Climate averages 1991–2020
Maraimalainagar weather
in October.
A hot, very wet month: the 8th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Maraimalainagar: daytime highs average 30.6°C and nights cool to about 24.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 195 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes October a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 51 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tambaram (18 km away). In October its highs average 30.6°C, about as warm as Maraimalainagar, with 208 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Maraimalainagar ranks joint 324th of 692 for the warmest October highs and 647th of 692 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 692 cities is 30.6°C; Maraimalainagar is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 28.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 195 mm to 187 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
Maraimalainagar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.2°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 12 | 2.9 | 11.511 h |
| February | 30.3°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 7.0 | 1.8 | 11.712 h |
| March | 32.8°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 11 | 1.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 34.7°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 18 | 3.3 | 12.412 h |
| May | 36.7°C27.8°C | 27.8°C | 41 | 5.6 | 12.713 h |
| June | 35.6°C27.5°C | 27.5°C | 75 | 12.1 | 12.913 h |
| July | 34.4°C26.8°C | 26.8°C | 79 | 14.7 | 12.813 h |
| August | 33.5°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 106 | 15.7 | 12.513 h |
| September | 32.7°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 121 | 16.7 | 12.212 h |
| October, selected | 30.6°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 195 | 20.0 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.6°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 187 | 16.7 | 11.512 h |
| December | 27.6°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 104 | 8.8 | 11.411 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
- Tambaram in OctoberIndia · 18 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.6°C · 208 mm rain
- Pallāvaram in OctoberIndia · 23 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 24.7°C · 208 mm rain
- Neelankarai in OctoberIndia · 30 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 25.0°C · 208 mm rain
- Kanchipuram in OctoberIndia · 35 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.9°C · 186 mm rain
- Avadi in OctoberIndia · 36 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 24.3°C · 183 mm rain
- Chennai in OctoberIndia · 42 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.7°C · 208 mm rain
- Arakkonam in OctoberIndia · 50 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.6°C · 174 mm rain
- Tiruvottiyūr in OctoberIndia · 50 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.8°C · 200 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 Maraimalainagar) is explained once on the Maraimalainagar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.