Climate averages 1991–2020
Kāraikkudi weather
in October.
A hot, very wet month: the 9th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Kāraikkudi: daytime highs average 31.7°C and nights cool to about 24.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 191 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 55 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pudukkottai (36 km away). In October its highs average 31.8°C, about as warm as Kāraikkudi, with 178 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Kāraikkudi ranks joint 165th of 692 for the warmest October highs and 645th of 692 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 692 cities is 30.6°C; Kāraikkudi is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 2.6°C to 29.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 191 mm to 202 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Pudukkottai in OctoberIndia · 36 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 24.1°C · 178 mm rain
- Paramagudi in OctoberIndia · 61 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 24.4°C · 207 mm rain
- Pattukkottai in OctoberIndia · 72 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.4°C · 186 mm rain
- Madurai in OctoberIndia · 73 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 23.7°C · 168 mm rain
- Tiruchirappalli in OctoberIndia · 84 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 24.2°C · 159 mm rain
- Thanjavur in OctoberIndia · 90 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 24.4°C · 174 mm rain
- Dindigul in OctoberIndia · 93 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 22.7°C · 246 mm rain
- Aruppukkottai in OctoberIndia · 96 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 24.0°C · 186 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.