Climate averages 1991–2020
Kāraikkudi weather
in August.
A very hot, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in Kāraikkudi: daytime highs average 34.6°C and nights cool to about 25.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 80 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 27 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pudukkottai (36 km away). In August its highs average 34.9°C, about as warm as Kāraikkudi, with 67 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Kāraikkudi ranks 22nd of 692 for the warmest August highs and joint 26th of 692 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 692 cities is 30.2°C; Kāraikkudi is 4.3°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 34.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 80 mm to 98 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
Kāraikkudi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.3°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 18 | 4.0 | 11.612 h |
| February | 31.9°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 15 | 3.3 | 11.812 h |
| March | 34.5°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 24 | 4.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 35.7°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 42 | 8.3 | 12.312 h |
| May | 36.8°C26.7°C | 26.7°C | 68 | 11.3 | 12.613 h |
| June | 35.9°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 59 | 12.5 | 12.713 h |
| July | 35.0°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 63 | 13.6 | 12.713 h |
| August, selected | 34.6°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 80 | 14.2 | 12.512 h |
| September | 34.2°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 98 | 15.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.7°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 191 | 19.4 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.2°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 202 | 18.9 | 11.712 h |
| December | 28.3°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 104 | 10.9 | 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
- Pudukkottai in AugustIndia · 36 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 25.6°C · 67 mm rain
- Paramagudi in AugustIndia · 61 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 25.7°C · 78 mm rain
- Pattukkottai in AugustIndia · 72 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 26.0°C · 81 mm rain
- Madurai in AugustIndia · 73 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 24.7°C · 70 mm rain
- Tiruchirappalli in AugustIndia · 84 kmHigh 35.5°C · Low 25.6°C · 66 mm rain
- Thanjavur in AugustIndia · 90 kmHigh 35.3°C · Low 26.1°C · 84 mm rain
- Dindigul in AugustIndia · 93 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 23.6°C · 151 mm rain
- Aruppukkottai in AugustIndia · 96 kmHigh 35.8°C · Low 25.3°C · 54 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 Kāraikkudi) is explained once on the Kāraikkudi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.