Climate averages 1991–2020
Ooty weather
in September.
A mild, wet month: the joint 6th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a mild month in Ooty: daytime highs average 19.9°C and nights cool to about 13.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 145 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes September a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 12 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Idaiyarpālaiyam (48 km away). In September its highs average 28.4°C, 8.6°C warmer than Ooty, with 84 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Ooty ranks 691st of 692 for the warmest September highs and joint 348th of 692 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 692 cities is 30.7°C; Ooty is 10.8°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 19.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 145 mm to 196 mm.
The annual picture
September 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 | 19.4°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 179 | 22.9 | 12.512 h |
| September, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Idaiyarpālaiyam in SeptemberIndia · 48 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.6°C · 84 mm rain
- Coimbatore in SeptemberIndia · 54 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 21.9°C · 84 mm rain
- Manjeri in SeptemberIndia · 71 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 22.7°C · 248 mm rain
- Palakkad in SeptemberIndia · 71 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.0°C · 117 mm rain
- Velampālaiyam in SeptemberIndia · 74 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 22.9°C · 137 mm rain
- Malappuram in SeptemberIndia · 79 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 22.9°C · 248 mm rain
- Tiruppur in SeptemberIndia · 79 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 23.3°C · 79 mm rain
- Pollachi in SeptemberIndia · 91 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 81 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.