Climate averages 1991–2020
Palakkad weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the 11th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Palakkad: daytime highs average 28.1°C and nights cool to about 22.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 153 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes August a wet month (the 9th 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 Pollachi (41 km away). In August its highs average 27.7°C, about as warm as Palakkad, with 100 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Palakkad ranks joint 552nd of 692 for the warmest August highs and joint 162nd of 692 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 692 cities is 30.2°C; Palakkad is 2.2°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 153 mm to 117 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
Palakkad climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.6°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 2.5 | 0.6 | 11.612 h |
| February | 35.0°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 8.4 | 1.7 | 11.812 h |
| March | 36.9°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 22 | 4.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 35.7°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 52 | 11.7 | 12.412 h |
| May | 32.6°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 81 | 18.1 | 12.613 h |
| June | 28.6°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 212 | 26.4 | 12.713 h |
| July | 27.8°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 202 | 25.5 | 12.713 h |
| August, selected | 28.1°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 153 | 22.0 | 12.512 h |
| September | 29.0°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 117 | 19.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.4°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 159 | 21.6 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.7°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 101 | 11.7 | 11.612 h |
| December | 30.4°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 28 | 3.6 | 11.512 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
- Pollachi in AugustIndia · 41 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 22.0°C · 100 mm rain
- Idaiyarpālaiyam in AugustIndia · 42 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 21.4°C · 97 mm rain
- Coimbatore in AugustIndia · 43 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 21.7°C · 97 mm rain
- Thrissur in AugustIndia · 56 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 23.7°C · 359 mm rain
- Valparai in AugustIndia · 59 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 18.2°C · 499 mm rain
- Malappuram in AugustIndia · 69 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 22.9°C · 370 mm rain
- Manjeri in AugustIndia · 70 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 22.8°C · 370 mm rain
- Ooty in AugustIndia · 71 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 13.3°C · 179 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 Palakkad) is explained once on the Palakkad year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.