Climate averages 1991–2020
Palakkad weather
in September.
A hot, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Palakkad: daytime highs average 29.0°C and nights cool to about 23.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 117 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes September a wet month (the 8th 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 Pollachi (41 km away). In September its highs average 28.9°C, about as warm as Palakkad, with 81 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Palakkad ranks joint 561st of 692 for the warmest September highs and joint 212th of 692 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 692 cities is 30.7°C; Palakkad is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 117 mm to 159 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
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 | 28.1°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 153 | 22.0 | 12.512 h |
| September, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Pollachi in SeptemberIndia · 41 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 81 mm rain
- Idaiyarpālaiyam in SeptemberIndia · 42 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.6°C · 84 mm rain
- Coimbatore in SeptemberIndia · 43 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 21.9°C · 84 mm rain
- Thrissur in SeptemberIndia · 56 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 23.8°C · 244 mm rain
- Valparai in SeptemberIndia · 59 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 18.2°C · 356 mm rain
- Malappuram in SeptemberIndia · 69 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 22.9°C · 248 mm rain
- Manjeri in SeptemberIndia · 70 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 22.7°C · 248 mm rain
- Ooty in SeptemberIndia · 71 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 13.1°C · 145 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.