: the 9th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Kanchipuram: daytime highs average 31.1°C and nights cool to about 23.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 186 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes October a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 51 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Arakkonam (28 km away). In October its highs average 31.1°C, about as warm as Kanchipuram, with 174 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Kanchipuram ranks joint 239th of 692 for the warmest October highs and joint 636th of 692 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 692 cities is 30.6°C; Kanchipuram is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 2.2°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 186 mm to 170 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
Kanchipuram climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.9°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 12 | 3.1 | 11.511 h |
| February | 31.5°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 7.4 | 1.8 | 11.712 h |
| March | 34.4°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 12 | 1.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 36.4°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 19 | 3.2 | 12.412 h |
| May | 38.1°C27.5°C | 27.5°C | 45 | 7.2 | 12.713 h |
| June | 36.1°C27.2°C | 27.2°C | 78 | 13.0 | 12.913 h |
| July | 34.9°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 83 | 15.1 | 12.813 h |
| August | 34.0°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 106 | 15.7 | 12.513 h |
| September | 33.3°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 120 | 16.6 | 12.212 h |
| October, selected | 31.1°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 186 | 19.3 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.9°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 170 | 16.2 | 11.512 h |
| December | 27.9°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 95 | 8.5 | 11.411 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
- Arakkonam in OctoberIndia · 28 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.6°C · 174 mm rain
- Maraimalainagar in OctoberIndia · 35 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.4°C · 195 mm rain
- Rānipet in OctoberIndia · 41 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 23.2°C · 170 mm rain
- Tambaram in OctoberIndia · 47 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.6°C · 208 mm rain
- Pallāvaram in OctoberIndia · 51 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 24.7°C · 208 mm rain
- Avadi in OctoberIndia · 54 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 24.3°C · 183 mm rain
- Neelankarai in OctoberIndia · 62 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 25.0°C · 208 mm rain
- Vellore in OctoberIndia · 62 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 22.8°C · 170 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 Kanchipuram) is explained once on the Kanchipuram year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.