Climate averages 1991–2020
Ponnāni weather
in August.
A warm, very wet month: the 11th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Ponnāni: daytime highs average 27.9°C and nights cool to about 23.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 385 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 10th 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 Malappuram (35 km away). In August its highs average 27.4°C, about as warm as Ponnāni, with 370 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Ponnāni ranks joint 569th of 692 for the warmest August highs and joint 641st of 692 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 692 cities is 30.2°C; Ponnāni is 2.4°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 28.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 385 mm to 253 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
Ponnāni climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.0°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 6.4 | 1.4 | 11.612 h |
| February | 34.0°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 11 | 3.0 | 11.812 h |
| March | 34.2°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 48 | 11.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.4°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 154 | 23.8 | 12.412 h |
| May | 30.7°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 286 | 26.1 | 12.613 h |
| June | 28.3°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 531 | 29.6 | 12.713 h |
| July | 27.7°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 522 | 30.3 | 12.713 h |
| August, selected | 27.9°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 385 | 28.7 | 12.512 h |
| September | 28.6°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 253 | 23.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.1°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 271 | 26.3 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.9°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 133 | 16.3 | 11.612 h |
| December | 31.2°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 29 | 5.0 | 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
- Malappuram in AugustIndia · 35 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 22.9°C · 370 mm rain
- Thrissur in AugustIndia · 42 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 23.7°C · 359 mm rain
- Manjeri in AugustIndia · 45 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 22.8°C · 370 mm rain
- Kozhikode in AugustIndia · 56 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 23.7°C · 405 mm rain
- Koyilandy in AugustIndia · 79 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 24.0°C · 476 mm rain
- Palakkad in AugustIndia · 80 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 22.9°C · 153 mm rain
- Edattala in AugustIndia · 94 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 23.3°C · 353 mm rain
- Kanayannur in AugustIndia · 97 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 24.1°C · 375 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 Ponnāni) is explained once on the Ponnāni year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.