Climate averages 1991–2020
Pudukkottai weather
in August.
A very hot, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in Pudukkottai: daytime highs average 34.9°C and nights cool to about 25.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 67 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 28 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kāraikkudi (36 km away). In August its highs average 34.6°C, about as warm as Pudukkottai, with 80 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Pudukkottai ranks joint 15th of 692 for the warmest August highs and 17th of 692 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 692 cities is 30.2°C; Pudukkottai is 4.7°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 34.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 67 mm to 101 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
Pudukkottai climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.4°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 17 | 4.0 | 11.612 h |
| February | 32.2°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 13 | 2.9 | 11.812 h |
| March | 35.1°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 21 | 3.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 36.3°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 41 | 7.6 | 12.412 h |
| May | 37.2°C26.8°C | 26.8°C | 61 | 11.3 | 12.613 h |
| June | 35.9°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 56 | 11.5 | 12.713 h |
| July | 35.2°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 46 | 9.3 | 12.713 h |
| August, selected | 34.9°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 67 | 11.2 | 12.512 h |
| September | 34.3°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 101 | 14.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.8°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 178 | 19.3 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.2°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 198 | 17.7 | 11.712 h |
| December | 28.3°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 93 | 10.1 | 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
- Kāraikkudi in AugustIndia · 36 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 25.4°C · 80 mm rain
- Tiruchirappalli in AugustIndia · 50 kmHigh 35.5°C · Low 25.6°C · 66 mm rain
- Pattukkottai in AugustIndia · 55 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 26.0°C · 81 mm rain
- Thanjavur in AugustIndia · 57 kmHigh 35.3°C · Low 26.1°C · 84 mm rain
- Kumbakonam in AugustIndia · 90 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 26.1°C · 80 mm rain
- Dindigul in AugustIndia · 92 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 23.6°C · 151 mm rain
- Madurai in AugustIndia · 92 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 24.7°C · 70 mm rain
- Paramagudi in AugustIndia · 96 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 25.7°C · 78 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 Pudukkottai) is explained once on the Pudukkottai year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.