Climate averages 1991–2020
Kumarapalayam weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Kumarapalayam: daytime highs average 31.8°C and nights cool to about 23.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 117 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes August a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 30 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Erode (11 km away). In August its highs average 32.0°C, about as warm as Kumarapalayam, with 101 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Kumarapalayam ranks joint 143rd of 692 for the warmest August highs and joint 115th of 692 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 692 cities is 30.2°C; Kumarapalayam is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 32.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 117 mm to 101 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
Kumarapalayam climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.1°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 3.9 | 1.4 | 11.512 h |
| February | 33.8°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 5.4 | 1.6 | 11.812 h |
| March | 36.7°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 11 | 2.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 37.7°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 30 | 5.8 | 12.412 h |
| May | 37.4°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 63 | 12.8 | 12.613 h |
| June | 33.8°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 99 | 18.4 | 12.813 h |
| July | 32.1°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 121 | 21.0 | 12.713 h |
| August, selected | 31.8°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 117 | 20.3 | 12.512 h |
| September | 32.4°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 101 | 17.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.2°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 138 | 17.8 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.6°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 105 | 12.1 | 11.612 h |
| December | 29.3°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 40 | 4.9 | 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
- Erode in AugustIndia · 11 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 23.6°C · 101 mm rain
- Tiruchengode in AugustIndia · 21 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 23.3°C · 106 mm rain
- Tiruppur in AugustIndia · 53 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 23.1°C · 69 mm rain
- Salem in AugustIndia · 54 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 23.6°C · 105 mm rain
- Velampālaiyam in AugustIndia · 55 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 22.7°C · 159 mm rain
- Karur in AugustIndia · 68 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 24.7°C · 62 mm rain
- Dharapuram in AugustIndia · 81 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.4°C · 51 mm rain
- Coimbatore in AugustIndia · 95 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 21.7°C · 97 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 Kumarapalayam) is explained once on the Kumarapalayam year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.