Climate averages 1991–2020
Ooty weather
in August.
A mild, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Ooty: daytime highs average 19.4°C and nights cool to about 13.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 179 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes August a wet month (the 9th 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 Idaiyarpālaiyam (48 km away). In August its highs average 27.7°C, 8.4°C warmer than Ooty, with 97 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Ooty ranks 692nd of 692 for the warmest August highs and joint 230th of 692 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 692 cities is 30.2°C; Ooty is 10.9°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 19.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 179 mm to 145 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
Ooty climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.9°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 20 | 4.8 | 11.512 h |
| February | 20.9°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 24 | 5.0 | 11.812 h |
| March | 22.4°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 44 | 7.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 22.8°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 85 | 15.0 | 12.412 h |
| May | 22.3°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 161 | 23.2 | 12.613 h |
| June | 20.2°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 205 | 23.7 | 12.813 h |
| July | 19.2°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 202 | 24.7 | 12.713 h |
| August, selected | 19.4°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 179 | 22.9 | 12.512 h |
| September | 19.9°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 145 | 20.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 19.5°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 196 | 22.1 | 11.912 h |
| November | 19.0°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 134 | 16.3 | 11.612 h |
| December | 19.2°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 58 | 8.3 | 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
- Idaiyarpālaiyam in AugustIndia · 48 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 21.4°C · 97 mm rain
- Coimbatore in AugustIndia · 54 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 21.7°C · 97 mm rain
- Manjeri in AugustIndia · 71 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 22.8°C · 370 mm rain
- Palakkad in AugustIndia · 71 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 22.9°C · 153 mm rain
- Velampālaiyam in AugustIndia · 74 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 22.7°C · 159 mm rain
- Malappuram in AugustIndia · 79 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 22.9°C · 370 mm rain
- Tiruppur in AugustIndia · 79 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 23.1°C · 69 mm rain
- Pollachi in AugustIndia · 91 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 22.0°C · 100 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 Ooty) is explained once on the Ooty year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.