Climate averages 1991–2020
Kanhangad weather
in August.
A warm, very wet month: the 11th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Kanhangad: daytime highs average 27.0°C and nights cool to about 23.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 445 mm of rain on roughly 30 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 32 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Payyanur (26 km away). In August its highs average 26.7°C, about as warm as Kanhangad, with 355 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Kanhangad ranks joint 635th of 692 for the warmest August highs and 669th of 692 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 692 cities is 30.2°C; Kanhangad is 3.3°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 27.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 445 mm to 240 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
Kanhangad climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.8°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 3.3 | 1.0 | 11.511 h |
| February | 31.4°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 3.7 | 1.0 | 11.712 h |
| March | 31.8°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 19 | 3.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.5°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 68 | 11.0 | 12.412 h |
| May | 30.5°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 219 | 18.4 | 12.713 h |
| June | 27.6°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 719 | 29.4 | 12.813 h |
| July | 26.8°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 695 | 30.8 | 12.813 h |
| August, selected | 27.0°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 445 | 29.5 | 12.513 h |
| September | 27.8°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 240 | 22.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.6°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 218 | 21.2 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.6°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 75 | 10.3 | 11.612 h |
| December | 30.3°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 19 | 3.6 | 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
August in nearby cities
- Payyanur in AugustIndia · 26 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 24.0°C · 355 mm rain
- Taliparamba in AugustIndia · 40 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 23.5°C · 355 mm rain
- Mangaluru in AugustIndia · 73 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 23.9°C · 437 mm rain
- Tellicherry in AugustIndia · 75 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 23.3°C · 423 mm rain
- Badagara in AugustIndia · 94 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 23.5°C · 457 mm rain
- Koyilandy in AugustIndia · 116 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 24.0°C · 476 mm rain
- Udupi in AugustIndia · 121 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 23.6°C · 551 mm rain
- Hassan in AugustIndia · 133 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 19.2°C · 183 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 Kanhangad) is explained once on the Kanhangad year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.