Climate averages 1991–2020
Kāraikāl weather
in August.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Kāraikāl: daytime highs average 32.3°C and nights cool to about 27.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 58 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 29 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nagapattinam (17 km away). In August its highs average 32.2°C, about as warm as Kāraikāl, with 60 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Kāraikāl ranks joint 90th of 692 for the warmest August highs and joint 9th of 692 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 692 cities is 30.2°C; Kāraikāl is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 31.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 58 mm to 72 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
Kāraikāl climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.9°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 34 | 5.8 | 11.612 h |
| February | 28.1°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 16 | 3.2 | 11.812 h |
| March | 30.0°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 19 | 2.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.7°C27.3°C | 27.3°C | 31 | 5.6 | 12.412 h |
| May | 33.0°C28.2°C | 28.2°C | 41 | 6.1 | 12.613 h |
| June | 33.0°C27.9°C | 27.9°C | 36 | 7.9 | 12.813 h |
| July | 32.8°C27.5°C | 27.5°C | 40 | 9.9 | 12.713 h |
| August, selected | 32.3°C27.1°C | 27.1°C | 58 | 11.7 | 12.512 h |
| September | 31.8°C26.8°C | 26.8°C | 72 | 13.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.0°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 200 | 19.4 | 11.912 h |
| November | 27.7°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 328 | 20.6 | 11.612 h |
| December | 26.8°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 194 | 14.1 | 11.511 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
- Nagapattinam in AugustIndia · 17 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 27.0°C · 60 mm rain
- Mayiladuthurai in AugustIndia · 28 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 26.6°C · 58 mm rain
- Kumbakonam in AugustIndia · 49 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 26.1°C · 80 mm rain
- Thanjavur in AugustIndia · 77 kmHigh 35.3°C · Low 26.1°C · 84 mm rain
- Pattukkottai in AugustIndia · 78 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 26.0°C · 81 mm rain
- Neyveli in AugustIndia · 85 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 25.8°C · 106 mm rain
- Virudhachalam in AugustIndia · 86 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 25.7°C · 99 mm rain
- Cuddalore in AugustIndia · 94 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 26.8°C · 87 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 Kāraikāl) is explained once on the Kāraikāl year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Mayiladuthurai lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.