Climate averages 1991–2020

Ooty weather
in February.

A mild, fairly dry month: the 4th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 20.9°C Daytime mean, February
Average low 10.5°C Night-time mean, February
Rainfall 24 mm 5 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Ooty · average highYear overview

February is a mild month in Ooty: daytime highs average 20.9°C and nights cool to about 10.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 24 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 46 min on an average February day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Idaiyarpālaiyam (48 km away). In February its highs average 31.6°C, 10.6°C warmer than Ooty, with 12 mm of rain.

Among the 692 cities listed in India, Ooty ranks 674th of 692 for the warmest February highs and joint 551st of 692 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 692 cities is 28.0°C; Ooty is 7.0°C cooler than that mean.

From February to March, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 22.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 24 mm to 44 mm.

The annual picture

February in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 510152025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2500

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Ooty, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 19.9°C10.1°C10.1°C204.811.512 h
February, selected 20.9°C10.5°C10.5°C245.011.812 h
March 22.4°C12.1°C12.1°C447.512.112 h
April 22.8°C13.7°C13.7°C8515.012.412 h
May 22.3°C14.5°C14.5°C16123.212.613 h
June 20.2°C14.2°C14.2°C20523.712.813 h
July 19.2°C13.6°C13.6°C20224.712.713 h
August 19.4°C13.3°C13.3°C17922.912.512 h
September 19.9°C13.1°C13.1°C14520.812.212 h
October 19.5°C12.8°C12.8°C19622.111.912 h
November 19.0°C12.1°C12.1°C13416.311.612 h
December 19.2°C11.0°C11.0°C588.311.511 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

February in nearby cities

Distance from Ooty

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 limits

How 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.