Climate averages 1991–2020
Kumbakonam 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 Kumbakonam: daytime highs average 34.9°C and nights cool to about 26.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 80 mm of rain on roughly 15 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 Mayiladuthurai (33 km away). In August its highs average 33.0°C, 1.9°C cooler than Kumbakonam, with 58 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Kumbakonam ranks joint 15th 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; Kumbakonam is 4.6°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 34.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 80 mm to 96 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
Kumbakonam climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.6°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 22 | 4.3 | 11.612 h |
| February | 31.2°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 14 | 2.8 | 11.812 h |
| March | 34.3°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 17 | 3.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 36.0°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 29 | 5.9 | 12.412 h |
| May | 37.5°C27.5°C | 27.5°C | 46 | 8.9 | 12.613 h |
| June | 36.5°C27.2°C | 27.2°C | 52 | 10.4 | 12.813 h |
| July | 35.5°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 56 | 12.6 | 12.713 h |
| August, selected | 34.9°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 80 | 14.6 | 12.512 h |
| September | 34.4°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 96 | 16.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.6°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 169 | 19.7 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.8°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 212 | 18.8 | 11.612 h |
| December | 27.8°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 127 | 11.2 | 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
- Mayiladuthurai in AugustIndia · 33 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 26.6°C · 58 mm rain
- Thanjavur in AugustIndia · 34 kmHigh 35.3°C · Low 26.1°C · 84 mm rain
- Kāraikāl in AugustIndia · 49 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 27.1°C · 58 mm rain
- Nagapattinam in AugustIndia · 54 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 27.0°C · 60 mm rain
- Pattukkottai in AugustIndia · 60 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 26.0°C · 81 mm rain
- Virudhachalam in AugustIndia · 62 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 25.7°C · 99 mm rain
- Neyveli in AugustIndia · 73 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 25.8°C · 106 mm rain
- Tiruchirappalli in AugustIndia · 78 kmHigh 35.5°C · Low 25.6°C · 66 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 Kumbakonam) is explained once on the Kumbakonam year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.